{"id":3206,"date":"2019-11-26T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=3206"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:41:49","slug":"fahrenheit-451","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/fahrenheit-451\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2025 &#8211; Fahrenheit 451"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/author\/\">2025 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/title\/\">2025 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/11\/fahrenheit451.jpg\" alt=\"farenheit 451\" width=\"282\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/11\/fahrenheit451.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/11\/fahrenheit451-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1567547~S12\">Held at Marshall Libraries (Drinko Library &#8211; PS3503.R167 F3 1993).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<p>On August 12, the board of the Elizabeth School District (CO) announced they were removing 19 titles from school libraries \u201cfor review\u201d and requiring parental permission for 110 others. The board cited concerns over the religious views expressed; LGBTQIA+ content; and depictions of drug use, sex, and violence in the books. <strong>Nineteen Minutes<\/strong> was one of the titles removed. Titles requiring parental permission included <strong>1984<\/strong>, <strong>Fahrenheit 451<\/strong>, <strong>Brave New World<\/strong>, and <strong>Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl<\/strong>. On March 19, 2025, a federal judge ordered the district to restore access to all 129 titles and prohibited further censorship of library books \u201cbecause the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<p>Retained as a required part of the 8th-grade curriculum at Santa Rosa (FL) District Schools. A parent filed a formal request to ban the classic 1953 novel because of profanity and using God&#8217;s name in vain. She also had concerns about Bradbury including sex, drugs, suicide, murder, and abortion in the book. After a review committee evaluation, per district selection policy, the superintendent clearly and directly supported intellectual freedom by retaining the book. Despite the school district&#8217;s assurance that students can opt for another assignment, some students plan to start a petition to ban <b>Fahrenheit 451<\/b> from Santa Rosa District Schools for good.<\/p>\n<h2>2007<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged at the Conroe (TX) Independent School District because of the following: &#8220;discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, &#8216;dirty talk&#8217;, references to the Bible, and using God&#8217;s name in vain.&#8221; The novel went against the complainants&#8217; &#8220;religious beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15369,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3206\/revisions\/15369"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}