We're getting dumber!?

I can't help but notice the trend in literature. As I look back at the years of writing, and see great pieces of work from (in no particular order) Homer and Aristotle, to Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, C. S. Lewis, and J.R.R Tolkien etc. All fantastic thinkers and writers who give us a glimpse into their time, or their values. Then I look at the writing of today and shudder, unable to help cringing thinking our society is defined by a bunch of vampire-crazed people.  

Yes, there are some beautiful books on vampires, but these books are hardly as popular as the ones sold to the drooling teen population. Over the past few years in English class, we have gone over things like, American literature reflects society of the time, and I cannot help but think. This, these books, are reflecting our society? 

Horrible. 

Will it change? I hope it is merely a quick trend that will be replaced by something much more deep and intense. With something that is worth delving into, to get a glimpse of something more than quick love and a little action.