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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Psst: Your racism is showing.

Catcher in the Rye is basically the complaining rant of a teenager. You think it has more “cultural value” than these books because of your own biases.[/quote]

Psst: that's what people say when they are getting beaten on the facts. You're losing the argument and being illiterate of classic literature doesn't make anyone a racist but it does make you a moron.[/quote]

So you don’t think Holden Caulfield is basically a whiny teenager? Because he is. He’s basically a symbol of teenage angst, which is fine, but don’t act like it’s super profound or something. [/quote]

She doesn't get it. LOL[/quote]

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