My Arguement For Lowbrow

Today in class, Friday, I found myself disagreeing with Dr. Sexson. This doesn't happen often, and I don't mean to question our cult leaders' beliefs, but I suppose it was Dr. Sexson who said not to drink the cool-aid. So, here I am, trying out some Lipton ice tea and realizing that it's better than cool-aid (except for grape). Call me childish, but what I didn't agree with was that Dr. Sexson said that with age we, as readers, should move on from lowbrow and graduate to highbrow. I don't believe this is true. I think that lowbrow as well as highbrow has a place in our world. Such as the example with his granddaughter. It was okay for her to read Harry Potter, but not for the older man. I think that everyone needs some lowbrow in their life. The contrast between the two needs to exist and everyone needs some nice lowbrow every once in awhile. For myself, I very much enjoy my lowbrow. Whether it is Harry Potter or the Alchemist, I think it's necessary when you are taking a break from your job or school to have an easy read at your side. Just like dreams, lowbrow/fantasy books have the ability to make their reader escape from reality. A single page doesn't take an hour to understand, the reader is able to flow through there book and simply enjoy themselves. It doesn't matter if it's a 13 year old girl or a 70 year old man, they both should have the luxury of appreciating the lowbrow. I hope that when I'm older I can pick up a fun children's book and sit down and pretend. Without our ability to enter the dream world we are just left with the tangible. I, for one, like a little mystery. I don't believe everything is white and black or right and wrong, there is always a little bit of mystery hidden in the truth. It's more in the lowbrow's ability to take their reader to an alternate reality. This alternate reality should carry over into our everyday life. It's up to the Harry Potter's in our world to remind us of the mysteries in our everyday.