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Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:00 am to jgoodw318
Are you writing this for your high school son?
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:01 am to jgoodw318
From that list, I would choose:
or
for the combination of them being less likely to be chosen by several others and the fact that the stories would be easier to produce an original take from.
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The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
or
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Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr
for the combination of them being less likely to be chosen by several others and the fact that the stories would be easier to produce an original take from.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:01 am to jgoodw318
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Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
I’ve always enjoyed Brontë writing but I’m also a big Austen person. And you may not enjoy this one if you don’t like stuff from that Regency Era period.
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The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
While interesting to read because it’s Plath, it’s fricking depressing. And a window into her own depression, so it’s heavy.
With the full list I still go with:
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The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
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Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:01 am to jgoodw318
To answer a couple other questions that have been asked:
This is a English 102 level class
I am not really sure what the actual research is supposed to be on as of now. I know that I am supposed to pick one of the novel's, read it before week 10, and the research paper will be based on the book.
This is a English 102 level class
I am not really sure what the actual research is supposed to be on as of now. I know that I am supposed to pick one of the novel's, read it before week 10, and the research paper will be based on the book.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:03 am to jgoodw318
Does your mom know you're on here?
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:04 am to jgoodw318
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For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr
These would be my shortlist out of your shortlist.
Slaughterhouse-Five is a far more complex novel one I didn't really get my head around until I was in my 30s and I have a Lit degree. Choose Billy Pilgrim if you really want a deep dive or pick Hemmingway's Robert Jordan if you want something more approachable IMO.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:05 am to jgoodw318
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I am not really sure what the actual research is supposed to be on as of now. I know that I am supposed to pick one of the novel's, read it before week 10, and the research paper will be based on the book.
Does your syllabus not give anymore info on it either?
To not know what I’m even writing about would suck, when I could use my time reading to make notations and such.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:05 am to jgoodw318
The Jungle and Anna Karenina are good ones as well but I stand by my original picks
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:08 am to fr33manator
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Anna Karenina
I have to go back and try this one again. May have just been my mindset at the time but it was a slog for me.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:08 am to BluegrassBelle
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Does your syllabus not give anymore info on it either?
The syllabus doesn't give any more info than I have already given. For this class I know that we will have a few short stories to read over and be tested on and a couple essays to write that I don't know the subject on yet either.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:08 am to jgoodw318
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Full list
My choice would be one of these two:
For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:10 am to jgoodw318
Ive read all of those.
Vonnegut I enjoyed most.
Vonnegut I enjoyed most.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:14 am to Displaced
"ART OF THE DEAL" - 45th & 47th President Donald J. Trump
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:14 am to jgoodw318
Which one has the fewest pages?
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:20 am to jgoodw318
quote:If the syllabus doesn't provide details on what you're supposed to be researching, then are you sure the instructor doesn't just expect a book report?
The syllabus doesn't give any more info than I have already given. For this class I know that we will have a few short stories to read over and be tested on and a couple essays to write that I don't know the subject on yet either.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:34 am to jgoodw318
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The Jungle- Upton Sinclair
When I started my first reply you had not posted the full list.
I had hoped for at least one great Southern novelist like Dickey, Hannah, or Faulkner.
That not being the case The Jungle is one of my all-time favorites. Depressing books often make for the best papers and this one doesn't disappoint in that area.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:34 am to BluegrassBelle
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I have to go back and try this one again. May have just been my mindset at the time but it was a slog for me.
It’s Tolstoy. I think it being originally in Russian is what makes it such a slog, much like Dostoyevsky.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:36 am to jgoodw318
Surprised there’s no Ray Bradbury on there.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Postman
The Illustrated man…all great books
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Postman
The Illustrated man…all great books
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:39 am to jgoodw318
Coddling of the American Mind.
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