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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you rather they read the Odyssey? Maybe Cstcher in the Rye? Huckleberry Finn? Jane Eyre? Macbeth?

Good literature has always dealt with dramatic themes. Even fairy tales have cannibalism and rampant child abuse throughout—youre just used to it so it seems “innocent.”

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DP. You bet I'd prefer any book on your list to current drivel not because of the content but because of their cultural value, style and, frankly, the writer's craft. Are you seriously saying that The hate U give is on par eith Idyssey, the Catcher and Macbeth? [/quote]

It appears she is not well versed in classic literature.[/quote]

Haha. I’ve read all of those books in school. Cultural value is just another way to say these titles are familiar to you. In his day Shakespeare was considered very low brow entertainment. Everything is relative.

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Yup! I mean, Midsummer Night’s Dream is often assigned in high school, since it’s one of Shakespeare’s more accessible plays, and there’s literally a character called Bottom, who forms the butt of jokes about being an “ass.”

If anyone here has taken AP Latin, you’d know that Catullus wrote a TON of poems that were basically smut. The only reason people think these are “high culture” is because of their own biases. [/quote]

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