tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post8719969167023945410..comments2024-01-25T06:13:43.259-05:00Comments on Everyday Adventures: Reading the ClassicsAlliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222240447265955469noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-978956559533330682012-07-08T18:50:55.324-04:002012-07-08T18:50:55.324-04:00My favorites from high school were Fahrenheit 451 ...My favorites from high school were Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World. I also LOVED A Tale of Two Cities. I wasn't a Great Gatsby fan, though!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919362264913621435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-28342707428197429022012-07-06T23:46:32.252-04:002012-07-06T23:46:32.252-04:00I remember hating The Great Gatsby in high school....I remember hating The Great Gatsby in high school. Really the only thing I remember about it is how the pool is supposed to represent rebirth. But as though I wasn't a fan of the book I'm really excited for the movie even if part of that is because Leonardo DiCaprio is in it.Shoshanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707241263291051104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-4916011966359898932012-07-05T14:23:38.342-04:002012-07-05T14:23:38.342-04:00YES. OMG I thought I was the only one who couldn&#...YES. OMG I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand it. I've tried reading the book, watching the miniseries, watching the movie ... and I just don't like any of them.Allie @ Everyday Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221029819826266578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-71405526144030334832012-07-05T13:47:44.503-04:002012-07-05T13:47:44.503-04:00Oof, Heart of Darkness = NOT my favorite :)Oof, Heart of Darkness = NOT my favorite :)Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168304517522499991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-73190740720681053592012-07-05T13:46:40.672-04:002012-07-05T13:46:40.672-04:00I really despised Pride and Prejudice, which I fee...I really despised Pride and Prejudice, which I feel like is a major offense to a lot of people!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168304517522499991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-43969582285756843532012-07-05T12:22:56.307-04:002012-07-05T12:22:56.307-04:00I don't know why I didn't finish Lord of t...I don't know why I didn't finish Lord of the Flies. I've always liked dystopian style novels, but that was another that went by the wayside, and I only knew how it ended because we also had to watch the movie in class!Allie @ Everyday Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221029819826266578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-45552328640111935172012-07-05T12:20:07.023-04:002012-07-05T12:20:07.023-04:00Ugh, I forgot about The Scarlet Letter. Didn't...Ugh, I forgot about The Scarlet Letter. Didn't like that one either. I didn't have to read Heart of Darkness or Wuthering Heights, though some of the other English classes did!Allie @ Everyday Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221029819826266578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-62813958765623742962012-07-05T10:01:02.716-04:002012-07-05T10:01:02.716-04:00I loved To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, a...I loved To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and Heart of Darkness (mainly after our class discussed it)...hated the Scarlet Letter, Huck Finn, and Wuthering Heights. I read Wuthering Heights again this past year to give it another chance, but it could not be redeemed for me!Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050887716140373476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710921900753150958.post-45294155180119869302012-07-05T09:42:02.376-04:002012-07-05T09:42:02.376-04:00I pretty much never read the full book, honestly, ...I pretty much never read the full book, honestly, and I was top of my class in English. I skimmed and used Cliffs Notes and was really good at writing essays! :P<br /><br />I mainly hated the stuff that was repeated from class to class -- we had to read Lord of the Flies in English and in Civic Literacy, and watch the movie, twice. The worst was when I took a first-year English course in university and had to re-read A Doll's House, which I utterly hated in my Grade 12 English class...Shayla @ Northern Exposurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385718277332886020noreply@blogger.com