Yo yo yo! Sparky Sweets, PhD. here. Check me out as I break down 10 banned books off
my banned books playlist.
#5 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
In a violent future, a teenaged troublemaker smacks up strangers, rapes housewives, and
robs the rich before he's captured by The Man and brainwashed.
Why was it banned?
Supposedly for its objectionable language and themes. And probably the rape. I'm pretty
sure the rape had something to do with it.
#4 Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut Your standard World War II story, if by standard
you mean time-jumping, alien-abduction, intergalactic zoos, and a bangin' actress in that zoo with
aliens doing the time-jumping. Oh yeah, and surviving the bombing of Dresden, too.
Why was it banned?
A Michigan judge called it depraved, immoral, psychotic, vulgar, and anti-Christian, probably
referring to the novel's profanity and depictions of sex. Though I'm guessing it has something
to do with the ILLUSTRATION OF TITIES ON PAGE 209. Drawn titties! And drawn titties are
my second favorite kind of titties!
#3 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley In a futuristic state full of pill-poppin'
orgies, a savage outsider succumbs to the artificial temptations of the dystopia and
offs himself to escape it. Why was it banned?
Language, being anti-family and anti-religion, and for being pornographic. I guess they're
afraid it'll make teenagers want sex and drugs. We all know teenagers typically HATE sex and
HATE drugs.
#2 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The story of a middle-aged man who has an
ongoing relationship with a 12-year-old girl, ending with him murdering the man she runs
off with.
Why was it banned?
I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the GROWN MAN HAVING SEX WITH A 12-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
#1 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck A family of destitute farmers travel from
Oklahoma to California for work, only to be met with low wages and mistreatment.
Why was it banned?
The Grapes of Wrath was burned all across America because of its anti-capitalist propaganda,
with the Associated Farmers of California calling the novel a "pack of lies." Also controversial
was its ending, where a woman lets two hungry workers drink the milk from her titties. Wanna
know what titties look like? Well just turn to page 209 in Slaughterhouse-five!
Check out our banned books playlist for more literature The Man don't want you to read.