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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank. Modern Library. Challenged in Wise County, Va. (1982) due to "sexually offensive" passages. Four members of the Alabama State Textbook Committee (1983) called for the rejection of this book because it is a "real downer."
It's a downer? Half the books I read in English were downers. What a silly reason to ban a book. I've read the book several times, and while WW2 and the Holocaust were certainly "downers", Anne's words are uplifting IMO. She maintained hope and a good heart towards men during a horrible time in history and during deprivations in her life. Oh well.
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"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"
Formerly Medusa
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