Sherman Alexie believes that dark books can teach children many different lessons about life and how it is. Also, in the article they talked about how "And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books-especially the dark and dangerous ones-will save them"(Alexie 4). And she talked about how those books help the children stop thinking about their lives because of how it was going because it gave them a safe place. Some of his best points where when he talked about how to everything is perfect and all good because people do tend to get lonely and sad. And this is not a perfect world and no one is perfect.
But on the other hand what Meghan Cox Gurdon had to say about young adult books becoming too dark was that she believes the books have gotten way to dark. Also, in the article they talked about how "Yet it is also possible—indeed, likely—that books focusing on pathologies help normalize them and, in the case of self-harm, may even spread their plausibility and likelihood to young people who might otherwise never have imagined such extreme measures. Self-destructive adolescent behaviors are observably infectious and have periods of vogue. That is not to discount the real suffering that some young people endure; it is an argument for taking care" ( Gurdon, 12). And that people read them because they could relate to the darkness of the story or they take a interested in it.
But overall after I read both sides decided to agree with Sherman Alexie. Because students can learn many different life lessons in dark books. Also, people tend to read them because of their situation and it could help them feel better. And people go through many different traumatic situations and deal with them in many different ways.
Works Cited
Alexie, Sherman. “Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood.” The Wall Street Journal, 9 June 2011, www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-65604.
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