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_refugee_ · 2763 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why Is There So Much Bullshit in Modern Writing?
I think when as a young reader you are encouraged to pursue works outside of your contemporary world, written valuing different styles, language schools, and values, you take advantage of the elasticity your brain possesses in youth and gain significantly greater comfort with diverse modes and styles of Communication, Specifically writing, than you do by staying solely within the works written during your time for readers of your age level at that time. Mark Twain is a challenge because he's removed from the present. Harry Potter and Eragon are engaging and good because they're writing and students reading them are still reading, but the language challenges aren't the same.