PRI: Public Radio International

Classic book 'Of Mice and Men' under scrutiny in Turkey

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:30:00 -0600

The Turkish government recommends every student in the country read John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, but now a parent has complained it's not appropriate, because of a few lines on a couple of pages in the book.

Dona

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:42:47 -0600

isn't Turkey going backward on this? are we sure that this generation is more innocent?(i wonder)... aren't we sheltering kids from the facts, afterall brothels are ancient business which still exist today

Billy

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:06:39 -0600

<Koca says this generation is different — they’re more innocent.

“We have to imagine their mental state, they do not know about these things. And they don’t need to,” Koca said. “We should have some norms for the books we assign to a 14- or 15-year-old kid.”>

Complete disconnect from reality.

Adam Lyons

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:51:34 -0500

Interesting!