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Originally Posted by emellaich
In support of what you are saying, I remember being assigned a book that I hated. After graduating, I was desperate for something to read, and found my old book and reread it. This time around I loved it. I wasn't enough older for my tastes to change. The only change was that I wasn't forced to read it.
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Interesting. What was the title if you don't mind the question?
Steve Allen had an article about reading and how some books are best read at certain ages by a given person. Of course in a class room setting I can imagine that some teachers are just better at helping bring the world of the book to life too. My mom had to read some Shakespeare (Julius Caeser) in High School and thought it boring but then years later she saw a presentation of it on T.V. and something clicked for her. There is also the matter of personal tastes. The Harry Potter books inspired many kids to read because the stories appealed to them. In part it may be due to the genre of the books, but I think it's also due to the fact that the kids could relate to Harry & his friends. A lot of kids know how it feels to be either abused or picked on by others so they could see a kindred spirit in Harry. Who doesn't like to see the schoolyard bully get his comeuppance? I imagine a lot of kids cheered when Hermione clobbered Malfoy both in the book and in the movie version.