Thanks for the tip. I think I largely didn't like it because I read it back in like 5th grade and was really disappointed at how Terabithia didn't feature any sort of actual fantasy adventure story.CK76 said:
Worst Book You've Read for School
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I liked the time machine, I read it on my own.Verex said:
OT: I hated reading the Kite Runner for 12th grade english. Just because a book has a kid getting raped doesn't mean it's good.
The scarlet letter. I would have honestly had a more fun of a time jerking off with barb wire while spewing salt out of my nipples into the wounds that my penis has sustained while listening to now a days rap or justin bebier that god damn baby face horrible musician
I can see that, it is not a fantasy story, it is a story of friendship and the fantasy elements were more about imagination and possibilities. If you grow up in rural town like I did see how life seems to grind people down and fantasy is a luxury. This reality of a distant father, lack of friends and alienation is pushed into personification of their fears in the dark master.epninja said:
Funny enough my brother had the same reaction when the film came out as you did because marketing made it seem like Narnia, and it just isn't.
I think books we're assigned are "work" so we go in with a different attitude. Thank you for being receptive, I'm not going to tell you to read anything, but if you do I'd be interested in your thoughts.
I actually have a funny story about this.
When I was younger, in first grade or so, my mom told me about a book she read in school called All the Kings Men. She told me that it was not onyl boring, but long, and that the text was tiny on top of that. She also said that if I ever had to read it, I had full permission to run out of the room screaming.
In 11th grade, we had to read it. I ran out of the room screaming when my teacher informed us what book we were reading, scaring everyone. When I walked back in, i had to explain, which, of course, got a few laughs, along with about "You're freaking weird, Pete" from most of the class.
It was increidbly boring, so much so that it's the only school book that I had to read that I didn't.
When I was younger, in first grade or so, my mom told me about a book she read in school called All the Kings Men. She told me that it was not onyl boring, but long, and that the text was tiny on top of that. She also said that if I ever had to read it, I had full permission to run out of the room screaming.
In 11th grade, we had to read it. I ran out of the room screaming when my teacher informed us what book we were reading, scaring everyone. When I walked back in, i had to explain, which, of course, got a few laughs, along with about "You're freaking weird, Pete" from most of the class.
It was increidbly boring, so much so that it's the only school book that I had to read that I didn't.
Don't get wrong, I'm pretty pessimistic, it's just that I didn't really agree with the message whole-heartedly. And really, I think if I just took the book for itself, I would have liked it more. But I guess I kept thinking of how the message would be interpreted by people, which would go somewhat like:lukemdizzle said:
Without society = you suck = society is good
I don't think I would be barbaric if I was away from society, even if I was young and immature, because I was never a violent person. I'm not like that. Maybe I'm just an exception, but I find it hard to believe I'm "just" an exception too. I have trouble just stopping there, because I think there needs to be a reason behind it.
I guess that's optimistic, because there's hope behind it, because maybe one day we can figure out why we're so fucking violent and idiotic, and we could evolve not biologically - but socially. But don't you worry, I'm pessimistic in the sense that we will most likely drown in our shit before that happens.
I don't always find that true (I have enjoyed some of what I have read), I do find it taints the appeal. For example, I love Huckleberry Finn (and just about everything else Mark Twain has written), but when I had to read it for my research paper this year, it felt like a complete chore.CK76 said:
Usually I like the books we read for school, but last year we had this totally screwed up book called 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier. I was crying from boredom by the time I was finished with it. Then we had to watch the film. Usually I love Hitchcock movies, but I was so biased by the time we watched it that all I could concentrate on was how stupid and contrived their facial expressions were.
And this wasn't a class novel, but my Written Expression teacher really liked me so he'd always recommend I read certain books. He lent me 'The Grapes of Wrath' and it was seriously the slowest thing ever. The worst thing was, with boring books, I tend to read them aloud so I force myself not to skip parts, but I couldn't read the goddamn book out loud because it was written in some unreadable version of English.
And this wasn't a class novel, but my Written Expression teacher really liked me so he'd always recommend I read certain books. He lent me 'The Grapes of Wrath' and it was seriously the slowest thing ever. The worst thing was, with boring books, I tend to read them aloud so I force myself not to skip parts, but I couldn't read the goddamn book out loud because it was written in some unreadable version of English.
When I was in third grade I had to read Sarah, Plain and Tall. That book was SO BORING. When we had to write an opinionated Summery of the book I basicly wrote A MASSIVE hate speach. All the other kids (besides a couple girls) hated it as much as I did but when they wrote the Summery they put that they thought it was great. My teacher Read My Opinionated summary to all the parents without saying my name then made a comment about how the "Kid who wrote it" atleast was honest.
Also the outsiders. IT was so freakin Choppy and I never got into the characters.
Also the outsiders. IT was so freakin Choppy and I never got into the characters.
THE SCARLET LETTER
good god it's just paragraph after paragraph of descriptions but it never actually says anything.
Screw symbolism, it's a shitty book.
good god it's just paragraph after paragraph of descriptions but it never actually says anything.
Screw symbolism, it's a shitty book.
A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller. It was a play, but we did a study on it and everything.
So incredibly boring.
So incredibly boring.