ME: They didn’t make you read Of Mice And Men in high school?
HIM: Nope!
ME: Well, when they run out of “you must shoot your dog to become a man” books, that’s the “you must shoot your friend” book.
HIM: Nope!
ME: Well, when they run out of “you must shoot your dog to become a man” books, that’s the “you must shoot your friend” book.
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And the one that nobody likes: Ethan Frome.
Not sure how I missed Lord of the Flies. It was definitely assigned reading in my school.
We read Ethan Frome the same year.
I'd say it wasn't a good year, but also read Dune. (Paul is way less whiney.)
Then they dragged us out to Edith Whartons home (it’s now an outdoor venue & event center) to see Romeo & Juliet for the upteenth time.
"Why don't you want to watch the fun animal movie, son?"
But a lot of the young men who are awful probably didn't read those.
Age 22: “Why do men fear commitment?”
Jokes on them, though: I don’t have any friends.
Needless to say, I am not a fan of sad books.
"For thumbs... for sapience... Fido will do anything."
Unfortunately it also meant we got Jane Eyre instead of Frankenstein or Dracula as well.
He was great. One of my favorite teachers.
The reading list for English class was Lord of the Flies, Ordinary People, Catcher in the Rye, and Great Expectaions.
Students either came out of that school year depressed or sporting a really fucking dark sense of humor.
It's not wholly clear to me why authors were trying to kill us back then. We were pretty terrible, but we were just little guys. They could have just said.
Fortunately not Lord of the Flies or Catcher in the Rye.
I also read Flowers for Algernon, which later pulled due to parental complaint.