house on mango street smithicide;
Anything by Jane Austen.
Of Mice and Men
just kidding, just kidding
Harry Potter :|
The scarlet letter, even my English teacher thinks it sucks, and only made us read key chapters.
Red Badge of Courage
holy shit i had to read that book this year
it fucking sucked cocks.
lol mango
I can't think of any. gonk;
To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Expectations, and any book that spends three pages describing a staircase.
Quote from: Lawlz on January 07, 2008, 01:14:14 PM
To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Expectations, [glow=red,2,300]and any book that spends three pages describing a staircase[/glow].
I know exactly what you mean. Things like that make me cringe. :(
Quote from: Lawlz on January 07, 2008, 01:14:14 PM
To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Expectations, and any book that spends three pages describing a staircase.
To Kill a Mockingbird was good
Quote from: fag on January 07, 2008, 01:19:21 PM
To Kill a Mockingbird was good
If it was just a silly tale of growing up in the south like how it started out, then it would've been fine.
But I don't care about some damn nigger being accused of raping some backwoods bitch.
Harry fucking Potter.
I liked To Kill a Mockingbird. I thought the transition from growing up to the trial was sort of sloppily done, though.
Also, I'd like to mention that The Great Gatsby wasn't very good.
The Great Gatsby.
To Kill a Mockingbird which I should be doing a report on now.
And House on Mango Street.
I was about to say Farenheit 451, but I didn't really give it a chance so I should reread it.
To Kill a Mockingbird was ok, it didn't keep my attention that long though. I had to make myself read it.
You guys i wrote a book and im pretty sure it sucked.
-for Dummies.
The Great Gatsby.
If I were to guess, I'd say about 90 percent of the kids in my grade watched the movie for their book report.
The Grapes of Wrath. It spends like 10 pages talking about a fucking tortoise walking over a bump in a path. good god
Quote from: thezerofire on January 07, 2008, 03:33:37 PM
The Grapes of Wrath. It spends like 10 pages talking about a fucking tortoise walking over a bump in a path. good god
Those short little descriptive chapters aren't even 10 pages. That one was like 4. psyduck;
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 03:39:58 PM
Those short little descriptive chapters aren't even 10 pages. That one was like 4. psyduck;
felt like more. I could have skipped every other chapter to get the story. I don't think that great literature should be judged on how much detail the author spends on tiny inconsequential details
Quote from: thezerofire on January 07, 2008, 03:43:42 PM
felt like more. I could have skipped every other chapter to get the story. I don't think that great literature should be judged on how much detail the author spends on tiny inconsequential details
Some of them are mostly pointless, and some of them aren't. Some of them are important in reflecting the average person's plight during the dust bowl, not just the main characters. The turtle one was dumb though, even if it was symbolic.
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 03:45:35 PM
Some of them are mostly pointless, and some of them aren't. Some of them are important in reflecting the average person's plight during the dust bowl, not just the main characters. The turtle one was dumb though, even if it was symbolic.
yeah, I don't know. I can understand why people think it's great, but I don't think the book needs to be that dense
I liked The House on Mango Street. Maybe cause I'm Mexican. Eh but it's not even that long. You guys shouldn't even be complaining..
I read Fahrenheit 451 when I was in 7th grade and I liked it. I used to like Harry Potter.
Oh and I like Lord of the Flies.
Quote from: NotSid on January 07, 2008, 02:26:12 PM
I was about to say Farenheit 451, but I didn't really give it a chance so I should reread it.
You didn't like Fahrenheit 451?
Heart of Darkness suicide;
I can't remember the author but everything I've read by him has sucked immensely.
Quote from: JMV290 on January 07, 2008, 05:53:54 PM
I can't remember the author but everything I've read by him has sucked immensely.
Joseph Conrad
Quote from: JMV290 on January 07, 2008, 05:53:54 PM
I can't remember the author but everything I've read by him has sucked immensely.
R.L. Stine?
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 05:59:28 PM
R.L. Stine?
no lol
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 05:54:18 PM
Joseph Conrad
no lol.
I want to say Walt Whitman but it's not him. I don't even thing he wrote books, only poems.
Oh I just remembered. It was Faulkner. Save for "The Bear" everything I've read by him has sucked.
Quote from: JMV290 on January 07, 2008, 06:29:26 PM
Oh I just remembered. It was Faulkner. Save for "The Bear" everything I've read by him has sucked.
I've only read one of his short stories. Something to do with some crazy lady who keeps the corpse of her dead husband in her house.
Catcher in the Rye
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 06:31:30 PM
I've only read one of his short stories. Something to do with some crazy lady who keeps the corpse of her dead husband in her house.
That sounds like a story that Poe would write.
Quote from: JMV290 on January 07, 2008, 07:20:44 PM
That sounds like a story that Poe would write.
Not really. It wasn't done in a horror style or something like that at all. More like a typical small town myth.
