Catcher In The Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both had such awesome heroes, how can you beat a line like "Dat truck 'dere is trash and trash is what people be puttin on the head of dey friens when dey don't deserve it" I paraphrase, but seriously both of those books really really shine. And the end of Catcher when Holden is with his younger sister, probably THE most cathartic moment ever put onto paper. I cry every time I read it.
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Grade 9 I took an ISP course (which stands for International Studies Preparation, which was a prelude program to the International Baccalaureate program) and two of the forced readings were The Alchemist and The Life of Pi. I really didn't like the latter but The Alchemist was an amazing book and after reading and analyzing it I was actually affected on a level that changed my general mood for the better.Gormourn said:
I still need to buy a copy when I get the chance...
EDIT: Actually I found out in Grade 10 that ironically they had decided to assign those books as standard reading in normal Academic-Level Grade 9 English courses after the ISP courses were introduced. I guess they wanted to put fresh new books to good use. =P
My best was by far Catch-22. The fact that it said something to me back then and I can still find new and interesting things in it even now (on my like 5th read) tells me that I will never tire of it.
I don't know why the hate for gatsby, it's not the greatest, sure, but I always felt it had some particularly good metaphors and imagery (though my teacher made such a big deal over the damn billboard back in the day, it wasn't THAT important).
I also hated Separate peace back in the day, but i can't remember it that well so I think I should give it a second chance some time. All I remember was an extremely dry and tedious novel that I just gave up on.
Oh yeah... I loved the Canterbury Tales. The only reason I even thought about those, though, is that I read Hyperion recently. Good stuff.
I don't know why the hate for gatsby, it's not the greatest, sure, but I always felt it had some particularly good metaphors and imagery (though my teacher made such a big deal over the damn billboard back in the day, it wasn't THAT important).
I also hated Separate peace back in the day, but i can't remember it that well so I think I should give it a second chance some time. All I remember was an extremely dry and tedious novel that I just gave up on.
Oh yeah... I loved the Canterbury Tales. The only reason I even thought about those, though, is that I read Hyperion recently. Good stuff.
Best books I've read so far were Lord of the Flies, Huckleberry Finn, Killer Angels, and The Road (which is actually a fairly recent novel.) The worst, by far, was Jane Eyre, with Beloved in a close second.
Really? That's great, because that's the next book on our list.BudZer said:
The Hobbit
Lord of The Flies
and when I got to do a book report on Watchmen (which took like 4 hours of convincing my teacher that it wasn't just your typical comic book) I ended up getting an A
Lord of The Flies
and when I got to do a book report on Watchmen (which took like 4 hours of convincing my teacher that it wasn't just your typical comic book) I ended up getting an A
