Jennifer Hong
Nov. 28. 2011
I had also done research on why Slaughterhouse-Five had been banned, as well as The Great Gatsby, and apparently it had been banned for showing sexuality, violence, and had been banned back then for showing the American bombing (pg. 30-31, 37) which the government didn't want to be shown--in other words, anti-american acts. Apparently during World War II, 130,000 people were slaughtered and the army wanted to hide this from citizens back then which is why it was banned. I can see why, because the book does have some foul language and does show the bad side of America. But I feel the same way for this book as I did for The Great Gatsby. I do not think that it should have been banned. It sure might offend some people but, as I said in the last post, if the teacher teaches right, then the right message will come across to students. Sexuality, violence, and all that negative stuff is exposed to children, students, teenagers everyday anyways. For example, in songs, the internet, video games, and other students using profanity. I doubt that this book would do much difference in a student's life besides expand their minds even more. What I wanted to say about this book is that it is actually very confusing and a mix of themes. The themes are history, war, violence, romance in a way, and also sci-fi because of the aliens. I don't understand why Billy was the chosen one to be abducted by aliens and be able to time-travel. I actually feel very sorry for him.
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