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I was surprised to see how many books on that list I had read while in high school and possibly even junior high! Did I find them offensive then? No I didn't. I found some hard to get through, but certainly not because of the message they were trying to convey.
What they did for me was to show how things were different in the times they were written, whether it be for the racial motives, or the violence or whatever. They didn't all have bright shiny "they all lived happily ever after" endings. Some were fitting, but others were quite moving to me. *Of Mice and Men particularly* That still blows me away the ending there and I dont' know why particularly. It just bothers me I guess.
These books were challenging, because if you read them for just the words alone, they didn't mean much. But if you read for detail, and you can see the messages in the words, then the books take on a whole other side.
I do not agree with banning books at all. They are there to be read and comprehended, even enjoyed, or, if they comprimise your morals, ethics, and beliefs then they are there to be enjoyed by those who do not find issue with them.
Read up! Go out and read the books on this list, or any list for that matter! you never know what you will find and enjoy.
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