in huck finn in each of these great american novels we have a democracy of voices way or even the villain has a voice, you know? and it goes through understanding and not condemnation. so i think ideology and judo terrorism that is ruling over america today is very dangerous to the health of our country. >> host: azar nafisi, how did reading lolita change your life? >> guest: you know it changed my life in the sense i rather always doubt and question my slow. i never thought that was successful. and honest to god you should listen to my editors. i used to do, this book is not going to sow more than 9000 copies. but the whole point about the success of that book, it made me understand that readers, you should not underestimate them and that they want to know and the only thing that gave me, gave me the opportunity to connect to people i wanted to be connected to. and that is the most important thing and that his readers. you know so that is my take on reading lucky the. >> host: booktv on c-span c-span to a we've been talking with author azar nafisi, "the republic of imagination" is her mo

now you teach about -- think about how you teach huck finn. if you get jeffrey tambor doing a reading of the first couple of page, kids get excited, they get involved, and we've studied this, we see if you give one kid a book and another kid the video and the book, the kid with the video and the book is going to stick with it longer and better. >> is your assumption, mr. klein, this translates whether you're in california, alabama, michigan gain, maine, the way teachers teach and what kids need to learn is consistent enough across the board that there can be a digital curriculum that would apply in all cases. >> if you put aside the various accents, i think it translates. >> it's all about accents. >> right. >> not only do i think that. i'm so sure of it. now, when you look around in a global e >> yeah. >> and you see the challenges our children are going to face in the 21st century, i think it's hard for people to understand how rapidly ethics are moving. somebody just pointed out recently in an article that i read, eastman cocharacter with 1