Really?
Did it bother you so much to even see the words "damn" and "hell" and "have" + "sex" and all it implies together that you had to black out the words themselves? I feel sad for you. I especially feel sad you also blacked out the word "God." I would understand if the God had been used in a profane context, but the people were just talking about God because the world was most likely ending. I would definitely be having some God-filled conversations if my world were literally ending, wouldn't you?
And if your parents were the ones who (I'm certain) lovingly scratched out those offensive words, then I hope you gleefully whispered them to yourself as you were reading. And what are they going to do when you hit high school and have to read The Scarlet Letter (adultery! bastard offspring! lascivious ministers!). By the way, I'm really sorry about The Scarlet Letter, it is apparently required reading. No, whatever you do, do not see the movie instead.
And I can't help but get the feeling you never finished reading the book, or it was ripped out of your hands and sold to the nearest used bookstore (at least it wasn't burned, I tell myself). That makes me sad as well. You missed a beautifully heartbreaking study of hope in the face of hopelessness, the agony of growing up when there's little left to look forward to, and the fierce love and foibles of parents just trying to keep their families safe.
Good luck to you in your life.
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Scribbling out words in a book sounds like an offence punishable by sound beating with a stout stick, to me. But that's probably what they are angling for in the first place.
I just feel sad for that girl. Her name was written on the inside cover, she was only 11 and had to read it for her class. I can't see that she would do it herself, so I can only assume her parents did it.
Hmmmmm Not one for censorship myself. My parents (whom we're VERY Liberal) took a book about Suzy Quatro off me when I was about 7. I guess asking my mother if she could urinate standing up (as I had read something pertaining to Suzie Quatro attempting it) kinda set off alarm bells to where such a whacky idea came from, & thus I produced the book if only to be confiscated.
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