![]() ![]() Recently I’ve gotten questions about the theological implications of the apple, the “Adam and Eve metaphor.” And I go, “What? I didn’t put that in there, folks.” It’s interesting that people take out of what they’re reading what works for them. Q: Do you find yourself surprised at insights that people get out of your books, things that you hadn’t even intended?Ī: Oh, yes. ![]() If the people who challenge books want something to challenge, there’s better stuff out there for their purposes. I think the reason it’s not being challenged any longer is because now that the young adult category has become so huge, there are a lot of so-called young adult books that are sexually explicit and that have a lot of violence. But in a couple of places it was withdrawn. ![]() It’s not true any longer, but when that was happening so much, most often there would be a challenge, then there would be a process, and then there would be a school board meeting, and the book would be reinstated. Q: Some of the themes in “The Giver,” such as rebelling against conformity, have caused controversy among the conservative element in our society.Ī: Yeah, it was removed from the schools in the town of Holland, Michigan, and a town in Colorado. ![]()
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