Commercial Fiction vs. Literary Fiction

I don’t believe that commercial fiction has any less value than literary fiction. I definitely feel that schools should include commercial fiction in English curriculum. The students would like these kinds of fiction better because they are easier to understand and easier to relate to. One thing I know about students is that one thing they don’t like about what we read in school is the type of writing. Often the books are written in Old English, which is difficult to comprehend. I agree with Melissa Thomas when she says that fastasy fiction “has at least two traits in common with the lasting work of other genres: humor and humanness”. Most of the time this is what is taught in the classroom anyways; this would just be a new twist on it.  Popular works can be just as great as literary fiction, maybe even better. I don’t understand why people think that just because a book is popular, it’s not as good. More people are reading it, not less! I agree with Leavitt  when she says “A good book is a good book…”. I don’t care how someone categorizes a book or how many people are reading it; it is still just a book to me. People need to realize this fact.  No one person can decide if a book is good or not, every individual needs to read the book themselves to know whether they should consider it good. It’s a personal opinion type of question so no one else can answer for you. We should want children to read books because it allows them to increase their own creativity. Also, it is an important part of learning. You almost always have to read something to learn anything. I believe that people should think about literary fiction and popular fiction equally. Everyone should read what they like and not try to say which type of books are best; decide for yourself and only yourself!