Definitely. It would show kids what society could be like. Excellent choice.xXAsherahXx said:
42, my brother.artanis_neravar said:
What should be the one mandatory book?
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The art of war by Sun Tzu. Well it seems somebody already beat me to that punch. Good job! Not just is it a book of war, but it is a book of life. Sorry about that getting posted twice. The computer was being a bit difficult.
All of my friends keep telling me to read Dune. I will, I just haven't got my hands on a copy yet. Supposedly it is THE sci-fi book.
I don't think there's *anything* that everyone should read/see/watch/whatever. I'm not so vain to imagine that the world would be a better place if everyone has the same experiences I've had. Or that everyone reading what I read will even have the same experience I've had.
In fact, I generally like it *better* when people read different things than I do. That way I don't have to listen to their brutally inane reasons for liking the books I like or deal with their stupid assumptions about what kind of person I must be because I like X book.
In fact, I generally like it *better* when people read different things than I do. That way I don't have to listen to their brutally inane reasons for liking the books I like or deal with their stupid assumptions about what kind of person I must be because I like X book.
Ironically, my teacher had the exact opposite impression when she assigned that book. She insisted it would change our lives and that it would be most inspirational thing we've ever read.AdamRhodes said:
Despite that, I have to say I really didn't like that book. I feel it very poorly represented its supposed message, and I just found the story overall uninteresting and pointless.
The Great Gatsby or To Kill A Mockingbird. In fact, The Grapes of Wrath is a good candidate too. All are extremely well written, and deal mostly with realistic situations - the lengths people will go for love, racial prejudice, moral quandries, and the struggle to stay alive against near-impossible odds.
Book: the Dr Seuss Collection, or the Calvin and Hobbes Collections.
Game: Both Portals.
Movie: Fight Club.
Game: Both Portals.
Movie: Fight Club.
It used to be on the curriculum, my mom read it. I picked it up for myself and now it's my favourite book of all-time.Da Orky Man said:
I read it in school too along with Fahrenheit 451 (maybe 5 years ago).xXAsherahXx said:
Other book we read and I would recommend are 'Lord of the flies', 'Macbeth' and 'Faust'.
But I can't single out one book which should be mandatory as there are just too many great books.
Fahrenheit 451.
It says so many interesting and compelling things about why books and reading are important to society, and what may very well happen to our own world if books, reading, and critical thought become too devalued.
It is a story that not only justifies its own existence, but the existence of books as a whole, and every time I read it I feel compelled to read even more books.
If one book were mandatory, I can think of no better one.
It says so many interesting and compelling things about why books and reading are important to society, and what may very well happen to our own world if books, reading, and critical thought become too devalued.
It is a story that not only justifies its own existence, but the existence of books as a whole, and every time I read it I feel compelled to read even more books.
If one book were mandatory, I can think of no better one.
I think THGTTG and 1984 are great, but... I'll offer something new then.
Another by Orwell, This Perfect Day, is a wonderful story, but...
Wizard's First Rule is, I think, is the only book I've read that could be compared to THGTTG. It is in itself a very interesting story, and you can end there, or read the sequels and have even more.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is short but inspiring. I'd recommend that too... But the one book, besides The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is Wizard's first rule.
Another by Orwell, This Perfect Day, is a wonderful story, but...
Wizard's First Rule is, I think, is the only book I've read that could be compared to THGTTG. It is in itself a very interesting story, and you can end there, or read the sequels and have even more.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is short but inspiring. I'd recommend that too... But the one book, besides The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is Wizard's first rule.
It's good, but kind of dry.Techno Squidgy said:
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Ender's Game (just that one book; other entries in the series are optional.) It's the only book I've read in many years that I really couldn't make myself put down. My friends and I actually had this discussion some years back, that everyone should be given a copy of Ender's Game in their native language and a year to read it (or have it read to them, or listen to the audiobook, whatever.) Failure to do so results in DEATH. Extreme, yes, but the human race could use some pruning anyway and it's a nicely arbitrary method of selection.
captcha: dropterd the. "The Dropterd"? Sounds like a banned Lewis Carroll poem.
Lord of the Flies because it is an interesting read on Human psyche for example one group the hunters became completely focased on killing and hunting becoming basiclly monsters whilst the other group at the end only having one person left is the first to get rescued by keeping the fire going. once again i do not explain well.