I mean, we grew up with Soylent Green, and I must say, I don't know anyone personally who watched that and started thinking it was okay to use people as food. That's an important lesson, especially at this age.Įveryone should be taught that art has a deeper meaning than what is read or seen at face value. And I think it's a lesson in opening one's eyes and looking at what is going on around them, instead of just blindly buying into what is being pushed by others. This book is very obviously an example (I think a wonderful example), of how we should not behave. And he has a wonderful sense of right and wrong. If you think it's promoting the horrors of this dystopian society, then you clearly missed the point! I'm all for exposing my child to literature that teaches him how people should not behave, as well as how they should. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at anyone being incensed and outraged by this book for a middle-school-aged kid.
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