WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?

An explanation

of why books are banned.

And Why they’re fun.

1. Because Stalin didn’t like it• Nineteen Eighty-Four, By

George Orwell was banned in 1950 by Stalin because he thought it was a future view of his country.

• The ban was not lifted until 1990, and the book was only reprinted after editing

2. Because Explosions are Fun• Fight Club, By Chuck

Palahniuk has been banned in China since 1999

• The Chinese government did not like that the book explained how to make explosives

3. Because Catholics are Easily Offended

• The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman

• Kellenberg Memorial, a United States Catholic High school pulled the book from its library shelves because it negatively portrayed the Catholic Church (and all organized religion)

• The book’s view was not deemed offensive until the movie was released in 2007. The books sequels remain on the shelf

4. For Treating People Nicely• Uncle Tom’s Cabin, By

Harriet Beecher Stowe• Was banned in the Southern

United States for abolitionist content

• Was also banned in Tsarist Russia because of parallels to treatment of Russian serfs

5. Because Animals are not Humans!

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol

• Was banned in the province of Hunan, China in 1931 for the portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level as humans