EA+-+censorship+&+WWI

//1881: Leaves of Grass// was winthdrawn in Boston because of "explicit languge" politically motivated censorship - different during war time banned books - "stealth censorship" in libraries - Huck Finn and Tom sawyer [] - __slaughterhouse Five__ [] - Richard wright: the second emancipation of richard wright [] - Hemingway: dashed out words - children's books: Annick press asked Robert Munsch to re-write //the Paper Bag Princess// because they though the princes punching the prince would be too imflamatory - []- "I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls have been allowed access to them. The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean." - Mark Twain - - before the civil war most soldiers were illiterate so people didn't really bother with censorship - censors take out anything that might help the enemy -sometimes letters sent in foreign languages were intercepted because the censor didn't know what it said - an officer would censor the soldiers in his unit - officers didn't have anyone censoring them but sometimes thier superiors would do random mail checks - if mail was intercepted sometimes the soldier was never told []- to try to saty neutral at the beginning of world war 1 radio transmissions from other countries to the united states were censored - []

Thesis: Throughout history censorship has been a huge part of society. During important historical events, censorship becomes more common. During World War 1 the Make one sentence about the specific topics that your paper will deal with. No outline yet? Do you have enough print sources? I know that you changed your topic a bit later.

Research vs. - facts = lit, writer, biography - ideas = expert opinions - non fiction - online database - 3 print sources Analysis - facts = lit quotes - ideas = opinion

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