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Henry Rollins on the Death of Mentorship

The twofold test of great writing asks whether the work remains true centuries later, and whether the reader's interpretation of the work changes over time. Henry Rollins' essay, "The Iron," was something I read as an ode to lifting weights. That is the interpretation of a very young man. As I've grown older, his essay is better understood as the value mentorship - or the death of it. When I was young I had no sense of myself. All I was, was a product of all the fear and humiliation I suffered. Fear of my parents. The humiliation of teachers calling me "garbage can" and telling me I'd be mowing lawns for a living. And the very real terror of my fellow students. I was threatened and beaten up for the color of my skin and my size. I was skinny and clumsy, and when others would tease me I didn't run home crying, wondering why...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 07, 2011 (boomark / email).