we have a tendency to adore something which is not mainstream, and to shun things which are quoted or talked about too much. as if a precious thing, shared between too many people, loses its value.

and some people i've talked to about this book, seem to have this opinion of it: that it has become too popular, become commercialized, its most endearing quotes lifted and turned into cliche.

and people, being people, tend to like something when they think it's a unique secret only a few special people can appreciate; only to turn on it viciously once it becomes too popular. i've done that with some things, mostly music bands, in my college days when i was desperately trying to believe i wasn't just a faceless member of the crowd.

but i'm thinking about it now, and it seems to me that if many people can appreciate a children's book and its message and story, then hasn't that book accomplished more than a literary masterpiece which is special only to a handful of people?

what is the point if, out of the 6 billion people on earth, only 50 people can appreciate your work?

i agree that each writer has their own particular message to drive home, and sometimes you have to write in a complicated manner, in order for your message to be appreciated to its fullest.

(but there must be a compromise!)

lol passionate spiel interrupted I must go and help cook dinner now.