Classics
I have always been a fan of classics such as Grapes of Wraith, Shakespeare (Midsummer Night & Hamlet), Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby.
When reading books required in English I would listen to fellow students complain about not wanting to read Hamlet. I would be the girl asking the teacher if my own copy would be allowed because I do not like the version with present day translation. I would then be the girl constantly chosen to read because others did not want to or the teacher just like my enthusiasm for the story.
I encourage everyone to try a Classic before they knock `em. You never know what a good old book might teach you when you are in a bind.
LOL we read Hamlet in my first year in Uni as well, and I loved it! I love a lot of different things by Shakespeare, though :)
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gatsby is a little stalkerish in my opinion, he creeps me out, but the writing is excellent!
It's nice to meet you, Ashley, I hope we'll get to chat more during the Armchair BEA event this week.
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Gatsby is a stalker.. have you seen the movie. If I was to find out my old fling lived right across a lake from me I would freak out and move away.
DeleteShakespeare is a definite favorite of mine and Midsummer just sticks out because it was the first I ever read that got me hooked on him.
Thanks I look forward to your posts on Armchair BEA
Totally agree with you- Classics have such great plots and writing that they are books that people want to revisit!
ReplyDeleteIt important that people go and reread books. Those are the books that teach us something about life.
DeleteI love that quote! I completely agree with it. I said on my post that classics seem to have these subtleties that you don't even realize until a second or third reading. I love that!
ReplyDeleterereading is so important that is when we see those lessons we over look in the first reading.
DeleteI think having this blog has made me a critical reader more so now that I want to communicate with others what my thoughts are.
I have had some favorites among the classics....and while many were read long ago, I read To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye for the first time in just the past couple of years.
ReplyDeleteFor more about my favorites, here's MY ARMCHAIR BEA POST
Just followed you.
DeleteI love to Kill a Mockingbird it has such a timeless moral that I think high schoolers should stop complaining about it and just listen to the message.
Would you consider Hamlet to be your favorite piece of Classic literature? If so, why? If not - I'd love to hear what is your favorite, and why. :)
ReplyDeleteHamlet is actually not my favorite but it is completely different then the first Shakespeare book I read which was Midsummers Night Dream. I like his style of writing as well as how diverse his stories are.
DeleteI do not really have a favorite classic... yet
I was reading Poe in the 5th grade so I know what you mean. Except I was too shy to read in class much. :)
ReplyDeleteI was always a read-ahead-er in class. I never knew where we were when we'd read aloud!
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