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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World is a most popular novel
by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932.
It was frequently challenged with banning
attempts, and is still considered contro-
versial. In this novel, you as the reader
will be led into a version of future that
is dominated by technology and sci-
ence. This book focuses on blatant
sexuality, suicide and use of drugs.
A group of parents attempted to get
the book banned because they felt
there was an overemphasis on
negativity.
Nineteen Eighty-Four by
George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George
Orwell which came out in 1947
was written by him when he was
on his death bead, the novel is
influenced heavily by the author’s
political views. Themes in the book include the United States and
the Soviet Union, and surrounds topics such as totalitarianism,
torture, mind control, invasion of privacy, organized religion, cen-
sorship, sex and a whole lot more! This book conveys the mes-
sage of a bad state of affairs in the future where there would be
no privacy, free will or truth. It was a controversial book right from
publication and remains so today. Many people claim that the
work is unnatural and intense because it was written by a man
choked with a subconscious death-wish. Many American review-
ers also assumed that the book represented a repudiation of his
democratic socialism.
The Choco-
late War
by Robert
Cormier
The Choco-
late War
was written for
teenagers and young
adults but once
parents realised what the pages of the book contained
there were protests to have it banned. Released in
1974 the novel includes violence, over 200 swear
words and a masturbation scene. It is still banned in
libraries and shops around the world to this day, and
you won’t find it in schools any more either!
American Psycho by Bret Eas-
ton Ellis
American Psycho is a satiri-
cal novel by Bret Easton Ellis,
published in 1991 highlighting
the farce nature of the yuppies
in America. The story is told
in the first person by Patrick
Bateman, a serial killer and
Manhattan businessman.
In recent times the novel
has been labelled as
“one of the key novels
of the last century,”
but when it came out
it garnered huge
controversy due to
its extreme levels
of graphic vio-
lence and sexual
torture. The author
received hate mail and
death threats. It still cannot
be purchased by under 18′s in some
countries.