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[Archangel]

List and state why. I know there are books in Highschool which you legitimately enjoyed. No spoilers either. A general idea is allowed.

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four
Possibly one of the most classic books of Highschool English classes. Brings up a "what if" world, had the western powers been under the influence of complete totalitarian state. An amazing novel, in both the standpoints in how it was written, and the concepts it got through to the reader.

Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of Being
An exploration a character whom believes love and affection is completely different from the act of sexual intimacy. Placed in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Another fantastic novel centered around the 1900's. It is quite a novel. Quite graphic at times, while still maintaining the original purpose of being an exploration into the matter.

[Capensis]

To Kill a Mockingbird
It's pretty clear why this book is so popular. The book's plot overall was actually very interesting even though it may sound like it's boring, the moral issues that Harper Lee tried to express in her writing by incorporating her own life experiences, and the characters are very enjoyable. I just love how the book was told in the point of view of young Scout, but still rich in details and such. Love, love, love this book.

[Stitchpunk]

The Giver
At first I hated it after reading it all, but then it really grew on me, understanding what it was truly about. It was a prime example of a book that "made you think".

[Irgy]

Of Mice and Men. It's definitely one of my favourite books now. Read Lord of the Flies this year. T'was also quite fine and dandy. I seem to enjoy downer endings or something. Hell, I just finished Macbeth last week and enjoyed that as well.

[Archangel]

Irgy, on 13 May 2011 - 03:45 AM, said:

Of Mice and Men. It's definitely one of my favourite books now. Read Lord of the Flies this year. T'was also quite fine and dandy. I seem to enjoy downer endings or something. Hell, I just finished Macbeth last week and enjoyed that as well.

Ah yes, I remember reading both of those in Grade 9 English, and Macbeth in gr 10 English. I still have a clear memory of those. All great novels / play.

[Versailles]

Lord of the Flies. I really enjoyed the overall plot and all its symbolism.

The Chrysalids. Once again, I loved its plot. I also liked its post-apocalyptic setting (I'm a huge sci-fi fan), the characters, and its religious and Darwinian themes.

[IzumiKonato]

The Melancoly of Haruhi Suzumiya, any fucking Terry Pratchett, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy or the restaurant at the end of the universe.
Naaah acctually no, none of above but I wish I would have read them in englishlessons. would be boss D:
Thinking of it, we never read a novel in english. I should recomend one of the above for that purpose...

[Versailles]

IzumiKonato, on 13 May 2011 - 04:09 AM, said:

The Melancoly of Haruhi Suzumiya, any fucking Terry Pratchett, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy or the restaurant at the end of the universe.
Naaah acctually no, none of above but I wish I would have read them in englishlessons. would be boss D:
Thinking of it, we never read a novel in english. I should recomend one of the above for that purpose...

This kinda reminds me of when I was an ESL (English as a Second Language) student and we had to pick novels every few weeks to read. I always happened to pick pretty good novels like Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons and Ender's Game, just to name a few. I didn't really count them in my post above because we didn't really dissect them.

[KNC]

Lishy, on 13 May 2011 - 05:00 AM, said:

Brave New World.

Gawwd, why is there no manga adaption? It'd make the best fucking hentai ever!

lolwut?

Anyway, we were potentially about to read Ecotopia, but skipped it due to insufficient time.
I'm rather sure I would've enjoyed it judging from the summary we had to read. I might read this myself in the future when I have my share of time for this.

But except for that we had just a bunch of Novels with interesting topics that were however written in a boring, uninformative way, like The Guardians or Copenhagen.

And we had Faust, the first part. Holy shit I don't want to know what kind of drugs Goethe had at his disposal, probably something brewed by Mephistoteles himself.

And we watched the movie of Nineteen Eighty Four. I think the book might be good but the movie raped my eyes.

[Stufreddy]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

It was very humorous the whole way through, and very very different.

[SDM]

Wuthering Heights
At first, I didn't think I'd like it. Over 100 years old? English (as in the country of origin)? Pass.

But then I met Heathcliff, who made the story interesting. Just because he's such a cruel, twisted badass, and at the same time, has reason for it. I didn't care about any other character in the story except him.

[Super Saiyan Swagga]

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer

Sometimes it just put a smile on my face and it's just interesting at some part.

[IzumiKonato]

KInda thinking of it... The Melancoly of Haruhi Suzumiya is the only book I have writen in english ... Does that make me a nerd?

[Archangel]

Well, I'm more or less referring to the literary works that your teacher has chosen to subject the class to read. If the Meloncholy of Suzumiya Haruhi is now considered a literary work, then I shall be damned.

[IzumiKonato]

Archangel, on 13 May 2011 - 02:31 PM, said:

Well, I'm more or less referring to the literary works that your teacher has chosen to subject the class to read. If the Meloncholy of Suzumiya Haruhi is now considered a literary work, then I shall be damned.

Say what you wnat but the novels are good.

[Log In]

Lord of the Flies was a pretty good book, I read it for school this year. However, I read most every book that I will be reading later in high school sometime in middle school (basically, I just read whatever my brother bought for school purposes), so I'm not really sure if I can count those.

Ah, but another one was this series of books made for middle/high schoolers that I was introduced to in 7th grade. We had to pick a book out of a box filled with selections from that series to read; it was basically like a book form of Degrassi but with a mostly African American cast. MUCH better than the other book, Clementine, that we read that year. I found it very entertaining, and out of the norm that you expect to read in for school.

IzumiKonato, on 13 May 2011 - 05:12 PM, said:

Say what you wnat but the novels are good.

lol, I agree that Haruhi is a good YA series, but not something that would be considered to have "literary merit". There's nothing wrong with that, though.

[Arisnova]

I can't say I disliked any of the books I was assigned (except for, perhaps Tangerine by Edward Bloor), but one that really stood out to me was A Seperate Peace by John Knowles. I enjoyed the contrasting perspective of World War II presented by the novel- rather than showing the young men of the time as rough and ready bloodthirsty soldiers, it presented them in a much more rational and realistic way, by showing how frightened they were of the warfare encroaching upon them.

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Arisnova, on 14 May 2011 - 02:19 AM, said:

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Ahhh, that's it; not Clementine, but Tangerine.