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March 20th, 2016 2:03 PM |
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Originally Posted by Kyoko
(Post 9171719)
WHAT IS THIS. Are you all trying to break my heart??? The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, and Fahrenheit 451 are some of my favorite books. I've actually read almost all of Fitzgerald's books. I love how autobiographical they are about his and Zelda's relationship and you can really see what's going on in his head.
I guess mine would be Pride and Prejudice - I love the story behind it and the adaptions of the story I have seen, but for some reason it just doesn't click when I read it.
Brb, going to hug all my copies of The Great Gatsby ;______;
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Originally Posted by maccrash
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this post straight up reflects my life. The Great Gatsby is brilliant -- I've read it at least thrice, two of those readings of my own accord, and I think it's as marvelously written as everyone says it is. I read Catcher in the Rye at the exact right time in my life that it's a punch to the solar plexus whenever I go back to it now. I don't really like Fahrenheit 451, tbh, but it's okay. and I could never crack into Pride and Prejudice either. that'd be mine.
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Haha yeah I completely feel you guys ;__; Definitely relate to you, maccrash - I read 'Catcher in the Rye' at the perfect time in my life as well so I really related to Holden and what he was going through. I think it would be hard to really connect with the book if you read it at the wrong age or just the wrong time in your life. I adore 'The Great Gatsby' as well - it's slow-paced but so exquisitely written.
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Originally Posted by gimmepie
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Also going to throw 1984 out here. The idea behind it and the story itself were very interesting, but the writing was monotonous and dull. Mind you, I did read the entire book the day before a test on it.
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Isn't it fitting, though, that a book set in a society in which language is being dumbed down to the bare minimums is written in a really simple way? '1984' is probably one of my favourite books ever, I love how it's told and Orwell is just brilliant in my eyes regardless. I'm guessing your experience with the book was tainted by the fact that you had to read it in a day and then sit a test on it :(
Which brings up an interesting point - it seems most of the classics mentioned in this thread were required reading for school, so I'm guessing that has a big effect on people's experiences with these books. And tbh I do feel a lot of these books that have been mentioned can be appreciated so much more when you're out of high school.
I've never been a fan of 'The Scarlet Letter' by Hawthorne. It was also required reading (lol) as part of an American Classics subject I took last year. I just couldn't get into it to enjoy it as much, and because lit in uni is so fast-paced I just didn't have enough time to appreciate it - one week just isn't enough to spend on such a book imo.
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