Post #6

 I don't think that genre fiction is less "worthy" than Literary Fiction of our time as readers, because both of these types of fiction can lead to interesting stories. Genre fiction is made up of all different kinds of stories, such as crime, fantasy, horror, mystery, romance and science fiction. In my opinion, all of these genres are good, because they can make you feel something. They can make you feel happy, surprised, scared, or, with fantasy, want to travel to a magical world. Literary fiction is also good, because these stories involve realism, and many of them are classics. I believe that genre fiction is equally worthy in our school's curriculum as literary fiction, because we should have books like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Frankenstein along with The Great Gatsby and To Kill a Mockingbird. It is important to read both of these types of stories, so that you can read a good variety of different books. I'm sure that a lot of thought and creativity goes into reading and/or writing both literary and genre fiction. There is also something to learn in both types of fiction. For example, Harry Potter teaches friendship, bravery and perserverance. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us justice, and doing the right thing, even when it's hard. I really think that it's important for schools to have us read both of these kinds of fiction, because we can read about our own world, and a creative alternate universe. This would help us to become more well-rounded readers, and help us learn about many different kinds of books.