I struggled to read Gatsby in high school. Was bored by it.

I think the worst one ever was The Scarlet Letter

Of Mice and Men was the one w/ George the mentally handicapped fellow, right? That was a sad story.

He just wanted to pet the rabbits

He just wanted to pet the rabbits

 

Ah god, poor guy. Having a niece and nephew who are mentally handicapped, I worry they will get in to situations where they are too misunderstood as well.

I have always read a ton, but always had a thing against being told what I had to read.

Ah god, poor guy. Having a niece and nephew who are mentally handicapped, I worry they will get in to situations where they are too misunderstood as well.

 

Well, Lenny killed a girl. So, it wasnt that he was all that misunderstood as much as he was without George's supervision

 

 

Spark notes should include that part

Well, Lenny killed a girl. So, it wasnt that he was all that misunderstood as much as he was without George's supervision

 

 

Spark notes should include that part

 

Weird to think I would forget details of a book we were assigned to read back in High School....

I think the worst one ever was The Scarlet Letter

 

That was one of the few that I thought actually had merit (like To Kill A Mockingbird).

Weird to think I would forget details of a book we were assigned to read back in High School....

 

well if Spark notes included those details I am sure you would have remembered

Paradise Lost was one that I really struggled with in College. It was odd though, I really liked parts of it. But I would just get so bored at other parts and wanted to put it down and walk away

Am I the only one who hated reading anything by Shakespeare?

I remember thinking The Giver was badass in 6th grade.

Am I the only one who hated reading anything by Shakespeare?

 

I didnt hate it, but I wasnt ready for it. We started reading his plays in class in 5th grade and I just wasnt tuned into it. I read a few plays in junior and senior year and they were better the second time around

I also really liked the short story The Lottery

Am I the only one who hated reading anything by Shakespeare?

 

Took a basic Shakespeare class my last year at SIU. Some was tough to interpret.

 

Othello is my fav.

Took a basic Shakespeare class my last year at SIU. Some was tough to interpret.

 

Othello is my fav.

 

I always like Midsummer Nights Dream

6th grade, The Outsiders. Definitely by far my favorite force read. Loved the book and the movie.

Assigned Grade School/High School Books I Loved:

• My Side of the Mountain

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• My Side of the Mountain

• Animal Farm

• 1984

• Catcher in the Rye

• Metamorphosis

• Cry the Beloved Country

• Of Mice and Men

• Lord of the Flies

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

• Candide

 

Assigned Grade School/High School Books I Struggled With/Didn't Like:

• White Fang

• Scarlet Letter

• Steppenwolf

• The Great Gatsby

• Black Boy

 

 

Assigned Grade School/High School Books I Loved:

• My Side of the Mountain

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• My Side of the Mountain

• Animal Farm

• 1984

• Catcher in the Rye

• Metamorphosis

• Cry the Beloved Country

• Of Mice and Men

• Lord of the Flies

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

• Candide

 

Assigned Grade School/High School Books I Struggled With/Didn't Like:

• White Fang

• Scarlet Letter

• Steppenwolf

• The Great Gatsby

• Black Boy

 

I liked My Side of the Mountain too. Not enough to list it twice though

 

What kid didnt want to go find their own hawk after that?

 

I liked My Side of the Mountain too. Not enough to list it twice though

 

What kid didnt want to go find their own hawk after that?

 

Heh, I was just wracking my brain remembering all of that assigned reading. . , didn't notice I double posted that one.

The only one that I can think of is Heart of Darkness.

I enjoyed Beowulf and The Island of Doctor Moreau

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Paradise Lost was one that I really struggled with in College. It was odd though, I really liked parts of it. But I would just get so bored at other parts and wanted to put it down and walk away

 

Any relation to the story of the West Memphis Three?

The Call of the Wild

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Princess Bride

Welcome To The Monkey House

1984

East of Eden

Killer Angels

The Once and Future King

 

All of those were very good reads.

I found The Great Gatsby to be boring when I was forced to read it in high school. I don't know if I'd feel differently now...I have no desire to read it again.

 

When I was a junior in high school, my literature teacher had us read a book by Stephen King. We could pick whatever we wanted. I read Pet Semetary. He said it was as important to read King as it was was to read classic earlier works.

I think the worst one ever was The Scarlet Letter

burn all victorian romantic literature