>>24465412 (OP)The teacher isn't wrong. It's not her fault the author might have been a retard who didn't bother to think about what exactly appeals to him in ravens, but thankfully we can analyze his writing to make suggestions about it.
>>24465485It's not just zoomers, it has been that way for generaitons. Remember: most people in the world are not writers, nor creators. Even something as basic as symbols might be confusing to them, because they have not suppressed their gut instinct to take everything literally enough to be creative. If they ever take up books, they expect them to be entertaining, like a thrilling action movie. And dissecting prose for subtext is not their idea of entertainment.