Carrie is about a shy high school girl who, after years of being a social outcast and victim of her religious mother's emotional and physical abuse, discovers she has telekinetic powers. She attempts to use these powers to achieve happiness and acceptance, but is instead ridiculed by her peers once more at her high school prom, resulting in a mass homicide of all in attendance.
* For a better description of this book - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel)
Carrie was released in 1974 and the first banning of the book in schools was in 1975 by a school in Los Vegas, Nevada, deeming the book "trashy." It has since been banned for reasons such as concern that the content involving bullying could result in ill treatment of students given ideas by the book. It has also received challenges for age appropriateness and for scenes involving "Satanic killings."
* For more information on the bannings and challenges of this book - http://thecensorshipofstephenking.weebly.com/challengebanning-factors.html
* And here - http://www.stephenking.com/library/essay/book-banners:_adventure_in_censorship_is_stranger_than_fiction_the.html
Do you think that Carrie should be banned from schools? Should books containing religious undertones or characters be kept out of school settings or should it be up to students if they are exposed to these books? Should bulling be an issue that students are exposed to in order to see the effects?
* 5 points extra credit
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