On 2000-03-25 , Rapid City, South Dakota wrote: In ´Banned´ Alice Walker continues to do for her readers what she has done throughout her writing career: challenges us. She challenges our ideas, our perceptions, and our life choices. This is a large part of why her writing is such wonderful literature and excellent teaching material.
To Walker´s credit, much of this book is devoted to the ideas of those who oppose the inclusion of her works in state-wide CLAS tests. She could have easily written the book with only opinions in support of her own. However, were she to do that then she would be as guilty as those who oppose her without ever having read her stories in their entirety.
It is unfair to take any piece of art or literature (including the Bible, of which this is often done) and judge its value solely on specific quotes taken out of context. Neither Walker´s nor any other artist´s brilliance is given justice when this happens.. And summed up by saying Walker continues to challenge readers.. Currently Alice Walker Banned has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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