The book I have chosen to read is "Of Mice and Men." This is tying into my theme of banned books from school districts. Anyways, in the parts that I have read so far, there are two main characters; George and Lennie. George is sort of the smart one and the leader. Lennie listens to whatever George tells him to do. George sort of thinks for both of them. They are traveling through the woods to find a good job as laborers. George and Lennie balance each other out well. Lennie had a mouse tail in his pocket that he liked to rub, but George disposed of it, saying that he shouldn't be doing that. Lennie was upset, but he was okay with it in the end. So when they finally got to the work site George ordered Lennie not to talk, because he would probably say the wrong thing. So, when the people who owned the place tried to talk to him, they thought he was dumb because he couldn't talk.
They use the "n" word already, in the part that I have read. That word is offensive to many people, and it is understandable as to why it is banned in some areas. I have decided to do a contemporary research paper on this book. So, the question that the book raises is; what criteria should there be, that goes into banning a book? Is the "n" word really enough to ban a book?
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