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Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:03 pm

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Well my teacher in 8th grade never made us read anything. She just bought a bunch of books that she'd think a bunch of 14 year old kids would like. She also asked us to put down what we liked and what genres we liked

And it worked.

Yeah we used to have a book diary thing going in high school where you wrote short reviews of any books you read and the teacher looked it over every so often. Unfortunately I ended up in an argument with my teacher over it as she flatly refused to believe I had read BRIDESHEAD REVISITED at age 14. Daft old moo.

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Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:09 pm

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America Dream. Hm. Was your teacher a massive cynic, by any chance? Heh!

It was part of the 11th grade English curriculum. Blame the ass district school board.

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Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:37 pm

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I dont remember a lot of the books I had to read in HS, I think its because they were so god awful I blocked them from memory, like a really bad dream..yes, thats all they were >_>

In general I hate existentialism.

Oh and stuff about the midwest. "Call of the wild" and "Grapes of wrath' made me want to physically harm myself.

But the WORST was having to read, study and perform ' Our Town' for an entire three months. THE HUMANITY OF IT ALL!
It haunts me to this day. ;_;

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Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:48 pm

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i agree, I prefer Euroupean lit to american lit anyday

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Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:57 pm

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Jenna_Darknight wrote:

i agree, I prefer Euroupean lit to american lit anyday

"Europe. Where the history comes from". :godot:

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:10 am

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I think that bias comes from my emphasis on Celtic Lit, but it's true really most of the interesting works (Shakespeare, Chaucer, Austin, Marlowe, Marie de France, etc.) come from europe.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:37 am

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But the WORST was having to read, study and perform ' Our Town' for an entire three months.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:48 am

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I hate Our Town ,but honestly I think Death of a Salesman and Cat on A Hot tin Roof are worse

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:52 am

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i dont see how that's possible unless you're mentally deficient

i bet you dont like raisin in the sun either

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:04 am

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I prefer Luigi Pirandello, Ibsen and Will Shakespeare to any american playwrights. everyone has a different preference when it comes to literature and and I'm no mentally deficient just because i don't agree with you.

And no, I don't like Raisin in the Sun either. I was thankful after that trainwreck we went to Twelfth Night.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:11 am

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ibsen's first name is henrik btw

and basically you dont like black people, i got you

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:20 am

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That's not the issue, Jesus. It's not a race thing, it's a matter of enjoyment and meaning derived from the material. I don't find any enjoyment in any of those works and I read them only because I had to. A work that is depressing for no reason, other than to show how badly life can beat you down is not deep, and it is not, in my opinion, a pleasant or enriching experience.

I'm not rascist, I don't care if your a black, Native American, or whatever race writer, I'm part sami, but you don't hear me playing the race card. a writer should be respected for the material they produce, not because they're a minority or a woman. And there are good black writers out there, I just don't think that Loraine Hansberry is one of them.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:26 am

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im not jesus ok but i understand how you could think so

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It's not a race thing

yeah you keep tellin yourself that

and some of your best friends are black and gay too i bet

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:30 am

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Whoa, whoa, whoa. C'mon! Let's just chill out. Let's not have an arguement if someone is racist or not. And let's not just say basically, "Oh hey, you're racist". This topic is about books, not race. I don't think Jenna_Darknight is a racist. But, even if she was, so what? There's no need to tell everyone you think she is. I think we all just need to chill out.

So, does anyone here not like Tuck Everlasting?

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:53 am

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yeah you keep tellin yourself thatand some of your best friends are black and gay too i bet

Hey, I do!

And with that I'm done with this, But I've never read Tuck Everlasting DefenseNeverRests, but I saw the movie. It was okay, but how was the book.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:00 am

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In my opinion, the book sucked. It was too slow paced to me.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:08 am

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That can kill a good story. did it just get bogged down in detail or was it just slow going? I'm probably never going to read it so I hope you don't mind my asking.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:09 am

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I don't mind. I think it was both.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:14 am

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Ah. I think a lot of writers fall into the "too many details" pit. tolkien, who I love, falls into that far too often. It was manageable in Lord of the Rings, but it killed The Hobbit for me.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:16 am

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Yea. It's good to have details, but if you have way too many, it just kills the book and then you end up with a slow paced one.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:21 am

