Catalog / Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
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John Steinbeck
Two itinerant farm workers dream of independence during the Great Depression. The story confronts friendship, precarity, violence, and solitude.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Covici Friede
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0140177396
- ISBN-13
- 9780140177398
- ASIN
- 0140177396
Why was Of Mice and Men challenged?
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1974. The novel was banned or challenged in many schools for its language, racial slurs, and violence.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Of Mice and Men banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
The novel was banned or challenged in many schools for its language, racial slurs, and violence.
A long history of school challenges documented by the ALA.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Of Mice and Men banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1974. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Of Mice and Men challenged?
- The novel was banned or challenged in many schools for its language, racial slurs, and violence.
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