'It doesn't look like it's about mice'... poor chap, he looked like he was in real physical pain. I looked like that when my English teacher made us all read 'The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar'. The funny thing is that it's often the books you hated at school that you grow to adore many years later.

I haven't actually read 'Of Mice and Men', but I feel inspired to read it now... I'll think of Elvis while I'm doing it.

What if he starts by watching John Ford's "The grapes of wrath" starring Henry Fonda who sings in the film a sweet song entitled"Come and sit by my side if you love me".
That surely will make the boy love Steinbeck's other works later.
I agree with you.It is a big problem.

I saw your comment to him, that was a lovely thing to do. In his response he says he'll have a go, let's hope he enjoys it.

What an incredibly productive young man! Did you notice that he's produced twenty-seven YouTube videos already? Blimey.

What a find, Steve. Hats off to you. 

If you pop back to his video, you'll see that there have been a few responses already. :)

I wonder if this will inspire him to read more? I hope so.

Maybe if someone penned a short book about young Elvis with a few photos of him in it he might develop a greater appreciation for what reading has to offer. But something like that would obviously have to come from a parent or some other authority figure he cares about. He seems somewhat prone to anxiety and might help himself if he could just chill a bit :-)

Aberjhani
Founder of Creative Thinkers International
author of The American Poet Who Went Home Again
and Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (Facts on File)

This blog proves that asking for help ends always up by meeting a stretched helping hand.
There are many streched helping hands now towards Elvis from people of deep insight and different disciplines.
Hey Elvis,maybe the real solution to your problem is in reading the book you hold in the video.
It is just a challenge you have to take.