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

Posted on 8/18/22 at 11:35 am to
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11086 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 11:35 am to
For Whom the Bell Tolls is excellent. Kite Runner is very depressing.
Great Expectations may feel dated to a young reader.
Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger
1st coast
Member since Jan 2008
2123 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 11:47 am to
Tess (I like Hardy's novels)
Slaughterhouse

For Whom the Bell Tolls (probably will be too many others chooosing Hemingway)
The Jungle
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19512 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 11:50 am to

You didn’t post the actual criteria, which is number of pages.

Least pages wins.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
8627 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:21 pm to
Red Badge of Courage

Start this weekend by moving out of your comfortable house and do without ALL modern conveniences as your read the book.

No cheating, try to put yourself back in time. Then approach the book as if you were alone, by a river, etc.

You'd get a lot more out of the book that you would the Toni Morrisons or the 'classics' set in England.
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
43700 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:31 pm to
Red badge of courage
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
136798 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:36 pm to
50 Shades of Gray
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90560 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:51 pm to
I enjoyed red badge of courage
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14400 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:53 pm to
quote:

For whom the bell tolls or Slaughterhouse-Five


Most definitely


Let me see the whole list though.

These would be my leanings, as well.
Posted by NolaTiger52
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2018
1856 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:58 pm to
The Kite Runner is an amazing book
Posted by dangerousdon
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
593 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 2:45 pm to
From a guy who has an English Lit degree and had to read many of these books. Do yourself a favor and read The Jungle by Sinclair. There are a lot of reference materials and papers out there to be had for your research. It is also a fairly interesting book that is a relatively easy read. Pretty interesting too.

I read The Kite Runner for a Post Colonial Literature class and while I found it a very interesting book (I served in Afghanistan so could draw on images of some of the places), it was hard to do a paper on because there hasn't been as much discourse on it as the others.

Slaughterhouse 5 would be my next choice. Again a lot of reference materials and the book will capture your attention. A lot of Post Modernism themes in it. Pretty sure you can draw modern comparisons.
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