Monday, April 23, 2012

Banned Books found throughout the sub

I have already listed my 51 items but neglected to tell you how I did it. I chose 51 banned books that I have not read and would like to. The list came from "120 Banned Books." 

The book has the banned books organized in alphabetical order within categories.The categories are book banned for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons. I also knew that I need a large space for all 51 items so I chose a place that we are all familiar with...The Sub. I know the sub very well because I work there and it is my study place. So here it goes...

I come in the south entrance by the big glass doors and there is a Black Boy sitting on the bench. I go down the stairs and my locker is on the left. Inside my locker is a hamburger for Burger's Daughter. Down the hall way is a Doctor Zhivago. At Freshens where smoothies are made, there are two angry grapes yelling at each other and dueling which stands for Grapes of Wrath. At the sweet shop next to the pretzel machine is someone covered in nacho cheese yelling I am the Cheese. On the stairs next to the sweet shop by the west entrance is Adolf Hitler writing Mein Kampf. On the wall next to the elevator is scribbled 1984 as if the elevator is a time machine. Right inside the bookstore where they sometimes to book signings is a table with a book that has a plain white cover and just has black letters that say Novel Without a Name. In the hallway next to the cat card office are beautiful trees and blind people walking around for Paradise of the Blind. I associate the Bobcat Grill with hamburgers which i associate with slaughterhouses so I get Slaughterhouse 5. In the corner is a Uncle Tom's Cabin and inside he is reading The Bible. In the Rec Center there are bowling alleys with children bowling for Children of the Alley. One kid is sitting off to the side reading The Koren. On one of the pool tables is a sexy nun which stands for The Last Temptation of Christ. Next to the door is a guys named Oliver who's body is all twisted (Oliver Twist) and he is chanting Satanic Versus. Sitting at one of the tables next to the north stairwell is a man dressed patriotically and crying (An American Tragedy). In front of the stairs Aladdin is sward fighting a thief (The Arabian Nights). Written on the walls down the hall in graffiti is The Art of Love. In the financial aid office is a girl with The Bluest Eye. On the desk next  to that lone computer is some candy (Candide). Next to the east entrance is an elevator platform and on the platform are two people making love and trying different positions (The Kama Sutra). Right next to the door is a woman chatting with her lover and hearing the echo that the entrance makes (Lady Chatterley's Lover). At the top of the stairs is a young girl who has been raped and is barely crawling up the stairs (Lolita). Going into the Procrastinator Theater is a 19th century french woman named Madame Bovary. Sitting down right before Leigh Lounge is Mo and Flanders from the Simpsons talking (Moll Flanders).  Laying on one of the couches in Leigh Lounge is a girl I know named Pamela. The double LL in Leigh Lounge help me to remember the double PP in Peyton PlaceOutside the window I can picture Snow Falling on Cedars. In Avogadro's a girl named Sophie is making the choices for her sandwich (Sophie's Choice).  Next to Avogadro's Number is a kiddy pool with a crab in it (Tropic of Cancer). Next to the kiddy pool is Ulysses S. Grant sitting in a chair. The small west entrance is the door to a Brave New WorldIn one of the quite rooms through the secret door is my friend talking about being Black Like Me. In one of the seating areas next to the pillars there are cans being buried by a creature with a tail (The Canterbury Tales).  Next to the counter with the microwaves and condiments are people playing catch. A couple are catching 22s and another couple are catching rye bread (Catch-22 and The Catcher in the Rye). On the wall to the left when you walk into the Union Market is a clock that I have pictured as an orange (A Clockwork Orange). The entrance of the kitchen is guarded by Cujo. In the kitchen I have placed Fahrenheit 451. On the other doorway of the kitchen I have angels falling (Fallen Angels). Going out of the dining area toward the ask us desk I have as The Final Exit. Go Ask Alice is at the ask us desk. The west entrance is the Last Exit to Brooklyn and outside a see a tree with Leaves of Grass. Continuing down the hall there is a Manchild in the Promised Land. In the Exit Gallery there is naked art and the person watching the gallery is eating lunch (Naked Lunch). At the SRO coffee shop are a bunch of crazy people because coffee makes people hyper and crazy (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest). And finally in the lounge area next to the coffee shop is a women meeting her other lover and wearing an A (The Scarlet Letter).

No comments:

Post a Comment