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Exactly, and I think too many writer's think, "Oh, the story will be more believable if I put more details in it." I think a lot of potentially good stories go down the drain because of it, but for some reason, schools seem to like to subject us to them.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:29 am

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Heh. No wonder I don't like a lot of school books. I read some of these books we get and I'm just reading detail. When I write stories in my free time, I always think, "How can I make this interesting to the reader?". I think some of these authors are focusing more on having the reader create an image in their head of what's going on. Sure, I want to do that to. But, I don't want to bore them to death. It's not ALWAYS so much the picture as it is capturing your reader's attention.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:33 am

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Right. I'm more of a Character writer myself, as I've found that characters are both more fun to work with and also allow for a reader to get into the story more effectively if they can relate and understand a character.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:38 am

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And with that I'm done with this

its hilarious how you took me seriously that whole time

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:40 am

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...*Sigh* The fire's already dying out. Let's just throw the water on it and have it COMPLETELY out.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:56 am

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It seems that when the subject of bad books comes up, being forced to read them in school also comes up. We don't have to read this and aren't even recommended to in my school, but I was kind of wondering if anyone who has read it has had any problems with 1984. I think most high schools don't read it because most of them are slowly going in the same over-controlled direction taken by the countries in the book. But some colleges do have it required, I hear.

Personally, I loved it. I read it on my own because I love George Orwell. But this was, by far, the greatest thing I've read by him. It became one of my favorite books. I think everyone should read it, especially if you liked V For Vendetta. I just thought it was a little weird that some schools actually give this one good book out for the students to read. It's almost like they actually try to bore the hell out of the students. So, what do you all think about it?

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:04 am

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:27 am

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I think it still holds some truths to it. I'm not a big Orwell fan, but 1984 is up there wiht A Clockwork Orange in my book as good psychological stories (I want to call them thrillers but I'm not quite sure if that's right).

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:21 am

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DefenseNeverRests wrote:

So, does anyone here not like Tuck Everlasting?

I read that 6 years ago and I couldn't make sense out of it. And, yes it was slow-paced. There are way too many books that describe stuff for too long. Most books just seem to do that so they can have an excuse to charge a lot of money for the book.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:57 am

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We talked about that a little bit earlier in this page.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:17 pm

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DefenseNeverRests wrote:

What are your least favorite books? Personally, so far, I hate Tuck Everlasting and The Giver.

I hate you so much right now.

My least favorite books are:

1. The Odyssey. I had to read TWICE and during the first time I read it, I had to do a project on each chapter! And there's like over 30! :sob:

2. The Old Man and the Sea. A story about an old man who goes out to sea to fish! Exciting! -_-
3. The Mosquito Coast. Allie Fox just annoyed the heck out of me. Not to mention that about one-third of the book was about the scenery!

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:18 am

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luckyhitmaster wrote:

I think everyone should read it, especially if you liked V For Vendetta. I just thought it was a little weird that some schools actually give this one good book out for the students to read. It's almost like they actually try to bore the hell out of the students. So, what do you all think about it?

Dare I ask .. have you read V FOR VENDETTA, or just seen the movie?

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:32 am

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KingMobUK wrote:

Jenna_Darknight wrote:

i agree, I prefer Euroupean lit to american lit anyday

"Europe. Where the history comes from". :godot:

Down with Eurocentrism.

EDIT: A book I REALLY like yet seems to be hated by many is The Stranger by Albert Camus. Just thought I'd submit it here before anyone else could.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:35 am

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Night by Ellie Weisel. I feel bad for him. The book is utter trash!

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:36 am

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I studied Canadian women's lit at (an English) University. Liked all of it, actually, but rarely see it discussed elsewhere save for Attwood.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:43 am

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I remember reading Sherlock Holmes one time. I barely understood them. What's Shakespear writing like?

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:52 am

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it takes some getting used to, but after a page or so, you don't even notice anymore. I'd recommend read one of his comedies first though, Like Midsummer Nights' Dream, Much Ado About Nothing or Comedy of Errors.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:10 am

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Hmm, that's something worth thinking about to read. Thanks!

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:11 am

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no problem. I'm a big shakespeare fan, so I love sharing all things related to the bard.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:14 am

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That's cool. Looks like I'll be coming to you if I need Shakespeare recommendations or something. :edgy:

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