Censorship Attacks on Harry Potter

To many authors familiar with censorship, they knew the day would come when Harry Potter was censored from school book shelves. In its latest craze, the Rowling series has gotten much publicity about its corruptive subject matter. Parents are worried that witchcraft and wizradry are bad examples for their children and should be banned. Parents look beyond the fact that their children actually ENJOY these books and only dwell on their own personal feelings. They forget that they are not the ones reading the books or misconstruing the author's intentions. Years ago, people could read all about witchcraft and it was a wonderful literary movement. The Fantasy genre has gotten much publicity regarding censorship because it expands the mind and allows for imaginative thought. Parents, though, do not like this. They feel these books will turn children against their current morals (or the morals of their parents). Judy Blume satirizes this perfectly:

"At the rate we're going, I can imagine next year's headline: "'Goodnight Moon' Banned for Encouraging Children to Communicate With Furniture." And we all know where that can lead, don't we? "

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