Seduction of the Innocent cover

Seduction of the Innocent

by Fredric Wertham

This is the most shocking book of recent years. And it should be the most influential. Seduction of the Innocent is the complete, detailed report of the findings of famed psychiatrist, Frederic Wertham, on the pernicious influence of comic books on the youth of today. No parent can afford to ignore it. You think your child is immune? Don't forget — 90,000,000 comic books are read each month. On the basis of wide experience and many years' research, Dr. Wertham flatly states that comic books: - Are an invitation to illiteracy - Create an atmosphere of cruelty and deceit - Stimulate unwholesome fantasies - Suggest criminal or sexually abnormal ideas - Create a readiness for temptation - Suggest forms a delinquent impulse may take and supply details of technique

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?