What's the best school related book you have read
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Probably The Giver, it was better in hindsight then it was at the time though. Thats way more then I can say about any other book I read in class. To be frank most are quite shit.
My favorite Shakespearean play was Midsummer Night's Dream but my favorite book that I had to read for school was probably Animal Farm. Oh wait ya know what? The Portrait of Dorian Grey was my favorite. I loved that short story and need to really get myself a physical copy.
I liked some of the other books I read too like Holes (the movie came out about a year after I read it), Wrinkle in Time, Castle in the Attic and...some other Shakespeare as well but nothing that really pops out in my mind other than Midsummer and, Hamlet.
I liked some of the other books I read too like Holes (the movie came out about a year after I read it), Wrinkle in Time, Castle in the Attic and...some other Shakespeare as well but nothing that really pops out in my mind other than Midsummer and, Hamlet.
Maus. We did it as part of our HSC for Modern History. It was... impactful, to say at the very least. Really brought home the scale of the insane cruelty of that time and place.
I guess either Tom Sawyer or Where the Red Fern Grows.
A runner up would be Romeo and Juliet just because I had the translation version that explained all the dirty jokes.
A runner up would be Romeo and Juliet just because I had the translation version that explained all the dirty jokes.
I really enjoyed The Life of Pi. The background part was a bit of a drag but it really helped show you who Pi was as a character before he started his epic journey.
Hamlet was also quite awesome. Oh and Ender's Game was really great too.
Hamlet was also quite awesome. Oh and Ender's Game was really great too.
hmmm, the Outsiders and the Giver would be tied for me. both were damn good and both I thought were shit until I reread years later.
Lord of the Flies, everybody always says they hate it but I thought it was really cool.
I also liked Hamlet more than I was expecting. It's a story of a man going into a downward spiral of existential insanity disguised as a simple revenge tragedy.
In Cold Blood - Because I'm a sadist apparently
Death of a Salesman - some nice gut wrenching anti-capitalist propaganda there
If I'm allowed to include ones I've read for University education then add Fear and Loathing, Fight Club, and Naked Lunch to that list.
I also liked Hamlet more than I was expecting. It's a story of a man going into a downward spiral of existential insanity disguised as a simple revenge tragedy.
In Cold Blood - Because I'm a sadist apparently
Death of a Salesman - some nice gut wrenching anti-capitalist propaganda there
If I'm allowed to include ones I've read for University education then add Fear and Loathing, Fight Club, and Naked Lunch to that list.
That made me laugh, but it's pretty true. Unfortunately that was the only distopia I ever read for school.Shdwrnr said:
I didn't even know I remembered this until I saw it.Nantucket said:The Magic Key!
Biff, Chip and Floppy were what defined reading in schools! They were the first books you read, they were the books that taught you to read and they were awesome.
You started on green, then went to yellow, red, blue... I think haha. It has been a long time.
They got more difficult with each colour.
