Reflection on Findings and Process

I discovered many things throughout my research. I discovered that although a book is banned that does not mean you can’t read it and that controversial books can have many good, positive messages for the readers. I learned that you should never judge a book by its cover and that before you claim something about a novel you should research it and take time to understand the author’s point of view and the reasons behind it. I also learned the process of challenging and banning a book. Most of all I learned that love doesn’t always last forever. Some of the things I learned did surprise me but others not so much. The one thing I found most interesting is how the process of banning a book works. I found that although it passes one part of the process it may not pass the other and become banned interesting.

                While researching this book I felt kind of mad because people were criticizing Judy Blume for writing this novel before taking the time to research and find the reasons behind the things they considered to be so horrible. I found researching this novel to be difficult not only because there was more bad then good, or because most of the information was the same on every site, but because I hate it when people talk down to someone over and over again and think its ok just because the person is famous. The part I enjoyed the most was actually reading the book. When I started I could not put it down; it was amazing and well written. I would recommend it to anyone. The part I disliked was trying to find some of the answers. Most of the websites for my novel were comments or book reviews and most of them were negative comments. If I could do this project all over again I would work harder and turn them in on time.