How to Kill a Vampire

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Hmm... I'm pretty surprised to hear everyone talk about Lord of the Flies like it pushes the envelope of school appropriateness. I know Austin is a pretty progressive place to have grown up, but still. In addition to Lord of the Flies, we read Clockwork Orange, watched Dangerous Liaisons (with permission slips for the butt nudity, but nobody's parents refused,) and the theatre department actually performed Equus.

In defense of the whole English education system I was the only person who reacted this way as far as I know. For everyone else it was just a set text,

I read 1984 and Animal Farm by choice and again had a reaction that I didn't see replicated amongst my classmates when we read them later. "Yo uare the dead" made me scream and throw the book across the room. I felt violated.

I was a delicate flower.