Any on hate the classics?

[Jumping_Over_Fences]

Catcher in the Rye!!! Worst, most boring book in the entire world. What the hell was the point of that story? To listen to Holden Caulfield complain about his life. He was the reason his life sucked! He never did anything, but complain and have a weird, almost sexual relationship with his very young sister.

This.

I had to read it in school with a teacher who loved this book more than anything; after every paragraph she'd be like "Oh, isn't this wonderful, girls" grrrr. And the ending proved to me what a waste of time the book was. It was like reading an early 20th Century emo's diary.

The ending makes no sense! The logical ending point is when he finally comes face to his parents, however the book ends before that even happens. I was waiting the entire book for that confrontation and it just ends randomly after he talks with his sister. Such a waste of time. I just don't get it

 

[AboveUp]

Not sure if it counts as a classic yet, or ever will. Blade Runner.
After reading it, I threw it across the room, took out a few pages, and burned it later.
Seriously.

I can't think of any other book I dislike as much as that one. I kept thinking the problem with finding androids in that book didn't have to do with how well made they were, but rather with how robotic all the human characters seemed.

I did read and enjoy Catcher in the Rye. I don't get why people have problems with that book. Yes, all Holden does is complain about how lousy his life is, phony everyone around him is, and things are only that bad because he makes it that way. But that was the whole point of the story.

The ending makes no sense! The logical ending point is when he finally comes face to his parents, however the book ends before that even happens. I was waiting the entire book for that confrontation and it just ends randomly after he talks with his sister. Such a waste of time. I just don't get it

It wasn't that random at all. He already grew up a bit and changed and it showed during the conversation with his sister. If he hadn't changed, he'd have run away from everything and taken her with him.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Frankly, the only book ever worth reading, ever, is the novelization of Wall-E.

Fact.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Some of the things I had to read for school I despised. Things Fall Apart, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, A Separate Peace, Hamlet, Miss Julie, and Anthem.

I didn't like Heart of Darkness or Lord of the Flies when I first read them, but I eventually came to like them. (Hey, I wrote a 4,000 word essay comparing Lord of the Flies to Call of the Wild. The two books are REALLY similar in terms of structure, and they share some common themes.)

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I have never hated another book quite so fiercely as I hate Great Expectations. It sucks beyond words.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

Loved Crime and Punishment and Dorian Gray (irrelevant just declaring what I like) .

More to the point I loved A Tale of Two Cities, but then Charles Dickens made me hate him forever with Great Expecations.
Every single page, waiting for something to happen, about halfway through I was just hoping everyone would die.
Unlikeable characters,unlikeable story, and I believe it might just give you AIDs.

 

[Aur0ra145]

Okay, here's what's up.

In American literature we have a very small about of time in history to have our own genre of literature. This sadly makes our proffessors, teachers and what not to grab at the wind to label something a good "Classic." Some writers we must slave through now, weren't even popular back in their day. But, the book sold okay over seas so it's instantly labeled a "Classic" and joins ranks with people like Hawthorne.

I have however read just about every American "Classic" out there. Some were generally good, books like Ethan Frome and Moby Dick are good books. They aren't meant to necessarily entertain you, the object is really a comment on the human condition.

Though I do believe that writers like Herman Wouk, Hunter S Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut and John M. Del Vecchio should be taught in school. This might sound odd, but these writers are much more revolutionary than Herman Melville ever will be.

I don't even know why our school systems thinks it will be educational to read a book that uses sentence structures which would fail english if you used them. But this is the government we're talking about. It takes time to change.

 

[Lyri]

Death of a Salesman, worst book I've ever encountered. Infact I hate all of Arthur Miller's works.

 

[AkJay]

I'm not partial to classic movies, my dad lvoes old westerns with Clint Eastwood, i can't get into them.

 

[Berethond]

Quothe I:

To Kill a Mockingbird. This was the worst book I've ever read.

I agree wholeheartedly. I had to read this for my 10th grade English class. I actually gave up and just used the cliff notes for the project I had. That was the only book I have ever done this with.

Also, The Scarlet Letter was boring, too.

No way, me too.
Even down to the cliff notes part.

I haven't read The Scarlet Letter, though.

 

[Neonbob]

Quothe I:

To Kill a Mockingbird. This was the worst book I've ever read.

