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The Great Gatsby
Storm Rider:
What a monumental 9000th post, man.
michaelicious:
I like Mansfield Park better than Pride and Prejudice. Probably because I've never read P&P in an academic context and I studied Mansfield Park with one of the best profs I've ever had.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 15 Dec 2007, 00:41 ---Salinger's not dead, dude.
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If there's one thing post-colonialism has taught us, it's that the only thing worse than a dead white man, is a living one.
Ballard:
--- Quote from: Linds on 12 Dec 2007, 08:12 ---The Catcher in the Rye is overrated. When I read it in high school everyone loved it, but I honestly didn't. It was ok, but I didn't see why so many people thought it was awesome. The Great Gatsby, however, was pretty good.
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Simply because it involves the most easily identifiable-with protagonist in American literature.
That said, The Catcher in the Rye is only mindblowing untill you realize that Holden Caulfield needs to get a fucking blog.
--- Quote from: Dissy on 11 Dec 2007, 23:24 ---I also enjoyed the book. It isn't one of those read once books. You have to go back two maybe three times before you actually get what is going on there.
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I cannot stress this enough. However, I will go so far as to say that it must be read at least five to six times before you can grasp even a shred of the meaning.
--- Quote from: dr.sangaygupta on 13 Dec 2007, 16:43 ---not to derail this thread, but this book was nowhere near as bad as The Grapes of Wrath. God how i hated that book
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--- Quote from: audacity on 13 Dec 2007, 17:12 ---I haven't read it. What was so awful about it?
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I'm prone to agree. I find Steinbeck incredibly dry. The overall theme of The Grapes of Wrath would have hit closer to home had it not been such an over-extended, long-winded piece of literature. Of Mice and Men is only passable because it's not as bad in this respect.
Liz:
--- Quote from: Ballard on 15 Dec 2007, 08:09 ---That said, The Catcher in the Rye is only mindblowing untill you realize that Holden Caulfield needs to get a fucking blog.
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