Why is this a literary classic? (not really a rant)
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I HATE Tuesdays With Morrie. I found it pretentious, winy, and lacking in reasons for me to care about the message.
Horticulture said:
It's about a green light!
You obviously haven't read anything by Anne Rice.berethond said:
Best. Book. Ever.JanatUrlich said:
I understand why people don't like 1984, though. It's really slow. But I liked extrapolating the various metaphors Orwell used therein.
It's scary how close we're getting to 1984. Especially with Natal.
You probably didn't like it because you're just not paranoid enough.
"El periquillo Sarmiento" a spanish book... o god how awfull were the characters, i wanted to trow that book to my teacher for even "suggesting" i should read it...
but since i have always being a good reader, i read like 5 or 6 other books and wrote those essays so the teacher wouldn´t complain about me not reading her DAMNED book
FYI that book is among 3 others teachers here in Mexico always without change ask their students to read in literature class, one of the others is the Iliad (or is it the Odysey??... dont know never read it)
but since i have always being a good reader, i read like 5 or 6 other books and wrote those essays so the teacher wouldn´t complain about me not reading her DAMNED book
FYI that book is among 3 others teachers here in Mexico always without change ask their students to read in literature class, one of the others is the Iliad (or is it the Odysey??... dont know never read it)
Exactly this. I had an English Teacher that heaped praise upon Rand. I just thought she was a self-obsessed hack.OuroborosChoked said:
Hell to be honest the only books that we were forced to read that I liked happen to be the ones we saw plays of specifically King Lear and Hamlet. To this day they are still my favorite Shakespeare plays.
Edit: Oh I forgot I absolutely loved Beowulf...I think I was the only one that thought it was awesome in my Senior Year English Class. <.<
OOOH, i have another one, "the portrait of Dorian Gray", it is just soo damn POLITICAL..ooo god, that guy really wanted to make a POINT by writing that thing... aufull story, horrible characters and dear GOD, a mand that is so charming he just cant be untrusted?!?!?!?
i really think the writer (forgot the name) was gay... and it shows in the way he portrayed all his characters... just ugh, no damn imagination at all... (i mean in character development)
OOO, OF COURSE THIS IS SAID AS MY OWN OPPINION
i really think the writer (forgot the name) was gay... and it shows in the way he portrayed all his characters... just ugh, no damn imagination at all... (i mean in character development)
OOO, OF COURSE THIS IS SAID AS MY OWN OPPINION
I sadly can not sit through reading Lord of the Rings, the voice of it is just too epic for me. All action, no real character they are just there to move along the story line. And the dialogue is so hideous and clunky to imagine coming out of anyone's mouth.neolithic said:
I chunked the Fellowship of the Ring across the room cause I got sick of hearing about how quiet and peaceful Hobbiton was. I only managed to read Two Towers cause I was on a road trip and had little else to do.
Catcher in the Rye is rather boring, as is The Great Gatsby.
I really do not like books that sacrifice plot and focus on philisophical musings.
The best book that school has forced me to read is either The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or Catch-22. I really enjoy well-written satire.
And I do enjoy reading in general.
I really do not like books that sacrifice plot and focus on philisophical musings.
The best book that school has forced me to read is either The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or Catch-22. I really enjoy well-written satire.
And I do enjoy reading in general.
War of the Worlds.. Seriously, what the heck?
The second part was pretty decent, but the first part just dragged on. It took me 3 weeks to read that book, and I read most of my assigned books in under a week.
Lord of the Rings was pretty slow for me, too.
People will disagree with me on this one, but the Harry Potter series should be a required read for all highschools. Put something enjoyable in the mix, will ya?
The second part was pretty decent, but the first part just dragged on. It took me 3 weeks to read that book, and I read most of my assigned books in under a week.
Lord of the Rings was pretty slow for me, too.
People will disagree with me on this one, but the Harry Potter series should be a required read for all highschools. Put something enjoyable in the mix, will ya?
I think it depends on what you mean by "read." You can dislike a book you've never completed pretty easily.Mother Yeti said:
Many people are saying the the characters in Pride and Prejudice are unbelievable, but I find this is just not true.
In most romance novels and movies, The male is shown as some sort of prince charming, having no real flaws or personality. All the more easier for girls to project I guess. And if he does have flaws, they are seen as charming and are only used to further the character's appeal. And at the end of the movie/book they always give up there dastardly ways, thanks to the love of the heroine.
This is not true for Mr.Darcy. He is arrogant, cold and more than a little rude. The looks down on people that do not have a high standing and believe they are not worth his time. For more than half the book, you generally don't like him.
Even as the is confessing his love for Elizabeth, he managers to insult her and her family. He has many flaws and that in turn makes him a more believable charter. As we say, to err is human.
