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Originally posted by Nan:
... I've just run into so much complete disbelief over the years that I couldn't like some fabulous, wonderful story, full of deep layers of meaning, etc. etc., where the protagonist dies at the end. I'm told that I just can't see the deep underlying message in the story
For the record, I think that anyone (those teachers you mentioned above included) that tries to tell someone that their TASTES are WRONG is shallow themself and possibly trying to compensate for it! :-) To imply that you would like something only if you "gave it a chance" or were "sophisticated" enough to comprehend the deeper issues is inexcusable at best. I'm sorry you've had to suffer the ignorance of those people. Hopefully, you'll never encounter that attitude here. But that history does explain your statement above.

Jackie

Jackie N.
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