One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, was written in 1959 and published in 1962. The story, set in an Oregon asylum, serves as a study of the institutional process and limits of the human mind. It follows the experiences of Randle Patrick McMurphy, who faked insanityin order […]
Use of the Bible in American schools has been challenged as a violation of the First Amendment for decades; others have challenged the teaching of it as literature when they believed that it should be taught only as a sacred text- the “word of God” as they interpret it. Even […]
Where the Wild Things Are is a children’s book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak in 1963. Sendak spent 4 years in a tug of war with editors over the content of the storyline, but eventually won out, and the book saw print in 1967. Despite objections over the content, […]
Charlotte’s Web is an award-winning novel published in 1952 by American author E.B. White about the friendship between a pig named Wilbur, and a barn spider named Charlotte. This classic of children’s literature is 78th on the best-selling hardcover list; has sold more than 45 million copies; been translated into […]
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