Quote Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke View Post
When I was 14 we were reading some books with some heavy violent and sexual content in order to examine different things, such as distopian societies, consequences of ones actions, psychological issues, among other things. Some of them were hard to read, but that was the point. It made us think about things. It got us involved in the story.
I think at that age I read The Giver and Brave New World which were pretty tame as dystopias go, but I read 1984 in my 20's and I loved it but it really freaked me out. I honestly think if I was made to read 1984 when I was 14 it would have traumatised me. Im not really making any sort of point here, just giving an anecdote.
I find that interesting. We did read 1984 in school. It was freshman year I think, maybe sophomore. It never occurred to me that someone would have such a visceral reaction. It's nice to hear Scotty say the idea is of a book list is catching on, because maybe it could help avoid things like that.