The Great Gatsby

[Auragaea]

I just finished this book for AP Lang. and Comp., and I don't get the big hype about it. Other than Chapter 9 and the way Fitzgerald describes his settings, I really hated the book. It was so boring and I was so confused when I read it. I was so lost that I had to read Chapter 1 twice because I didn't understand whether West Egg and East Egg were real cities or metaphors for real cities. The characters were quite boring (except Tom and Daisy IMO) as well. Its just like a girl in my class said, "People make such a big fuss over a book that they tell you to go out and buy it, but once you start reading it, it turns to crap." Ever since 9th grade, the books I have pledged never to read again due to the quote above are Ender's Game, The Lion's Game, The Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, and Romeo and Juliet. So far, there have only been two books in my entire high school experience that I've enjoyed: To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I hated this book. I can respect the themes of materialism and hypocrisy, but the plot was just so monotonous, because I don't give a <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"> if Gatsby ever gets Daisy. The movie was boring as hell too. The best part was when (SPOILER)Tom broke Myrtle's nose.

[Roogle]

At least you didn't have to read Jane Eyre.

[Flying Mullet]

Yeah, most of the books I had to read in high school were boring. The ones that I did enjoy are <i>The Milagro Beanfield War</i> and any book by John Steinbeck.

[Jowy]

Or anything by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

[Disco Potato]

I just finished this book for AP Lang. and Comp., and I don't get the big hype about it. Other than Chapter 9 and the way Fitzgerald describes his settings, I really hated the book. It was so boring and I was so confused when I read it. I was so lost that I had to read Chapter 1 twice because I didn't understand whether West Egg and East Egg were real cities or metaphors for real cities. The characters were quite boring (except Tom and Daisy IMO) as well. Its just like a girl in my class said, "People make such a big fuss over a book that they tell you to go out and buy it, but once you start reading it, it turns to crap." Ever since 9th grade, the books I have pledged never to read again due to the quote above are Ender's Game, The Lion's Game, The Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, and Romeo and Juliet. So far, there have only been two books in my entire high school experience that I've enjoyed: To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men.

I read it a few years ago for school too and really liked it, mostly for the way it was written and its deeper meanings, I think. Though I don't exactly remember what the deeper meanings were

I thought Romeo & Juliet was overrated, but the one thing I had to read in high school that I still despise, to this day, is Great Expectations. I basically don't like anything about it - characters, plot, writing style, nothing

[Crushed Hope]

Or anything by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Oh holy smurf is The Scarlet Letter boring as smurf.

>.> I'm reading Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for my college composition class.

[edczxcvbnm]

EoFF was replaced by the entire first chapter for a time years back. Also that book sucked and so does Jane Eyre. Although Jane Eyre the movie did have James Bond in it so there was a bit of redemption.

[Flying Mullet]

>.> I'm reading Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for my college composition class.

<i>Lord of the Rings</i> gets slow and boring at times too, especially early on during the Fellowship of the Ring.

[theundeadhero]

What's weird to me is that today Yahoo said these following books:

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Outsiders
Of Mice and Men
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Brave New World
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A Wrinkle in time

have been banned from school libraries, among others. What's so strange about that is that they were all required reading for me in various grades throughout school except Brave New World, which I checked out from the school library and read on my own. What do they require kids to read these days?

I really enjoyed Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories.

[Flying Mullet]

Did it say why they had been banned?

[LunarWeaver]

What's weird to me is that today Yahoo said these following books:

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Outsiders
Of Mice and Men
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Brave New World
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A Wrinkle in time

have been banned from school libraries, among others. What's so strange about that is that they were all required reading for me in various grades throughout school except Brave New World, which I checked out from the school library and read on my own. What do they require kids to read these days?

I really enjoyed Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories.

Those have been banned? Ooh boy. They were required reading for me as well, except Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer oddly enough.

I loved a Wrinkle in Time =(...

Edit: Oh I forgot to actually talk about the Great Gatsby. Actually, I rather liked the book... I liked it better than To Kill a Mockingbird

[theundeadhero]

They were banned for being "controvercial".

I wonder how long until 1984, and that one book about firemen being the ones who go around burning banned things are taken away as well?

EDIT: Farenheight 451

[Shauna]

Oh god. I hate this book. I really do. It's so awful. xD

[Auragaea]

What's weird to me is that today Yahoo said these following books:

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Outsiders
Of Mice and Men
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Brave New World
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A Wrinkle in time

have been banned from school libraries, among others. What's so strange about that is that they were all required reading for me in various grades throughout school except Brave New World, which I checked out from the school library and read on my own. What do they require kids to read these days?

I really enjoyed Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories.

Yup. There's a poster in our school's library that lists all the banned books. Surprisingly, our school allows us to read them although I've never questioned why. On that list, I've read Of Mice and Men and To Kill a Mockingbird in school, and The Adventurers of Huckleberry Finn by myself. Surprisingly, I like those 3 a lot. I think I've read The Outsiders, but if that's the book I'm thinking of, then I really disliked it.