Illiterate Boys?

Much is made of the power of education in this book. Is education a "civilizing agent"?  Read the excerpt on my web page called “Girls Who Read.” Briefly summarize your understanding of Warnke's message, and apply his ideas regarding literacy & education to Nellie, and two other characters in Wuthering Heights (which might mean examining an illiterate character too)!

Welcome to the AP Lit. blog for Mr. Miles' class!  Keep in mind that these entries should be relaxed, but substantial. For your first entry, talk about what you think of Perrine's categorizing of escape literature and interpretive literature, paying special attention to his footnote on page 6 regarding commercial and quality fiction.  Can you think of films or books that fall into those categories?  What are they?  Does his analogy about some writing being more "nutritious" than others make sense?  When do you think we crave the "sugary" kind, and why?