What's the deal with banned books? Where are they banned from?

Answer 1

A banned book starts out as a challenged book from someone...either a single person or small group or with enough opposition a government. Most banned books are banned because they offend someones religious or moral beliefs and are seen to be harmful to the public in that regard.

For more information on banned books...

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm

Answer 2

Books get banned by people who think they have the right to decide for others what they can and cannot read. This is totally wrong. No one has the right to decide for individuals what they can and cannot read except for themselves. However, this does occur in schools and public libraries across the country anyway.

Answer 3

It depends. Mostly they are banned by governments. For example, in Iran it is the government which banned Salman Rushdie's works as they felt he was blasphemous. Similarly, anywhere in the world it is the governments who ban books if they feel it can cause serious damage to public interests.

Answer 4

Fahrenheit 451
Deals with this very question. Makes one wonder if Ray Bradbury was more of a seer of the future than anything else.

Answer 5

from some schools and libraries