Researchers held a conference in England to discuss how books and movies affect teenage minds. The experts fearing that teenager’s minds are more susceptible to influence, wonder about the effects of the current trend of literature containing dark themes: vampires, post-apocalyptic, etc. They also feel that the character Bella from the Twilight series preaches ultra conservative values, and may thwart the act of independent thinking or the development of a woman’s independence. The researchers also fear that damage may occur to young minds based on the scenarios of no positivity or hope.
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In every generation, there is always a public outcry over the current literary trends of teens. When I was a child, it was the Dungeons and Dragons books; they were supposed to teach you to worship the devil. When I was a teenager, the Anne Rice vampire books were all the rage, people went nuts again. Then along came the Harry Potter series and the devil worship banner was raised again. At one point, there were people in my community actively seeking the removal of the Harry Potter series from the town library. My religious zealot aunt refused to let her children read the series, she was afraid that they might become possessed, or have an independent though I am not sure which. My point is that no matter what the current teen literary series is people will find something disturbing and “dangerous” about it, especially if it inspires a new independence of thought and a break with the traditions of the area.
I completely agree with you. No matter what generation your in, there is always going to be those movies or books that are dangerous or that inspire new independence of thought. If people were to remove these movies and books, then every book/movie would be basically about the same thing. People would get bored and wouldn't be interested in the stories.
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