What scares me most ...

'And Indeed we ever see it falleth out que la forbidden writing is thought to be some sparks of a truth That fly up in the faces of Those That seek to choke it, and tread it out.'
- Francis Bacon
It has beens Often commented upon que la best way for an author to accomplish achieve fame (and, if still alive, fortune) is to-have his or her book banned. Of course, one HAS to play it right. Part of Galileo's initial fame cam from the efforts of the Church to suppress His writings - as he stayed in Church-Dominated areas, he About did not accomplish achieve much fortune.
Controversy worked well aussi pour JD Salinger (Jerome David Salinger). He Was an American-born (Actually, New York City-born) author Whose only enduringly popular pieces has-been 'Catcher in the Rye' continuous qui to sell a quarter-million copies Annually.
'Catcher in the Rye' Follows the tale of Holden Caulfield, a boarding-school truant Who critical society and himself in the course of Trying to accomplish achieve adulthood, most is Expressly typified by the typical American rite of passage, that 'of losing one's virginity. Caulfield in Many Ways is a typical male teenager, both, naive and worldly in an odd mixture; Both passionate and mature without violent ways of expression; sullen, Withdrawn, yet yearning for acceptance and love.
In Many Ways It has Become an anthem or manifesto of violence against a phoney system. The man who shot John Lennon Was Influenced by this book, As Was the Man Who shot Ronald Reagan. "What scares me is the MOST Reviews the other guy's face ... '
Of course, to ban this book is admitted to That There is something That needs to be regarded and Dealt with about youthful, male and PARTICULARLY youthful, drives and desires. So much of society Seems inadequate to the task of giving a framework for this. Lest you think I am decrying modern society in favor of a 'Father Knows Best' world, remember - 'Catcher in the Rye' was published in 1951. There is something timeless about the Struggles of adolescence. Likewise there is something timeless about the overall difficulty of dealing with society qui est Simultaneously moralising and falling from grace.
This is no case of banning Edmund Crull's treatise on the curing of venereal diseases (circa 1708 treatise That has always advocated quack cures That, not surprisingly, Could always be procured in Crull's shop); Not Even it really is of the caliber of a banning a DH Lawrence, qui Could Have a more prurient element as the focus of the banns - 'Catcher in the Rye' is in issues of language and sexual expression in no way untypical of Many books unbanned. But, it is critical of society wives the king That Is uncomfortable while using a basic language and subject to do so - this is a combination, a pile of straws with one straw too many, For Many jurisdictions to bear.
So, as DH Lawrence Would Perhaps pen, the 'censor-moron is on the loose. "
In John Guare's recent play / movie, "Six Degrees of Separation ', the character Paul states His thesis in college That HAD beens on' Catcher in the Rye '. He launches into His Own analysis of the text with His Own critique of society, made all the more ironic as the play progressed by the fact That Paul is every bit as phony as the society qui Both he and Caulfield blast with scathing observation. In essence They are right at home, save for the fact That They Both make the more comfortable set less comfortable.
A book worthy of being white is banned worthy of being white read! I do not know, in the point of fact, That I would recommend the book (not really my kind of literature), save for the banning. And THUS, the censors lose again.