What books did you have to read in high school? What did you think of them?
Where I am we read: The Stranger (and some other Camus stories) Catcher in the Rye Great Gatsby Romeo and Juliet Macbeth The Odyssey The Aeneid Death of a Salesman Scarlet Letter The Ministers Black Veil The Crucible Just Mercy
I found all the Shakespeare stuff to be boring even if I could “appreciate” it. I’ve forgotten most of Just Mercy. I thought the ancient classics where somewhat interesting but not really engaging, I liked the Aeneid the most. I liked the Great Gatsby especially near the end. The Crucible was really entertaining and I think I’d make a great movie or tv show. I also really liked The Black Veil and Scarlet Letter mostly just because I find New England history to be interesting. Death of a Salesman was ok. My favorites where the Stranger and Catcher in the Rye. I really found myself being engaged with a book for the first time when reading those two, and I can thank them for getting me to like reading.
We don't really have any. Whenever we have reading assignments in school, we can usually pick something ourselves. And the few times there are "recomendations" for the assignment, they aren't even anything noteworthy, just some dopey stuff the teachers picked at random from the school library
Asher Hall
great expectations is his best book othello is my faourite shakespeare play. iago is such a great villain.
Logan Hernandez
All of them were national books They all sucked and were very hard to read
Josiah Peterson
Some of our international readings >Antigone >Oedipus Rex >Macbeth >Romeo and Juliet >Adventures of Tom Sawyer >Crime and Punishment >The Plague Some of our national readings >Mr. Thaddeus >The Doll >The Deluge >Quo Vadis
Evan Morris
Oh I forgot about Othello. Yeah we read that too. Now that I think about it I think that was the Shakespeare work I liked the most
What is a national book?
Logan Turner
>Books I loved Great Gatsby Catcher in the Rye Hamlet Catch-22 To Kill A Mockingbird Lord of the Flies The Sun Also Rises >Good books As I Lay Dying Romeo and Juliet Death of a Salesman The Outsiders Invisible Man Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1984 Animal Farm >Meh books The Scarlet Letter The Odyssey (lame abridged version) Their Eyes Were Watching God Atonement
Probably forgetting a lot. My school reading was pretty great
Samuel Sanchez
I meant books written here We didn't read internationally famous books except for the Bible
Ayden White
We read catcher, romeo & juliet, macbeth, the odyssey, great gatsby, the crucible, to kill a mockingbird, and a ton of short stories. I remember reading death of a salesman but I don’t remember if it was for school or not.
Jack Wilson
this + Catcher in the Rye were pure bildungsroman kino not surprised everyone else in the school hated them
Oh yeah, in addition to we also read lord of the flies, animal farm the giver, beowulf, some oscar wilde but I don’t remember what, othello, midsummer nights dream, and more.
