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I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..
My thoughts exactly! Lord of the Flies is a classic!!!!
 
I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..
Library, and each has a tag explaining why they hate them.

Just because something is a classic doesn't mean you love it. Proust is a genius, but I wouldn't read Swan's Way again if you threatened to run me over with a Zamboni.
 
My experience with Lord of the Flies is always going to reflect sitting through Mr. M Moore's excruciating class AP English class. I can see where that would color my appreciation.
Thats me & anything Hemingway. I'm convinced AP English is designed to make you over analyze literature until you can't stand it!
 
Thats me & anything Hemingway. I'm convinced AP English is designed to make you over analyze literature until you can't stand it!
i always see in tv shows how US students have to analyze and find meaning in books that all kids in US has read..?? Is that not just a tv-trope but real?

So. Weird.
How can a kid assign anything but face value or imagined truths to something writ by someone they dont know
 
Here's the real irony: I really enjoy the film adaptations. It's quite possibly the only book that I like better as a film.
American Psycho... the book's great but a little too fucked up even for me. The movie's a much better story, while the book's... a piece of art to be a appreciated but not enjoyed.
 
i always see in tv shows how US students have to analyze and find meaning in books that all kids in US has read..?? Is that not just a tv-trope but real?

So. Weird.
How can a kid assign anything but face value or imagined truths to something writ by someone they dont know
Nope, not a trope. It's obnoxious. Why can't I just enjoy the story. And, why am I penalized if I don't get the same things out if the book as the instructor?
 
Nope, not a trope. It's obnoxious. Why can't I just enjoy the story. And, why am I penalized if I don't get the same things out if the book as the instructor?
wait what lol, they think there's a "correct" way to interpret imagined hidden meanings behind books?? L to the O to the L!

I loved Ready Player One, I had no idea it was a book until long after I'd seen the film!
the film's some good dumb action fun, it's awesome and cool kinda like Battle Angel Alita (watch if you havent! 🥰) but the book just... drrraaaaagggs....
 
I try to read books through the lense of the era it was written. If I didn't, 99% of books written before 1990's would be unreadable
i have a first edition copy of jules vernes From the Earth to the Moon in swedish from like 1870 something. It's literally unreadable because swedish adopted a standardized set of grammatical rules just after it was published that pretty much completely changed the way words are spelled 😅
 
wait what lol, they think there's a "correct" way to interpret imagined hidden meanings behind books?? L to the O to the L!


the film's some good dumb action fun, it's awesome and cool kinda like Battle Angel Alita (watch if you havent! 🥰) but the book just... drrraaaaagggs....
They're just supposed to be "guiding" you to look deeper than the surface, but the truth is that literature teachers love books and think that their interpretations are the only interpretations.

im going back to bed i've had a stilnoct which is i think Ambien good night
Sleep well!
 
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