Some sad books are good, but these books are just... god.
I wanted to read nicer sounding books, but since I'm in Advanced English, I can't read the happy books on the English Regents class list.
Some sad books are good, but these books are just... god.
I wanted to read nicer sounding books, but since I'm in Advanced English, I can't read the happy books on the English Regents class list.
My English class have to read "To Kill A Mockingbird" we've never had to read anything over the summer before and we are disgusted, most people won't bother themselves to read the book at all, I might read some of it, I might just read an online review of it
To Kill a Mockingbird is quite a good book. And if you have all summer to read you should have no problem finishing it since it is such a small book.
There has to be some happy-ish books on your list... doesn't there?
I mean many people may find Daughter of the Forest sad since there is an occurance of rape and other such things.. but really isn't all that sad.. happy ending and everything.
Same thing with The Symphony of the Ages series... many many sad moments but overall the books are fairly happy.
Think about it many times conflict brings about unhappiness of some sort. Yet for most books to be interesting to people there must be conflict. Thus Sadness will be in all books. Albiet some of the books that have been are sad books with sad endings.
Speak for example has a fairly happy type ending, even though much of the book was conflict(remember conflict attracts attention) that gave it a sad feel. So what is the overall feel of the book? Sad more then likely since that is what the whole book was about.. but it ain't nearly as bad as many I have seen and read.
Peeling the Onion is another example. A Athletic young woman(17) who loves karate and focuses soley on it and other physical pursuits is in a car accident and is crippled. The book deals with her dealing with the cards dealt. Sad? Yes. But the book turns happy in the last 1/4 or so I think and overal I say it is a happy-ish book. But you "gotta get to the bottom before you can climb to the top"(a paraphrase from the book that seems fitting).
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are all books you americans read about raping and moletering??
how depressing
i had to read to kill a mocking bird - a black man is accused of raping a white girl and is represented by a white man....all about race in 1920 (or something like that)
welcome home jellybean (O__o it is as crap as it sounds) - a boys story about having a disabled sister
goodnight Mr Tom - a war story
Carries War - another war story
under ground to canada - two black girls run away from a plantation to get to canada
Mcbeth - a mad scottish dude.
O___o mine seem just as bad. bearing in mind this was 5 years ago ;___;
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God bless I don't read them
Haha.Originally Posted by boris no no
Yeah, those rape books freak me out. I liked To Kill A Mockingbird, but it was kinda sad. In the school year we also read Of Mice and Men. Worst book ever. It was just awful, boring, and sad. :/
Yeah, those rape books freak me out. I liked To Kill A Mockingbird, but it was kinda sad. In the school year we also read Of Mice and Men. Worst book ever. It was just awful, boring, and sad. :/
HEY!! I liked Of mice and men! and so did my classmates though they thought it was kinda stupid(won't spoil it for anyone, but those who read it can prolly guess where it was "stupid" at).
As for books about rape. Most of them that I have read arn't about the rape itself, rather overcoming the aftermath of the event. Personally don't got a problem there. I imagine there can't be anything too much tougher to overcome then that, so it is prolly a good conflict that authors can use... albiet a depressing one :rolleyes2
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The movie's great. I laughed so hard at the end.
I read the Body of Christopher Creed for school once, that was a good book but kinda sad. We don't have summer reading assignments but I'm reading a book called Sabriel right now, it's really good.
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A sad book is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...sniff...
Leave some shards under the belly
Lay some grease inside my hand
It's a sentimental jury
And the makings of a good plan
just when boo radley looks at them xD in the corner of the room.The movie's great. I laughed so hard at the end.
still a poo book
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of mice and men
would that be the movie where the ending is all... umm... well someone in my class said it was gangsta style... that was stupid.. but funny :P
I don't remember much about the movie of to kill a mockingbird but I do remember laughing.. actually I think I missed alot of school that week so maybe that is why I don't recall too much of it.
STILL Updating the anime list. . . I didn't think I was that much of an anime freak! I don't even want to consider updating the manga list!
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