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 07:29:57 PM
Not really. It wasn't done in a horror style or something like that at all. More like a typical small town myth.
oh.
The Giver.
Everyone who has named To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, The Grapes of Wrath, the Great Gatsby, and ESPECIALLY Heart of Darkness is retarded. Except for Kaz. wub;
I SWEAR TO GOD, THE FIRST PERSON WHO SAYS ALL THE KING'S MEN WILL GET FUCKING RAPED, YOU FUCKING BITCH.
But, yes, the Scarlett Letter is a pretty terrible book.
also kaz... r.l. stine is a genoius :|
HOLY SHIT MY PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY ALIEN GHOST MONSTERS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO EAT ME
WHAT A TWIST
Heart of Darkness was complete shit
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 08:51:05 PM
Heart of Darkness was complete shit
YPR, your opinion is complete shit.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 08:52:31 PM
YPR, your opinion is complete shit.
Andrew1911, your opinion is complete shit.
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 08:53:20 PM
Andrew1911, your opinion is complete shit.
No, see, I'm not the one who called Hearts of Darkness complete shit without any reason why.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 08:54:13 PM
No, see, I'm not the one who called Hearts of Darkness complete shit without any reason why.
Ok, I think it's crap because its analysts try to find some deep hidden meaning that they just pulled out of their ass. It seems to really be a story of a guy telling his story of floating down a river to meet a guy he becomes instantly disillusioned with, and then selling out his principles to protect the feelings of Kurtz's wife.
Personally, I did not learn anything or take anything significant from it, and aside from that, I did not find it very entertaining or enthralling.
Now what is so spectacular about it?
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 09:01:33 PM
Ok, I think it's crap because its analysts try to find some deep hidden meaning that they just pulled out of their ass. It seems to really be a story of a guy telling his story of floating down a river to meet a guy he becomes instantly disillusioned with, and then selling out his principles to protect the feelings of Kurtz's wife.
Personally, I did not learn anything or take anything significant from it, and aside from that, I did not find it very entertaining or enthralling.
Now what is so spectacular about it?
The book's about his descent into madness. If you couldn't figure that out... Jesus Christ.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 09:04:05 PM
The book's about his descent into madness. If you couldn't figure that out... Jesus Christ.
So what? What's the point of it? And what makes that so great when put in comparison to other books?
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 09:06:22 PM
So what? What's the point of it? And what makes that so great when put in comparison to other books?
The point of the book was to show the darkness in mankind. Were you reading this book or Goosebumps? It's excellent storytelling and motifs?
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 09:10:38 PM
The point of the book was to show the darkness in mankind. Were you reading this book or Goosebumps? It's excellent storytelling and motifs?
Goosebumps... olol. Maybe I should make a cheap crack at your grammar. That would help amirite
Again... not too special of a theme. One of the most common and overdone in literature.
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 09:20:15 PM
Goosebumps... olol. Maybe, I should make a cheap crack at your grammar. That would help amirite
you forgot a comma fagot
QuoteAgain... not too special of a theme. One of the most common and overdone in literature.
Because the book made it popular, genius. Why do you think the book is so famous?
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 09:20:46 PM
Because the book made it popular, genius. Why do you think the book is so famous?
Somehow I doubt that it took authors until the colonization of Africa to realize the darkness in the human spirit.
It may have made it popluar, but it was not anything new to literature.
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 09:27:28 PM
Somehow I doubt that it took authors until the colonization of Africa to realize the darkness in the human spirit.
Holy shit, are you that dumb? Name another book before Hearts of Darkness came out that delt with the subject matter of the darkness and descent into madness. Go ahead.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 09:29:39 PM
Holy shit, are you that dumb? Name another book before Hearts of Darkness came out that delt with the subject matter of the darkness and descent into madness. Go ahead.
Oedipus trilogy
More than one book, but all advance the same story
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 09:33:46 PM
Oedipus trilogy
More than one book, but all advance the same story
explain how it is similar to hearts of darkness
i can name books too
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 09:49:39 PM
explain how it is similar to hearts of darkness
i can name books too
Yeah, I pulled Sophocles out of my ass. I'm not summarizing three books at 1 in the morning. Since you love the theme so much, you can read them yourself.
Thanks for respecting my opinion, good night.
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on January 07, 2008, 09:55:15 PM
Yeah, I pulled Sophocles out of my ass. I'm not summarizing three books at 1 in the morning. Since you love the theme so much, you can read them yourself.
Thanks for respecting my opinion, good night.
hey i can act like the bigger man too
The Bible.
