... 's novel has caused more public controversy than almost any other recent work of fiction." (Weir) The cry against homosexuality in The Color Purple is nicely illustrated in this quote: "In 1984 it was challenged as inappropriate reading for an Oakland, Calif., high school honors class because of its "sexual and social explicitness"--surely code words for, among other things, homosexual content ... the other articles or journals I found on the censoring of the book, I believe that the issue was indeed controversial. So this short except does not do the whole article or chapter of the book...

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• Grade Level: High School