” The first point that Prose makes in her essay is that she is not satisfied with her two sons’ educations. She does not even go to defend her argument and further explain what she means by “serious literature” and “avid readers. From what she has heard, people today are not reading “serious” literature. Again, Prose brings up her own personal experience and what she has heard. “We hear the more books are being bought and sold than ever before, yet no one, as far as I know, is arguing that we are producing and becoming a nation of avid readers of serious literature” (423). If both the teachers and books are not challenging the young students minds, then how can we expect them to understand challenging books. She also makes an argument that the English curriculum is an important issue both culturally and politically.
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