Kids today are getting hooked to books that are about violence such as murder, school shootings, rape, kidnappings, and other violent subjects. They will start to read, and never put it down. But are kids taking the right perspective to the book?
I am reading the novel, Hate List , by Jennifer Brown. I began reading the book with the outlook as wondering what is gong to happen, and didn’t know if I would like it or not. But don’t we all? The more I read the more I was drawn to it. I think the things that drew me to tit he most was because it is about kids my age, and a school just like my own. But am I reading it the right way?
Whether you know it or not, you need to take what you read from books in different ways. For instance, if you read a fantasy such as Harry Potter you think to yourself, “this could never happen”, and then the books becomes like a candy read. I know you’re thinking, “well then what way do I need to read a book like the one you are reading?” Which is where the weirdest thing comes in, which is safety. When kids read books they can think in their head that the event would never happen to them, but they are wrong. What do people think that kids who have been kidnapped were thinking before they were taken? It’s not like they knew it was going to happen.
Which brings me back to my point, make sure you take the right perspective from your book. You never know what is going to happen.
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