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Readers of the OT - Help me pick out the novel for my research paper

Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:50 am
Posted by jgoodw318
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:50 am
Ok OT I need your help. I am in an English class that requires a research paper. It will be based on a novel of my choosing from a list that the professor provided. There are multiple "classics" on this list. I am going to list a few that I am interested in and would like to know which you would choose.

The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Posted by OweO
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:50 am to
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Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Posted by sonoma8
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:51 am to
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For Whom Your Mom Tolls - Sonoma8
Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:51 am to
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Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
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OweO
This pretty much proves that you should pick any of the others.
This post was edited on 8/18/22 at 9:52 am
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:51 am to
For whom the bell tolls or Slaughterhouse-Five


Most definitely


Let me see the whole list though.
This post was edited on 8/18/22 at 9:52 am
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:52 am to
10th grade struggle is real
Posted by lsuroadie
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:52 am to
FWTBT
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:53 am to
Post the whole list please!
Posted by idlewatcher
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:53 am to
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The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini


Great book. And has a follow up book as well but with different set of characters.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:53 am to
Let's see the full list, not just the ones you have interest in.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:54 am to
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For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway


I would say For Whom the Bell Tolls, but that might be a popular pick by everyone else and mean your paper needs to be a lot better to stand out.

I'd try pick a book that not many others would be writing a paper on
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:54 am to
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Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr


This one. Read it in the 9th grade, and it opened my eyes to the world of book reading.
Posted by jgoodw318
Bossier City
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:54 am to
Definitely not picking that one then
Posted by Larry
Collierville, TN
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:55 am to
Slaughterhouse Five
Posted by One72
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:55 am to
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Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:55 am to
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The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini


quote:

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Posted by CarrolltonTiger
New Orleans
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:56 am to
Professor? What grade level is this?
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:56 am to
Also would be helpful to know what the research paper has to focus on? Content of the book itself? It’s production and any controversies surrounding it?
Posted by jgoodw318
Bossier City
Member since Sep 2013
1102 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:58 am to
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Let's see the full list


Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
Parable of the Sower- Octavia Butler
My Antonia- Willa Cather
The Red Badge of Courage- Stephen Crane
Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
Tess of the D’Urbervilles- Thomas Hardy
For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
The Bluest Eye- Toni Morrison
Sons and Lovers- D. H. Lawrence
Sula- Toni Morrison
The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
The House on Mango Street- Sandra Cisneros
The Jungle- Upton Sinclair
Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy
Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Age of Innocence- Edith Wharton
To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32699 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:59 am to
Kite runner is arse.

I'd pick slaughterhouse 5. Great American classic.
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