“Disliking Books” by Gerald Graff outlines his belief that debate gives rise to critical thinking. Graff works as a professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois. First, he recounts his childhood aversion to books due to not being able to find their application and potentially being beaten by his peers for indulging in them. Graff then references Lives on the Boundary, which refers to how working class finds knowledge as a saving grace; however, he takes for granted his middle class education. Frustrated, his father attempts to force him to read many different books. Once he enters college, where similar boys are expected to get serious, he aimlessly pursues a major in English. At this point, Graff worries about flunking