Hi there, I'm new to the form so hopefully Im in the right place!
I just found something very disturbing in my son's bedroom - a number of books actually. I confronted him about it, asking him where and how he got them, and he said he got them from his teacher as recommendation.
Now. My son is a smart kid so is in a top-level English class at school (and wants to become a doctor!) so gets recommendations all the time, but I thought this time it goes a bit far.
I found these books;
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - what appears to be a book about a paedophile that targets a twelve year old girl.
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann - a book about a predator that goes after and stalks a fourteen year old boy in Venice
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs - a very bad book filled with heavy drug use, prostitution, swearing (including the c-word) and what appears to be hardcore pornography. I won't go into anymore details - its too repulsive to even talk about.
He got the later book at a library, not from the school, but I still think it's worrying!
I understand also that some of these are 'classics'! What are these so-called intellectuals and the government thinking letting these books be available to the public and my son! I don't know what to do. As I said, these are only a couple of recommendations, but this is bad right?
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Bulldogjan74 · 14/12/2012 01:55
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