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…and Men, challenged for using "offensive" language. Also Harry Potter for encouraging witchcraft, sorcery, and Satanism. If it's not one "ism," it's another. Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time has been targeted by censors for supporting New Ageism…

…with the Davis special admissions quota system was supported by Powell, Chief Justice Burger, Justice Rehnquist, Justice Potter Stewart, and Justice John Paul Stevens. They saw the Bakke case as a dispute which could be settled by the 1964 Civil Rights Act without…

…expressed within. Nobody wants to imagine life without Alice in Wonderland or The Great Gatsby, but both of these were removed from libraries at one time. Another recent challenge that most people have heard about is the Harry Potter controversy. Many groups…

…. Choosing then, which character or adventure is best fitted for the definition of hero can be tricky. What is the standard? Heroes from mythology? Should we turn to King Arthur or his nephew Gawain? Or maybe someone more modern - Harry Potter perhaps? Beowulf…

…, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (fiction, but nevertheless relevant) Chopin, Kate The Awakening Chapter III Frost, Robert "The Road Not Taken"…

…having never known freedom. It gives the reader something to think about; that is, do the choices one makes affect the outcome of one's life, or does predestination rule the course of life? As J.K. Rowling wrote in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets…

…Today, many novels, and plays are being transformed into movies. Movies such as "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" not only brought millions of dollars to the box office, but also helped the audience see how the director changed the novel/play…

…In my opinion, the best (and the earliest) of Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels. Lecter plays only a minor part in this book, but he is all the more menacing when his violence is only hinted at rather than thrust into the reader's face…

…points about people in general and the Old West in particular. In the first part of the story, Crane portrays Jack Potter and his new wife as humorous characters. Not only are they awkward with each other, but they are also completely out of place…

…Hallward, the true ruthless attitude of Dorian Gray rises to the surface. A ruthless carefree attitude which resembles that of one whom he aspires to imitate, Lord Henry Wotton (Harry). However, Dorian soon becomes engulfed in a dramatic world of dissonance…