Books that you studied at school

axelle484 · Post by **axelle484** » 11 Jul 2013, 16:03

I remember reading Childhood's End and King Rat while in high school. They are both one of my favorite books now!

MissFantasy93 · Post by **MissFantasy93** » 12 Jul 2013, 08:12

I studied the following in school for English:

Romeo and Juliet
Othello
A view from the/a bridge
Big mouth ugly girl
Of mice and men
The old man and the sea

Kritika · Post by **Kritika** » 12 Jul 2013, 11:26

I guess Hardy boys and Secret seven collections were an inevitable part of my childhood.
plus, I read little women by louisa m, alcott.
and the secret garden!

Din1905 · Post by **Din1905** » 12 Jul 2013, 13:22

My school was in the Middle East and had a stupid habit of getting us abridged books for our literature class. I read a 50 page version of the Count of Monte Cristo for literature class and while I simply loved it there was so many parts that I felt was so confusing (which is not surprising, since they cut out huge chunks of plot). Imagine my surprise when I saw the unabridged book, which was at least 10x its size! I ended up listening to the whole thing in audiobook format and loved it even more now that it made more sense!

I listened to To Kill A Mockingbird on audiobook and absolutely LOVED it!! This wasn't a book for class though, I read a lot of classics on my own time.

ambisaur · Post by **ambisaur** » 15 Jul 2013, 11:08

Shakespeare all the time. Good thing I was fairly obsessed with him in high school.

Jennia1995 · Post by **Jennia1995** » 15 Jul 2013, 17:13

'The wave'. I forgot the name of the author but I really liked this one. It's based on a true event which accused during the 1960s in USA when a teacher started an experiment in order to explain nazism to the students and lost control over it. The point is that none is secured and that Nazism may happen again everywhere

kristyleann · Post by **kristyleann** » 15 Jul 2013, 17:27

We had to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in high school and I loved it. I've watched the movie too but the book is so much better. I've always been interested in psychology though and mental illness tends to run in my family, so I guess I just kind of related to it.

We also read A Separate Peace and I hated it. I don't even really remember what it's about it was so terrible. I just remember having to force myself through it.

laura_askew88 · Post by **laura_askew88** » 16 Jul 2013, 09:28

Some of the many we read in Lit Class in High School are The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. All great books. Although The Giver is my favorite, it just has a very unique concept.

yadiels_mommy · Post by **yadiels_mommy** » 16 Jul 2013, 15:22

Read Of Mice and Men as well. I too, ended up loving it.

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Read Of Mice and Men as well. I too, ended up loving it.

ok1984 · Post by **ok1984** » 17 Jul 2013, 15:11

I also really enjoyed reading Of Mice and Men at school. Also, in grade 4 we had to read The Hobbit and it became my favourite children's book. In high school, I had to read 1984 and now that's one of my favourite books, too.

Bexxa_p · Post by **Bexxa_p** » 18 Jul 2013, 12:34

Grade 10, we had to read Lord of the Flies. I remember how most students in my class were disturbed by the happenings within the novel, but all I could focus on was how genius the writing itself was. How each idiom, metaphor and ajective were drawing me in to the style of writing. The imagery of the book was a tad gruesome at parts, but I enjoyed the book regardless.

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I also studied Romeo and Juliet... The best love story/tragedy ever

nagathachristie · Post by **nagathachristie** » 19 Jul 2013, 20:31

I went to a high school that had a horrible english (and science) program. This meant that my gr 9 teacher liked to flirt too much with the bio teacher and cared more of her looks than teaching. Aside from that years 9 - 12 were much the same. I only finished 1 Shakespeare play (Hamlet - although we nearly finished MacBeth one year. And my gr 9 teacher did not even get started on Romeo and Juliet.). But I digress.

We only studied two novels in my 4 years. I hated The Great Gatsby but I loved Lord of the Flies. I absolutely hated English class though. I too, loved the story. I wasn't disturbed of the material, nor was my class (hm, what does that say of my education?)

ashleyauld · Post by **ashleyauld** » 20 Jul 2013, 21:05

I most enjoyed A midsummer night's dream. It was my first shocking revelation that I didn't mind reading Shakesphere.

modraknjiga · Post by **modraknjiga** » 21 Jul 2013, 02:18

There were many books we had to read and write essays about. Each year we got a long list of the book titles planned to be read. Books were a sort of escape for me at the time so I made sure I read all the books (many of my schoolmates didn't actually read books but just read the online reviews and passed the exam!). I most enjoyed Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. I completely identified with the main character and just couldn't believe how well his psychological struggles were described. Of course we also did all others classics from Antigone to Shakespeare. But there were many books we only read paragraphs as there was not enough time to read them all.

becstar24 · Post by **becstar24** » 21 Jul 2013, 04:48

Like many of you, I read To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men amongst others which I loved for portraying rich cultural and social issues of their time so well. I also loved Ruth Park's The Harp in the South. However, the standout for me was Tell Me I'm Here by Anne Deveson. This novel tells the story of the author's son's battle with schizophrenia. To this day I still recall the raw emotion of this heart wrenching story. She is an amazing writer, I've read another one her novels Resilience which was also written in the same tone. I digress, at uni there were so many classics I loved but most of all the tragic tale of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.