Matt Lewis sums up their feelings when he said, "Censorship is ultimately a prohibition against information. ... The most common way that information is censored is with books. ... Some of the books that have been the most frequently banned in 1990's are: Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Blubber, A Day No Pigs Would Die, Little Red Riding Hood, James and the Giant Peach, The Grapes of Wrath, Black Beauty, and Lord of the Flies. ...

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1 Author John Steinbeck sends a serious message to readers in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. He says that society must take a look at the past to reveal valuable lessons to be learned about the future. If society does not recognize the mistakes of the past, then society can be liable to repea...

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It is evident however, that most author's do include on a varying degree some information of opinions they wish to express through their characters. ... Grapes of Wrath, Oresteia, Things Fall Apart, 1984, all written to achieve a certain purpose. ...

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