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Shel Silverstein Kidnapped Poem

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The poem Kidnapped by Shel Silverstein is unfitting for younger readers because of its serious frightening topic of child abduction and possibly making children scared of leaving the house or doing anything independently. The girl in this poem is on her way to school and she says “This morning I was [kidnapped] By three masked men. They [stopped] me on the sidewalk” (1-3). This girl is kidnapped on an ordinary day not knowing it was going to happen making children think that on any day they could be swept up from their family and taken. Also, if children don't have the confidence to be independent at a young age then they will be more dependent of their parents never realizing that they too will have to go off on their own at some point.
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