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Classic Novels People Lie About Reading
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*Copy_Ninja*	Sep 14 2013, 06:02 PM Post #1
*Novacane for the pain* Posts: 8,033 Group: Guardian Member #6,499 Joined: July 18, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter (2011) What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Monster, One Piece, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, SnK	The top ten books people claim to have read, but haven't, are: 1984 by George Orwell – 26% War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – 19% Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – 18% Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger – 15% A Passage to India by E M Forster – 12% Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkein – 11% To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee – 10% Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky – 8% Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – 8% Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë – 5% http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10286930/More-than-half-of-us-lie-about-reading-classic-novels.html Of those I have actually read: 1984, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, To Kill a Mockingbird (it's awful) and a lot of Jane Eyre but never finished it. I've lied about reading War and Peace and Great Expectations though.
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Mihawk	Sep 14 2013, 06:09 PM Post #2
Posts: 4,804 Group: Prodigy Member #4,783 Joined: March 2, 2010 Gender Not Specified	My list is the same as yours except I tried to read the mockbird book but just couldn't.



Buuberries	Sep 14 2013, 06:16 PM Post #3
No Posts: 7,150 Group: Members Member #8,753 Joined: December 30, 2012 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime The Passion of Christ What Browser do you use? Christianity Favourite Manga The Bible	lol yeah Idk why people do that. pseudointellectuals in general piss me off. personally i avoid so-called classics because i find what they're about pretty dull-sounding. 1984 has been on my to-read list for the past 4 years, lol. will get around to it someday. tried catcher in the rye many years ago but gave up after a few pages. to kill a mockingbird... had to study it a few years ago for an english literature lesson, but i dropped it after they offered psychology because that was what i was after in the first place. took me 6 weeks just to get to page 50 because I found it that boring. pride and prejudice, and jane eyre... i have no interest whatsoever in those. bought pride and prejudice for my sister as a gift cuz she likes to read more than i do, but that's probably the only time i'll ever touch that book. lotr has also been on my list for ages but tolkien's writing is a bit more archaic than what im used to so i'm not sure how that will go down. not going to lie: never heard of the others other than great expectations Edited by Buuberries, Sep 14 2013, 06:17 PM.
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Goddess Ultimecia	Sep 14 2013, 06:21 PM Post #4
Posts: 10,145 Group: RP Moderator Member #8,473 Joined: October 26, 2012 Gender Male Country None	of that list I attempted to read War and Peace, only got to page 100 and I just quit. We had to read "To Kill A Mockingbird" in my Freshman English class. I didn't really like it.
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~~Doggo Champion 2k17~~	Sep 14 2013, 10:11 PM Post #5
Posts: 7,931 Group: GTFO Member #6,380 Joined: June 20, 2011 Country United States Favourite Anime here comes What Browser do you use? o shit waddup! Favourite Manga dat boi	I hate classic literature, and I'm an English major. Life is rough.



foot soldier	Sep 14 2013, 10:16 PM Post #6
Posts: 86 Group: Member Member #10,165 Joined: September 13, 2013 What Browser do you use? Chrome.	To Kill a Mockingbird is required reading in most of the US. I liked it when I read it the second time on my own schedule. Tolkien's work is hard to get into, but if you've got the time and the dedication to get past the beginning of the novel and into Bree with the wee hobbits, you're golden. Great Expectations is just junk though, most boring thing I've ever read. Most classic lit isn't meant to be enjoyed as story time, though. The majority of it is commentary, and when read in that light, they're a lot more interesting.
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*Copy_Ninja*	Sep 15 2013, 04:07 AM Post #7
*Novacane for the pain* Posts: 8,033 Group: Guardian Member #6,499 Joined: July 18, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter (2011) What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Monster, One Piece, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, SnK	I feel like I'm the only person I know who actually liked Catcher in the Rye. Yeah they're good to study, which is why a lot of those are used in English classes, but I think a book should be entertaining first and foremost and if it fails at that then there's no real point in reading it.
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Master Gohan	Sep 15 2013, 04:18 AM Post #8
Posts: 2,178 Group: New York Yankee Member #9,780 Joined: July 21, 2013 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime KIll la Kill, No Game No Life, Code Geass, Gosick, Log Horizon, Steins;Gate	Copy_Ninja Sep 15 2013, 04:07 AM I feel like I'm the only person I know who actually liked Catcher in the Rye. Yeah they're good to study, which is why a lot of those are used in English classes, but I think a book should be entertaining first and foremost and if it fails at that then there's no real point in reading it. catcher was so awful, I cried while reading it. explain that to English teachers nowadays. They try to shove books we clearly do not enjoy down our throats. Its funny that they don't realize that we all have different interests. I would say I don't enjoy reading, but it is definitely because of what school has done. All my life they have given me books that I have zero interest in, so why would I enjoy reading? I have enjoyed reading when I was reading what I liked. Which is the problem with schools. Just because some English teacher likes Catcher in the Rye, doesn't mean I will. And then they wonder "why are kids nowadays not enjoying books as much?" hmm, idk, cause you're blind. Edited by Master Gohan, Sep 15 2013, 04:21 AM.



~~Doggo Champion 2k17~~	Sep 15 2013, 04:50 AM Post #9
Posts: 7,931 Group: GTFO Member #6,380 Joined: June 20, 2011 Country United States Favourite Anime here comes What Browser do you use? o shit waddup! Favourite Manga dat boi	I literally cried while reading The Great Gatsby for school because I just couldn't do it. My brother loves The Catcher in the Rye.



Master Gohan	Sep 15 2013, 04:54 AM Post #10
Posts: 2,178 Group: New York Yankee Member #9,780 Joined: July 21, 2013 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime KIll la Kill, No Game No Life, Code Geass, Gosick, Log Horizon, Steins;Gate	My teacher kept saying it was relatable to people my age, but it really wasn't at all. I feel like we were made to read it because some nutjub who murdered someone said he did it because of the book. That book did nothing to make him do it, because he was crazy and was bound to kill someone anyway. Edited by Master Gohan, Sep 15 2013, 04:55 AM.



*Copy_Ninja*	Sep 15 2013, 05:02 AM Post #11
*Novacane for the pain* Posts: 8,033 Group: Guardian Member #6,499 Joined: July 18, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter (2011) What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Monster, One Piece, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, SnK	It's kind of a strange book to like admittedly. The plot isn't terribly exciting, nothing major really happens. It's mostly just Holden complaining about things and meandering around the city for a while. I also get how it's hard to read because of the time difference from when it was written. But I don't know, I feel like Holden was good enough as a character to hold my interest on his own.
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UncleGoten	Sep 15 2013, 12:26 PM Post #12
Posts: 2,118 Group: GFX Team Member #7,628 Joined: May 11, 2012 Country Ireland Favourite Anime Kimi ni Todoke,Ao Haru Ride, Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Nisekoi, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, and Sakurasao Favourite Manga Dragon Ball	The only one on that list i have read is "To kill a Mockingbird".



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