During our presentations, Rachel spoke about how reading novels as a teen somewhat reshaped her life because she thought the author’s interpretation of who the author portrayed the characters to be was how people her age should act and carry on. As a teen I very much had the same experience, but through music. Funny, because I remember parents, and conservative groups rising up against musicians, bands, and rap groups in those times. I never thought the music they were putting out was anything more than entertainment, and that only weak minded sheeple would actually get so deep into this that they could possibly live it out. Then later in life, maybe mid 20’s , I realized that a lot of the decisions I made were perhaps influenced by music I was listening to at the time. This was a revelation I didn’t know how to take since I was currently serving in the military to give these artists and authors their freedom of speech. Now I look around at today’s youth, and I see it more and more. Violence, and other petty crime being propagated by artist, the media especially, and authors as well. I still fight to defend our freedom of speech, I feel it would be a breath of fresh air if some would care enough to see exactly what their art is doing to our nation, and maybe learn to sensor themselves a little to benefit our youth.