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1.To Kill a Mockingbird by: Harper Lee October 11, 1988
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... mainly because it is such a good story and so well written. Come to think of it, not much of this book is really about the rape and crime. It is about childhood, growing up and growing prejudice. It is about not only racism but also feminism. Scout, the main character, has such a lovely personality and I really started to like her. It was almost like I knew her and parts of me fell in love with Jem, her brother. I found parts of the slang a bit hard to read and it took a good 100 pages before the story had me that intrigued that I couldn't put it down. Sometimes you read a book and you really do realize why some books last with us and literature forever and why some don't. This book deals with human joy and suffering, ideals and rebels, crime and punishment and of course of race and sad ... Read More

2.The Catcher in the Rye by: J.D. Salinger January 30, 2001
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First off, I don't understand why there's so much hate around this novel. I'd say it's one of the best pieces of American literature I have ever read. The reader's brief journey through Holden's transition from the innocent over to the "perverted" adult world. From Holden's encounter with the water-spitting perverts to Holden's date with Sally in New York, the Catcher in the Rye is a great example of what the teenage years are like. This excellent novel is one that I truly related to, being a teenager experiencing some of the same feelings that Holden feels. While I don't know what it feels like to lose a loved one like Holden does, I understand how he feels about sexuality and that struggle to maintain what is innocent in the world, and I even could experience some of what it would feel like to ... Read More

3.The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald September 30, 1999
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This book has over 1000 reviews. There is, essentially, nothing that I can say that has not already been said. The novel is nice, well-written, and an enjoyable read. The characters are all plausible, believable, and entertaining. They are all three-dimensional, and none of them are useless. The book is extremely well-written, and I would recommend it to just about anyone. I wouldn't call it flawless, though. Perhaps because of the hype, perhaps because it lacks some sort of jenais se quas, I can't quite bring myself to give this book five stars. B+ Harkius

4.Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by: William Golding October 01, 1999
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I enjoyed reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It was a very well written novel. Although I believe the beginning started really slow and did not grab my attention right a way, but as I kept going the book became more and more interesting. Golding sure knows how to make a huge plot flow and was able to create a huge conflict for the story. The conflict in the end teaches some very valuable life lessons for the reader and the characters. Golding expressed each character extremely well. Each character was unique. The only characters that were very similar were the twins, but they were like one character rather than two characters. The four main characters Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack all add to the story. Ralph is the elected leader and he believes very much in keeping order and government. Ralph ... Read More

5.The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by: John Steinbeck January 03, 2002
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The second Steinbeck book that I've read as an adult, and probably one of the best books I've ever read. I had no idea California was so messed up until I read it. Unlike some modern readers who may complain about the alternating chapters, one dealing with plot and the other with seemingly irrelevant information, I thought that they added a lot to the book and gave it the feeling that there was more to it than just the story of one family. Everyone needs to read this book. The movie's also great, and I can't say that either one is better than the other.

6.Fahrenheit 451 by: Ray Bradbury August 12, 1987
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Our book club recently decided to make every other book choice a "classic" book which, for one reason or another, none of us has read. Fahrenheit 451 was this month's choice. After plowing through Bradbury's self-aggrandizing Foreward AND Introduction, I was ready to be enthralled. No such luck. This had to be one of the most abysmal books of all time. I suspect there's a bit of The Emperor's New Clothes (a much better read, by the way) going on here. In other words, if you dare to criticize Bradbury, then you must be one of the mindless rubes who hate books and philosophy and creativity and yadda yadda yadda. Fine, whatever. To put it delicately, this book stunk like yesterday's diapers. I have nothing but sympathy for the poor students who are forced to read this drivel for class--at least I had the option of putting it ... Read More

7.Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by: George Orwell January 06, 2004
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ANIMAL FARM is a very well written little satire that actually is quite hilarious in places. Scholars of the beginnings of the former USSR may enjoy dissecting the novel and figuring out who or what on the old "Manor Farm" Orwell meant to represent what reality in Russia. Happily, the rest of us can simply enjoy the cleverly drawn animal characters who exhibit many familiar human traits. This is a great book to teach that can spark many interesting discussions that touch on history, sociology, psychology and politics while showing students qualities of good literature. Many kids who think they won't like ANIMAL FARM end up being pleasantly surprised and not just because of the brevity of the text.

8.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by: Mark Twain August 20, 2008
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I can't say more on the plot because it's quite obvious what the plot is just from illustrations of the novel. But on the "controversial" aspect of the novel involving the excessive use of the N word, people have to think of the time period that Twain is writing about and when the novel was published. The novel takes place in Missouri (a slave border state) in the 1830s. We use the term African-American or black now. Before that it was Afro-Americans, coloreds, Negr--s. The list goes on and on. The overall attitude was that as the terms changed the previous one was seen as more offensive than the progressive current one. Yes, that meant there was a time when the word "colored" was used by people who considered themselves progressive in terms of racial attitudes. But in the Antebellum South the use of the N word was thrown around quite ... Read More

9.The Old Man and The Sea by: Ernest Hemingway May 05, 1995
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Ernest Hemingway's Book "The Old Man and the Sea" is the story of an old man (as you can get from the title) and his experience through the sea and trying to catch the fish of his life. This book looks like a short read but, it takes a lot of will to get through this whole book. I think this is a great piece of literature but, I read it in my 8th grade class. In this class it was hard to really get into the book because, it is a book that is suppose to take only a few days and it was stretched out to two whole months. As we all know, when reading a 120 page book over two months could make anything terrible. I can see why this book is a classic piece of literature because of the simplicity but, I would not try to make children understand to read it because there are very subtle metaphors that are pretty hard to pick up. I myself did not enjoy the book ... Read More

10.Of Mice and Men (Cliffs Notes) by: Susan Van Kirk December 21, 2000
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Ernest Hemingway's Book "The Old Man and the Sea" is the story of an old man (as you can get from the title) and his experience through the sea and trying to catch the fish of his life. This book looks like a short read but, it takes a lot of will to get through this whole book. I think this is a great piece of literature but, I read it in my 8th grade class. In this class it was hard to really get into the book because, it is a book that is suppose to take only a few days and it was stretched out to two whole months. As we all know, when reading a 120 page book over two months could make anything terrible. I can see why this book is a classic piece of literature because of the simplicity but, I would not try to make children understand to read it because there are very subtle metaphors that are pretty hard to pick up. I myself did not enjoy the book ... Read More

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