In response to this Bradbury stated "I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book (Task3 3). He wrote Fahrenheit 451 in response to numerous attempts to censor his work. This book is required to be read on most schools. Many complaints are arising that the book is not appropriate to be read in the class room. On February 1, 1999, in West Marion High School in Foxworth, Mississippi, recent events aimed at censorship have occurred. The book, Fahrenheit 451, was on the reading list for several of the English classes, as was for mine. However, after a parent complained to the superintendent about the use of the word "God damn" in the book, the book was removed from the required reading list. Interestingly, the complaint did not surface until the book report was due (Mississippi School/ Censorship 1). Another case of this book being banned was at the Val. A. Browning Library, Dixie State, College of Utah. It was said that the book was banned for being "dangerous". From the ALA 1996 Banned Books Resource Guide, reports were found that at the Venada Middle School in Irvine, California, students received copies of the book with the words "hell" and "damn" blacked out. After receiving complaints from parents and being contacted by reporters, school officials said the censored copies would no longer be used (Fat Chucks 108-9). .
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How far can school boards or administrators go in imposing their own moral, political, or even religious beliefs on curriculum and library choices? How far can they accept the demands for censorship by parents or community groups? Countless censorship incidents throughout the country raise these questions.