In 1931 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was banned in Hunan, China because it portrayed animals and humans having the same characteristics. The provience of China stated, "Animals should not use human language, and that it was disastrous to put animals and human beings on the same level."
In my opinon there are thousands of very successful published books out in the world that are not realisic to reality. For example, "The Little Mermaid," "Harry Potter," "Cinderella" and many more. With this in mind, for China to take such an action like this is quite ridiculous.
This book should not be banned. I say this for several reasons. One being this book is simply for kids. So with China stating the fact that "animals and human beings on the same level" I feel the book is just trying to show kids that animals can be friendly too. Plus, its not everyday that a kid is going to fall down a rabbit hole(ha)...so Hunan, China deffinately should not have made such drastic measures!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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