sophie
Break My Heart
that is so true! 
What books were you made to read in high school?
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MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
I distinctly recall it from my 10th grade textbook, but have not found much when googling it. TVTropes does have a note that there was supposedly an alternate ending that the audience could vote in, although no record of it remains.
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
I did:
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Midsummer's Night Dream
Island Voices (Singaporean short stories)
All My Sons (A play really, but read it none the less)
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Therese Raquin By Emile Zola
One Day in the life of Ivan Deniysovich by Alexander Soljinistynakjsdnbpijndf(??)
We are going to do Hamlet later and some other titles I can't remember
I have friends doing Metamorphosis, Water for Chocolate, The Outsider.
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Midsummer's Night Dream
Island Voices (Singaporean short stories)
All My Sons (A play really, but read it none the less)
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Therese Raquin By Emile Zola
One Day in the life of Ivan Deniysovich by Alexander Soljinistynakjsdnbpijndf(??)
We are going to do Hamlet later and some other titles I can't remember
I have friends doing Metamorphosis, Water for Chocolate, The Outsider.
ParkCungHee
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I remember in one year we read One flew over the ****oo's Nest, The Catcher in the Rye and a Clockwork Orange, because we were supposed to be able to relate to the characters in the books.
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
These are what I had to read for English.
Year 7: Beowulf, Goodnight Mr. Tom
Year 9: Macbeth
Years 10 and 11: Of Mice and Men
I was put into the idiot group for English.
Year 7: Beowulf, Goodnight Mr. Tom
Year 9: Macbeth
Years 10 and 11: Of Mice and Men
I was put into the idiot group for English.
Those aren't idiot reading material.
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
I'm sorry.
Apology not required.
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
I guess it doesn't matter. I failed English.
onedreamer
Dragon
Well, LOADS, and I don't even remember them all.
I can tell you the one that disgusted/bored me most, the one that surprised me most -in positive, the ones that impressed and influenced me most plus the one I appreciated most (although not properly a book, I must say, but a theatrical composition). So they are:
"Memoirs of Hadrian" (it: "Memorie di Adriano"). Ok I didn't read it ALL. It was literally impossible to bear it.
"The Name of the Rose" (it: "Il nome della rosa"). I thought it would be like the above, it was instead a pleasant read.
"Reunion" (it: "L'amico ritrovato") . A touching story, I advise it to anyone, it's a short read.
"The Old Man and the Sea" (it: "Il vecchio e il mare") . Might be odd to say, but it's a book that completely changed my private relationship with Nature.
"Waiting for Godot" (it: "Aspettando Godot" but I read/studied it only in English) . IMHO very nicely thought out and written, especially considering the delicate matter it deals with. You could also just pretend it as a comedy, simply genious.
I can tell you the one that disgusted/bored me most, the one that surprised me most -in positive, the ones that impressed and influenced me most plus the one I appreciated most (although not properly a book, I must say, but a theatrical composition). So they are:
"Memoirs of Hadrian" (it: "Memorie di Adriano"). Ok I didn't read it ALL. It was literally impossible to bear it.
"The Name of the Rose" (it: "Il nome della rosa"). I thought it would be like the above, it was instead a pleasant read.
"Reunion" (it: "L'amico ritrovato") . A touching story, I advise it to anyone, it's a short read.
"The Old Man and the Sea" (it: "Il vecchio e il mare") . Might be odd to say, but it's a book that completely changed my private relationship with Nature.
"Waiting for Godot" (it: "Aspettando Godot" but I read/studied it only in English) . IMHO very nicely thought out and written, especially considering the delicate matter it deals with. You could also just pretend it as a comedy, simply genious.
aimeeandbeatles
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Then you won't like Hamlet either.Probably not Frankenstein nor Wuthering Heights as well.
We did Hamlet. It wasnt terrible but not something I would read myself.
Soda7777777
Warlord
Freshman Year:
Iliad
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hesiod Theogony
Theban Plays
Plato's Republic
Aristotle Politics
Julius Caesar
Horace
Ovid's Metamorphosis
Poetic Edda
Tristan and Iseult
Sophomore Year:
La Morte d’Arthur by Malory
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Prince and Discourses by Machiavelli
Richard III by William Shakepseare
A Man for All Seasons by Bolt
Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Life of Olaudah Equiano
Candide by Voltaire
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles dickens
The Fall of Robespierre by Southey and Coleridge
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences by Rousseau
The Marriage of Figaro
(Note, I'm still a sophomore in High School.)
Iliad
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hesiod Theogony
Theban Plays
Plato's Republic
Aristotle Politics
Julius Caesar
Horace
Ovid's Metamorphosis
Poetic Edda
Tristan and Iseult
Sophomore Year:
La Morte d’Arthur by Malory
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Prince and Discourses by Machiavelli
Richard III by William Shakepseare
A Man for All Seasons by Bolt
Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Life of Olaudah Equiano
Candide by Voltaire
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles dickens
The Fall of Robespierre by Southey and Coleridge
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences by Rousseau
The Marriage of Figaro
(Note, I'm still a sophomore in High School.)
Delroy Allen
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Wow! That was really a long time ago! But I distinctly remember reading 'The Crucible'. If youve read it, youll understand why I can still remember it. Quite, clearly it is an allegory of the times it was written in, the McCarthy era. Fear, anxiety, passion, jealousy pervade both the Salem Witch Trials and the anti-communist Red Scare. If you need help in understanding this play, Shmoop.com would be a good site to visit. It helped me get the right perspective in appreciating the different shades of the drama.
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