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re: What’s the worst book you had to read in high school?
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:37 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:37 pm to athenslife101
I had a semester where the English teach really got in Ed Abbey. So Desert Solitaire by edward abbey. boring
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Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:37 pm to TheHarahanian
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My soph lit teacher was a big metaphysical poetry fan. She asked my opinion of John Donne and I said he clearly had a drug problem. Threats were made
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:38 pm to facher08
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The Scarlett Letter.
Hawthorne wrote in these ridiculous run on sentences that took up half a page when he could have described his point just as easily in a 10 words.
This combined with the English of the times made it an excruciating read.
This is my runner up - a very close second.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:39 pm to TheHarahanian
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My soph lit teacher was a big metaphysical poetry fan. She asked my opinion of John Donne and I said he clearly had a drug problem. Threats were made.
Need further info
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:39 pm to athenslife101
Beowulf was pretty hard to understand without some expert coming into class and explaining it to you.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:39 pm to MSUmtowndawg
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MSUmtowndawg
One post above yours
Great minds think alike
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:39 pm to athenslife101
I came into this thread to say The Awakening. Good call.
What a stupid message. I hated that book as a kid and hate it even more now in retrospect.
What a stupid message. I hated that book as a kid and hate it even more now in retrospect.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:40 pm to Gigoleaux
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Beowulf was pretty hard to understand without some expert coming into class and explaining it to you.
Was coming say frick that Beowulf shite.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:40 pm to athenslife101
Pilgram’s Progress
Beowulf
Shakespeare crap
Jane Austen crap
Bronte sister crap
Beowulf
Shakespeare crap
Jane Austen crap
Bronte sister crap
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:40 pm to High C
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frick Shakespeare
have an upvote
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:42 pm to athenslife101
Paradise Lost.
Or Walden by Thoreau. HATED that one, but that might've been influenced by my dislike for my teacher
Or Walden by Thoreau. HATED that one, but that might've been influenced by my dislike for my teacher
This post was edited on 1/7/19 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:42 pm to mikelbr
Beowulf was one of the best books I read in high school.
A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlett Letter, and Shakespeare was terrible. Hard Times by Dickens was ok, other than that his books are tough to get through.
I did not care for The Great Gatsby either.
A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlett Letter, and Shakespeare was terrible. Hard Times by Dickens was ok, other than that his books are tough to get through.
I did not care for The Great Gatsby either.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:43 pm to athenslife101
All quiet on the Western Front
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:43 pm to mikelbr
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Beowulf was pretty hard to understand without some expert coming into class and explaining it to you.
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Was coming say frick that Beowulf shite.
Yep...came here for the same thing.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:43 pm to athenslife101
Probably the Grapes of Wrath.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:43 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Oh, that book sucked too. That’s the one when she finally gets a husband she likes and he gets rabies?
Better than Native Son. Dude kills s chick because “oppressed, scared of white people”.Funny though because the teacher told us to skip pages 33-34 and don’t read them. The main characters have a jerk session in a movie theater.
Better than Native Son. Dude kills s chick because “oppressed, scared of white people”.Funny though because the teacher told us to skip pages 33-34 and don’t read them. The main characters have a jerk session in a movie theater.
This post was edited on 1/7/19 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:44 pm to athenslife101
I remember Wuthering Heights being quite painful to get through
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:44 pm to athenslife101
Five Women Who Loved Love
Imagine my anticipation when I learned it was controversial and erotic for our age
Imagine my disappointment when I realized it was from 1685 and Japanese
Imagine my anticipation when I learned it was controversial and erotic for our age
Imagine my disappointment when I realized it was from 1685 and Japanese
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:44 pm to athenslife101
Grapes of Wrath was a slog as well.
Posted on 1/7/19 at 1:44 pm to J Murdah
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All quiet on the Western Front
oh frick right off
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