You were forced to read the Silmarillion? I thought most people chose to read that one.berethond said:
Poll: Best book you were forced to read
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I was forced to read "Picture of Dorian Gray" I thought that that book was actually pretty good.
Can't say I've read Gatsby, but The Giver is pretty good.McBurks said:
For me, it's a toss-up between Jane Eyre(school), The Glass Castle(also school), and Player Piano(one of my dad's favorites; he wanted me to read it a lot).
Well I put up the more "classic" books that I was forced to read (except Things Fall Apart, I hated that book through the end so I put it up there to be ironic). I wanted to see if there was a trend. Another reason was to reiterate that you could vote for a text book if you thought your 7th grade health text book was the best you read because it had drawn breasts which you couldn't stop giggling at.Flying-Emu said:
well since im not and American Swine or English the best book i was forced to read is national literature and i'm pretty sure none of you ever read or heard of but lets roll with it
São Bernardo, its a realistic story about a man who goes poverty and a brief time in jail to being one of the Aristocrats from the northeast a farm and loosing his everything, beggining with his wife's suicide. The book is told by the protagonist as a sort of memoir and it's one of the greatest pieces of brazilian literature, i read it twice because i was forced to read it twice and didnt realy liked it the first time but when i read it the second time i realy liked it.
São Bernardo, its a realistic story about a man who goes poverty and a brief time in jail to being one of the Aristocrats from the northeast a farm and loosing his everything, beggining with his wife's suicide. The book is told by the protagonist as a sort of memoir and it's one of the greatest pieces of brazilian literature, i read it twice because i was forced to read it twice and didnt realy liked it the first time but when i read it the second time i realy liked it.
Of Mice and Men. When I studied it in school I hated it, because I hated how my english teachers wouldn't admit that the stuff they were teaching us was only interpretations of the writings of long-dead authors, and that there was no way to logically prove that the interpretations were what the writers really meant.
Read it again a few years later and realised just how good it was, but reading it first in English class just sucked all the enjoyment out of it, not to mention they randomised who had to read out loud in class and some of the (14 fucking year old) students couldn't read as well as I could when I was 3.
Read it again a few years later and realised just how good it was, but reading it first in English class just sucked all the enjoyment out of it, not to mention they randomised who had to read out loud in class and some of the (14 fucking year old) students couldn't read as well as I could when I was 3.
best book i was forced to read is a bit of a tie between A Clockwork Orange, The Chrysalids or Anthem
i didn't like To Kill a Mockingbird or Great Gatsby much, found them rather boring
i didn't like To Kill a Mockingbird or Great Gatsby much, found them rather boring
So far, The Wizard of Oz. Actually quite a good children's book. And the tin man in the book is badass.
1984 is looking to overtake it, however.
1984 is looking to overtake it, however.
I chose "the great gatsby" because i was forced to read it
I LOVE 1984 and although i had to read it for school, i had read it before
Frankenstien bores me but is still good i guess.
To kill a mockingbird is also a wonderful book, and i wish i was forced to read it
Thats just my rant for the day
I LOVE 1984 and although i had to read it for school, i had read it before
Frankenstien bores me but is still good i guess.
To kill a mockingbird is also a wonderful book, and i wish i was forced to read it
Thats just my rant for the day
I was forced to read this...and I didn't like it. hahaha. I joke though, its an interesting topic.
I would have to say I really enjoyed Alas Babylon when made to read it in my sophomore year. Great story set in the late 1950's that follows the lives of a small group of people somewhere in the vicinity of Orlando, Florida when nuclear war breaks out between NATO and the members of the Warsaw Pact. It really is quite a wonderful read as the group is able to carve out a peaceful living in the post nuclear war world while working to rebuild their rural community.
I would have to say I really enjoyed Alas Babylon when made to read it in my sophomore year. Great story set in the late 1950's that follows the lives of a small group of people somewhere in the vicinity of Orlando, Florida when nuclear war breaks out between NATO and the members of the Warsaw Pact. It really is quite a wonderful read as the group is able to carve out a peaceful living in the post nuclear war world while working to rebuild their rural community.