I agree wholeheartedly. I had to read this for my 10th grade English class. I actually gave up and just used the cliff notes for the project I had. That was the only book I have ever done this with.

Also, The Scarlet Letter was boring, too.

No way, me too.
Even down to the cliff notes part.

I haven't read The Scarlet Letter, though.

Dread it.
It was horrible.
Almost as bad as Dickens for me.
*shudder*

 

[Berethond]

Quothe I:

To Kill a Mockingbird. This was the worst book I've ever read.

I agree wholeheartedly. I had to read this for my 10th grade English class. I actually gave up and just used the cliff notes for the project I had. That was the only book I have ever done this with.

Also, The Scarlet Letter was boring, too.

No way, me too.
Even down to the cliff notes part.

I haven't read The Scarlet Letter, though.

Dread it.
It was horrible.
Almost as bad as Dickens for me.
*shudder*

Oh goodness.
I'm never reading The Scarlet Letter, then.
You're so close to 10K posts....

 

[Neonbob]

Oh goodness.
I'm never reading The Scarlet Letter, then.
You're so close to 10K posts....

That is a good stance to have. It'll keep you from abject boredom and near-murderous impulses towards the one trying to get you to read it. More so than usual, even.
And yeah...I have no life...and I stay up waaaay too late on those damn games.
Sigh.

 

[Berethond]

Oh goodness.
I'm never reading The Scarlet Letter, then.
You're so close to 10K posts....

That is a good stance to have. It'll keep you from abject boredom and near-murderous impulses towards the one trying to get you to read it. More so than usual, even.
And yeah...I have no life...and I stay up waaaay too late on those damn games.
Sigh.

Oh, wow.
I hope no one I like tries to get me to read it.

No life? I totally understand.
I just lurk instead of posting incessantly.

 

[Neonbob]

Oh goodness.
I'm never reading The Scarlet Letter, then.
You're so close to 10K posts....

That is a good stance to have. It'll keep you from abject boredom and near-murderous impulses towards the one trying to get you to read it. More so than usual, even.
And yeah...I have no life...and I stay up waaaay too late on those damn games.
Sigh.

Oh, wow.
I hope no one I like tries to get me to read it.

No life? I totally understand.
I just lurk instead of posting incessantly.

If it's just your English teacher, the urges are perfectly natural. You should go with them.

I lurked for a while...a few months. Then I couldn't take it and jumped into the Forum games...they have consumed me.

 

[Berethond]

Oh goodness.
I'm never reading The Scarlet Letter, then.
You're so close to 10K posts....

That is a good stance to have. It'll keep you from abject boredom and near-murderous impulses towards the one trying to get you to read it. More so than usual, even.
And yeah...I have no life...and I stay up waaaay too late on those damn games.
Sigh.

Oh, wow.
I hope no one I like tries to get me to read it.

No life? I totally understand.
I just lurk instead of posting incessantly.

If it's just your English teacher, the urges are perfectly natural. You should go with them.

I lurked for a while...a few months. Then I couldn't take it and jumped into the Forum games...they have consumed me.

Oh, okay.

I lurked for about two months before I joined, jumped into the forum games.
Now I'm takin' it easy again.

 

[Neonbob]

Oh, okay.

I lurked for about two months before I joined, jumped into the forum games.
Now I'm takin' it easy again.

Taking it easy is good. I just never really learned how to do that without falling into complete apathy.

 

[Berethond]

Oh, okay.

I lurked for about two months before I joined, jumped into the forum games.
Now I'm takin' it easy again.

Taking it easy is good. I just never really learned how to do that without falling into complete apathy.

Moderation is key, my friend.
Do nothing for short periods of time with something in between.
It's the real key to happiness.

 

[Mckin3228]

I went into lord of the flies expecting to like it but came out really weirded out by the author's imagery. I also hated Catcher in the Rye I read it a couple years ago now and I still can't bring my self to say "phony" I shuddered as I typed this.

 

[Neonbob]

Oh, okay.

I lurked for about two months before I joined, jumped into the forum games.
Now I'm takin' it easy again.

Taking it easy is good. I just never really learned how to do that without falling into complete apathy.

Moderation is key, my friend.
Do nothing for short periods of time with something in between.
It's the real key to happiness.

Sigh. I cannot do that. I get bored toooooooo easily. It is a curse of mine.

On topic again, I saw something about Gatsby a few pages back.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who didn't give a crap about the book.