Quote from: JMV290 on January 07, 2008, 10:12:51 PM
i like all of the incest.
it gets me off
i heard those greek myth compilation books usually have some pretty hot brother-on-sister action
that zeus is a fucking badass i tell you
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 10:14:08 PM
i heard those greek myth compilation books usually have some pretty hot brother-on-sister action
that zeus is a fucking badass i tell you
zeus was a douche :|
killed his own daddy cause the big baby wanted power
let the baby zeus have what he wants :|
Quote from: Kaz on January 07, 2008, 10:06:43 PM
The movies aren't much better, either.
epic response to an epic post
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 07, 2008, 10:15:19 PM
zeus was a douche :|
killed his own daddy cause the big baby wanted power
let the baby zeus have what he wants :|
I'd kill my dad too if he tried to eat me.
Quote from: thezerofire on January 08, 2008, 12:07:42 PM
epic response to an epic post
DON'T FUCKING USE THE WORD
EPIC YOU FUCKING E
PIC BITCH
Harry Potter is awesome you faggots.
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 09, 2008, 03:38:18 PM
Harry Potter is awesome you faggots.
The final "fight" Between Harry and Voldemort ruined it all for me.
Sorriest piece of shit I've ever read.
Quote from: Trini on January 09, 2008, 04:42:30 PM
The final "fight" Between Harry and Voldemort ruined it all for me.
Sorriest piece of shit I've ever read.
I wouldn't say it ruined it. It really just made me realize that all the books actually blow.
A Separate Peace
oh lawd lol.
Shittiest shit ever.
Jealous loser who never gets any action [spoiler]kills[/spoiler] his cool handsome friend. The end.
The thing that pisses me off most was that he didn't even cry at the [spoiler]funeral[/spoiler]. I swear, the only reason the book said he didn't cry at the [spoiler]funeral[/spoiler] was so that they could use that oh so cheezy line "I didn't cry, because people never cry at their own [spoiler]funeral[/spoiler]"
I fucking finished it and threw it in my pool cause that's where I was sitting when I read it.
Quote from: Houdini on January 09, 2008, 06:24:40 PM
I wouldn't say it ruined it. It really just made me realize that all the books actually blow.
Well it did for me. I was eager turning every page expecting something crazy to happen between them at the final fight. You'd think the Dark Lord would have a better defense than that. After so many attempts to make him look as badass as possible, he was just thrown out. I honestly went back to re read that part to see if I missed something. Did I enjoy the series because I was driven to read some incredible fight between them at the end? I really don't know now. I enjoyed the Hogwarts fight, and all. But I guess my expectations were too high. =/
Quote from: fag on January 09, 2008, 06:34:48 PM
A Separate Peace
oh lawd lol.
Shittiest shit ever.
Jealous loser who never gets any action [spoiler]kills[/spoiler] his cool handsome friend. The end.
The thing that pisses me off most was that he didn't even cry at the [spoiler]funeral[/spoiler]. I swear, the only reason the book said he didn't cry at the [spoiler]funeral[/spoiler] was so that they could use that oh so cheezy line "I didn't cry, because people never cry at their own [spoiler]funeral[/spoiler]"
I fucking finished it and threw it in my pool cause that's where I was sitting when I read it.
i never read the book but i did a report on it and the teacher gave me a great grade since she wanted my cock
Quote from: JMV290 on January 09, 2008, 07:21:36 PM
i never read the book but i did a report on it and the teacher gave me a great grade since she wanted my cock
I once got a 99 on a test without even knowing what the plot of the book was.
Quote from: Houdini on January 09, 2008, 08:05:38 PM
I once got a 99 on a test without even knowing what the plot of the book was.
I tried that with
Catcher In the Rye and got a zero. caterpie;
I made up plot details and based some parts off the small discussions in class.
i said some stupid shit about the guy shooting people in his hat.
Quote from: JMV290 on January 09, 2008, 07:21:36 PM
i never read the book she wanted my cock
Lucky befuddlement
Quote from: JMV290 on January 09, 2008, 09:56:02 PM
I tried that with Catcher In the Rye and got a zero. caterpie;
I made up plot details and based some parts off the small discussions in class.
i said some stupid shit about the guy shooting people in his hat.
i lol'd
Quote from: JMV290 on January 09, 2008, 09:56:02 PM
I tried that with Catcher In the Rye and got a zero. caterpie;
I made up plot details and based some parts off the small discussions in class.
i said some stupid shit about the guy shooting people in his hat.
A zero? Your teacher should have at least given you a point for creativity.
tale of two cities can suck my cock
Most Stephen King books. Take your pick.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 11, 2008, 11:03:11 PM
Most Stephen King books. Take your pick.
I choose From a Buick 8.
I at least somewhat enjoy most of his older books. The Stand is still my favorite. I think Christine was the only early one I didn't really like much.
Quote from: Kaz on January 11, 2008, 11:29:34 PM
I choose From a Buick 8.
I at least somewhat enjoy most of his older books. The Stand is still my favorite. I think Christine was the only early one I didn't really like much.
The best thing he did was The Shining and that's mostly because Kubrick made a motherfucking amazing movie from it.