What do you infer from reading these articles is creating the movement to ban books?

This week’s topic is Book Banning…I am giving you a variety of controversial topics to get your critical thinking going, and I am seeing some good responses.
The first link may not be correct on the Study schedule so I am posting here…
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999101/OVIC?u=mays40776&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=12706a7f
I am adding the second one here to make it easy on you…
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A676853566/OVIC?u=mays40776&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=bc189c6d

This is a topic that is perhaps overwhelming because it includes so many aspects of daily life…parental control…education…government influence…corporate control (Amazon).
Why do you think it is so influential now? Were you aware of Banned Book Week? What do you infer from reading these articles is creating the movement to ban books?

Here is a list of the most banned books. Have you read any of them?

1984 by George Orwell
Reason: pro-communism ideas, sexuality
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Performed by); Emory Elliott
Reason: racism
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Reasons: offensive language, unsuited for certain age groups
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for certain age groups
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Matthew J. Bruccoli (Preface by)
Reasons: reference to drugs, sexuality, and profanity
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Reason: sexually explicit
Lord of the Flies by William Golding; E. M. Forster (Introduction by)
Call Number: PR6013.O35 L63 2003
ISBN: 9780399529207
Publication Date: 2003-10-28
Reason: profanity, sexuality, racial slurs, and excessive violence
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Call Number: PS3537.T3234 O2 2002
ISBN: 9780142000670
Publication Date: 2002-01-08
Reasons: offensive language, racism, violence

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