Should "Of Mice and Men" be banned from HS English classes?

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070501_tj_miceandmen.2a01c156.html

I say no. It was one of my favorite books we read in high school.

Only idiots want to ban books. Only idiots.Greatgone12

Censorship is never right.Quack_Attack

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.BoonMaster14

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.BoonMaster14

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

So did Huckleberry Finn and With Every Drop of Blood. 

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.BoonMaster14

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

Is it derogatory? No, its merely an apt representation of what dialogue was like during that time period.

[QUOTE="BoonMaster14"]

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.Quack_Attack

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

I agree.

People are so sensitive these days. It seems individuals of European ancestory must constantly walk over egg shells for fear of offending an "oppressed" group of people.

It shouldnt be banned, but for some reason my school makes us read the book every year:?-OpaK-

Maybe if you passed your english class...

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.BoonMaster14

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

Wow, if he has a case with the "n" word being used to reflect the times, I wonder what he thinks of rap.

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.BoonMaster14

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070501_tj_miceandmen.2a01c156.html

I say no. It was one of my favorite books we read in high school.

BoonMaster14

I loved that book. I almost cried. 

Censorship is never right.Quack_Attack

Maybe we  should ban rap records for saying the c word. It's ridiculous for wanting to ban any book.  Maybe we should just stop making violent movies too, and how about banning certain music. Hell why not ban certain foods. Then maybe certain ideas.

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.BoonMaster14

They say the dreaded "n" word several times in the book. That seems to be the main complaint.

It's Texas.

He gets shot in the back of the head...OH SHOOT, oops.nickyb628

[QUOTE="nickyb628"]He gets shot in the back of the head...OH SHOOT, oops.quiglythegreat

I was just being an ass and ruining the book. I should delete that, it was very sad when it happened though, I'll agree.

Woah. Ban a book from being read in HS English classes in schools all over the country? Can they do that?Squidward117

They almost banned Huckleberry Fin, cause it used the N word in it's litterature, because at that time that's what they were known as when the book was written. Ironically the statement seeing that people think it's a racist book, it tells a story of Fin helping a slave friend become free. =/

I think in the end, they re-published the book with revised words.

Only morons want to ban a book. Banning a book that was made in the past is very ignorant, you're banning decades of work and imagination. If it was a completely racist book that only dealt with segregation and down talked certain ethnicities, I can see that kind of book getting banned... 

On a serious note though, of course it shouldn't be banned. High Schoolers are exposed to things that are a lot worse than that book, do they really think they're that innocent that they can't read Of Mice and Men? Pathetic.nickyb628

Censorship is never right.Quack_Attack

I agree with this guy. 

[QUOTE="Quack_Attack"]Censorship is never right.Wasdie

I agree with this guy.

I agree with this next guy. 

only because it's overated and oudated....why turn astudent off to reading by making them read a unrelatable "classic"....Omni-Slash

That's a somewhat childish way of looking at it...