You could not make me sit down and read five words by Edgar Allan Poe. You almost can't sit me down to read Mark Twain. They almost ruined him for me. I didn't realize what a genius Twain was until I discovered him years later. My teachers didn't even appreciate what part we should have been celebrating.
Art is art.
It is expression. What I'm going to do, as a writer, is make the best connection I can make with my characters. If I do that well, the kid will take it from there. It's not my job to interpret once it's done. I trust my readers to do that for themselves.