Do/did you enjoy any required books/stories in high school?

Quite a lot of them, actually.

ITT: An ahole who does not understand the importance of reading.MgamerBD

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Yes, all of them.

I'm guessing that's not going to come as much of a surprise though.

all quiet on the western front

If we're including plays then I also enjoyed "An Inspector Calls" as well, in fact nearly all of my required reading I enjoyed. I think our group was particularly lucky with what we were given as some of the other groups had "The Catcher in the Rye" and another drama piece which I can't remember and hated them, although it may have been down to the teachers they had.

Atlas Shrugged is a book that should be taught and read in school

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was my favorite and it was probably because I had the most awesome english teacher to ever exist.

I was fortunate in that I read The Martian Chronicles, The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and Childhood's End in elementary school, long before they were required in high school. I was able to enjoy them before we were forced to analyze them to death.

I enjoyed the hell out of Macbeth and Hamlet. The body counts were pretty high for "literature."

If you don't feel like reading Macbeth, though, Jag Panzer made it into a pretty amazing metal album (Thane to the Throne).

Atlas Shrugged is a book that should be taught and read in school

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I never liked any of the books I was forced to read in high school. I just didn't care.

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[QUOTE="playmynutz"]I guess I feel literate that I read the Great Gatsby in high school which now has movie.Aljosa23

I used to think you were cool...

East of Eden by John Steinbeck was a great book, Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella was another one (a sort-of tie-in to "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Sallinger), The Great Gatsby and The Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald...

The best one, however, was Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, a book that deals with the issues surrounding racial discrimination, Marxism, and the search for personal worth and identity. I highly recommend this book to anyone with interests in philosophical reading.

I never liked any of the books I was forced to read in high school. I just didn't care.

xdude85

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I never liked any of the books I was forced to read in high school. I just didn't care.

gamerguru100

You act like cultural ignorance is a good thing.

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I never liked any of the books I was forced to read in high school. I just didn't care.

WiiCubeM1

You act like cultural ignorance is a good thing.

Catch Me if you Can and Shakespeare, especially MacBeth.

EDIT: Almost forgot Brave New World.

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[QUOTE="gamerguru100"] Holy shit, you and I are the only ones ITT that didn't like any required high school readings. Everyone else is like: *lists 10 stories from high school* I can remember very few stories that I liked not only because most of them were boring to me but I can't even remember the ones I did like. :lol:gamerguru100

You act like cultural ignorance is a good thing.

I love how you think I am taking this seriously.

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You act like cultural ignorance is a good thing.

WiiCubeM1

I love how you think I am taking this seriously.

A few like Frankenstein were more enjoyable to read than the others, but if I were reading for fun I would not choose any of those books.

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I never liked any of the books I was forced to read in high school. I just didn't care.

WiiCubeM1

You act like cultural ignorance is a good thing.

This is the Internet Age. Culture can be found with just a few clicks in a search engine these days. Just because a person doesn't enjoy sitting down with a good book, and expanding their horizons through the joys of the printed page, doesn't make them a Phillistine.

(It makes them an illeterate jerk. :P )

Stone Cold and Of Mice and Men were fun to read and analyse.

I'm a big reader, but no, required reading in high school generally sucks. My two most-hated books were both required reading; The Great Gatsby and The Catcher In The Rye, but on the other hand I loved To Kill A Mockingbird, though I probably woudl've read it on my own eventually. I always preferred the projects were you got to choose your own book.

The only book I read in high school that I actively enjoyed reading was Catcher in the Rye. I enjoyed reading Night and The Kite Runner too, but to a lesser extent. There are probably other books I enjoyed as well, but none are coming to mind.

I enjoyed the reading I did in college a lot more (textbooks included).

I did enjoy some of them. The best were Anthem, A Brave New World, 1984, Ethan Frome, and Of Mice and Men, though there may be some that I am forgetting. The short story Harrison Bergeron was also impressive.

but if I were reading for fun I would not choose any of those books.

vguy555

same with Night i would never have chosen to read thatJandurin

Do plays count, if so: Doctor Faustus.

I really enjoyed The Heart of Darkness.

[QUOTE="pspdseagle"]I did like them. I liked Hamlet and Heart of Darkness. But didn't like others like "The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime". Awful.Comic_Capers

I didn't like the main character. I thought he was very bland and I know he tried to make him autistic but I just thought it was all very boring.