You have to remember that this book was written in a time when a good marriage as all a women could hope for. Love was the thing of dreams and that's where it stayed. The idea of a women speaking her mind or refusing to marry was unspeakable and if a women was to do so, she would most likely be shunned by her family and society. That why a book like Pride and Prejudice was so revolutionary. Some consider Jane Austen to be the first real female fiction writer.
As for To Kill a Mockingbird, this is a great work of fiction. Because it is told through the eyes of a little girl, who has yet to learn the harsh reality of the world, you really get a sense of how meaningless and nonsensical racism really is. It is also filled with wonderful symbolism, such as the mockingbird. Which is used to represent the innocent and how some will still punish them just because they have the power to do so.
I'm not saying to HAVE to like these books. I'm just trying to point out why people like them.
If you had to read these novels has part of a class requirement, I urge you to go back and try reading them again. I know they may not be everyone's cup of tea and I'm not saying to HAVE to like them, but try them again. When the pressure of reading a certain amount by a certain time is removed, they become a lot more enjoyable.
In most romance novels and movies, The male is shown as some sort of prince charming, having no real flaws or personality. All the more easier for girls to project I guess. And if he does have flaws, they are seen as charming and are only used to further the character's appeal. And at the end of the movie/book they always give up there dastardly ways, thanks to the love of the heroine.
This is not true for Mr.Darcy. He is arrogant, cold and more than a little rude. The looks down on people that do not have a high standing and believe they are not worth his time. For more than half the book, you generally don't like him.
Even as the is confessing his love for Elizabeth, he managers to insult her and her family. He has many flaws and that in turn makes him a more believable charter. As we say, to err is human.
You have to remember that this book was written in a time when a good marriage as all a women could hope for. Love was the thing of dreams and that's where it stayed. The idea of a women speaking her mind or refusing to marry was unspeakable and if a women was to do so, she would most likely be shunned by her family and society. That why a book like Pride and Prejudice was so revolutionary. Some consider Jane Austen to be the first real female fiction writer.
As for To Kill a Mockingbird, this is a great work of fiction. Because it is told through the eyes of a little girl, who has yet to learn the harsh reality of the world, you really get a sense of how meaningless and nonsensical racism really is. It is also filled with wonderful symbolism, such as the mockingbird. Which is used to represent the innocent and how some will still punish them just because they have the power to do so.
I'm not saying to HAVE to like these books. I'm just trying to point out why people like them.
If you had to read these novels has part of a class requirement, I urge you to go back and try reading them again. I know they may not be everyone's cup of tea and I'm not saying to HAVE to like them, but try them again. When the pressure of reading a certain amount by a certain time is removed, they become a lot more enjoyable.
1984 was definitely a dull read for me. Blah blah depression blah dystopia blah.
I will, however, defend Great Expectations by saying that I really enjoyed it. I guess some people didn't really get into it, but I did.
Maybe it hasn't been mentioned, but The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite book, and absolutely deserves to be considered a literary classic (so long as one finds a decent French-to-English translation.) I only bring it up because I suspect many people never bothered to either read the complete version or find a decent translation, so they might be going by the horrible, horrible movies in forming their opinion of that book.
Some Science Fiction "classics" I thought were crap are The Left Hand of Darkness and The Forever War. I guess they're both interesting, but I didn't find them all that entertaining. Arthur C. Clark's "Genesis" short story is a far superior work, to list just one example.
It's a shame we can't start replacing some of the less quality "classics" in the school curriculum with contemporary classics like Wiseguy.
I will, however, defend Great Expectations by saying that I really enjoyed it. I guess some people didn't really get into it, but I did.
Maybe it hasn't been mentioned, but The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite book, and absolutely deserves to be considered a literary classic (so long as one finds a decent French-to-English translation.) I only bring it up because I suspect many people never bothered to either read the complete version or find a decent translation, so they might be going by the horrible, horrible movies in forming their opinion of that book.
Some Science Fiction "classics" I thought were crap are The Left Hand of Darkness and The Forever War. I guess they're both interesting, but I didn't find them all that entertaining. Arthur C. Clark's "Genesis" short story is a far superior work, to list just one example.
It's a shame we can't start replacing some of the less quality "classics" in the school curriculum with contemporary classics like Wiseguy.
I never read that, but I think my brother has Animal Farm so I might give that a go at some point over summer. After finishing my Discworld marathon read, of course.JanatUrlich said:
For me though, I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy and couldn't get into them. I'm usually a huge fan of fantasy fiction but LOTR just seemed too heavy for me (and given my favourite series is 11 books long, each book longer than LOTR itself and takes at least two years to read all the way through, that's saying something). Ironically the films are among my list of favourite movies...