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Posted by annabanana on 05-16-2002 02:36 PM:

the most boring book you've ever had to read

the most boring book I've ever had to read was Conrad's Heart of Darkness. it's about these guys that are on a boat traveling the Congo River in Africa. it's so boring!!!! but it was worth reading.

Posted by lovedontloveme on 05-16-2002 11:24 PM:

Argh..... Um.. It was called 'The Pearl'. I've forgotten who wrote it. It is something you should read I guess if you want to learn about cultural/social attitudes and you want a short book.. but yeah. I remember that the author was known for having unhappy endings. It was such a boring book though /:

Posted by PsychoSnowman on 05-17-2002 05:59 PM:

hmmm, "The Jungle," "Grapes of Wrath" (not incredibly, but still), maybe even "Anna Karenina" (it's interesting so it's not that boring, but i just didn't feel like reading it)

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Posted by lovedontloveme on 05-17-2002 06:12 PM:

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Originally posted by PsychoSnowman
hmmm, "The Jungle," "Grapes of Wrath" (not incredibly, but still), maybe even "Anna Karenina" (it's interesting so it's not that boring, but i just didn't feel like reading it)


ah. i understand how you feel about anna karenina.. i've got that book right now.. its really interesting to read about russian society and stuff but it does get boring -.- sigh
not necessarily boring.. umm just not so enjoyable -.-

Posted by huby40 on 05-18-2002 03:58 AM:

the odyssey, ugh. you would think that it would be fun to read, but when you actually see the words, it's pretty long.

Posted by daNNy LuV 1TYM on 05-18-2002 02:45 PM:

fahrenheit 451

Posted by JuJu on 05-19-2002 07:23 PM:

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Originally posted by daNNy LuV 1TYM
fahrenheit 451



aaahhhh serious!!! wtf i have to read that next in english!
damn it


ah well its not like i read it neways! omgosh i just notict that i never actually read ne of the books i was suppose to... ahahaha... i still passed niccceeeee.....

Posted by Babu2002 on 05-21-2002 07:11 AM:

The Outsiders...

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Posted by PsychoSnowman on 05-26-2002 03:07 PM:

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The Outsiders...


The Outsiders was a nice book, short and good . I read that on my own though, and wasn't required to, maybe that has something to do with it ^^

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Posted by seung ju on 05-27-2002 06:55 AM:

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Originally posted by lovedontloveme
Argh..... Um.. It was called 'The Pearl'. I've forgotten who wrote it. It is something you should read I guess if you want to learn about cultural/social attitudes and you want a short book.. but yeah. I remember that the author was known for having unhappy endings. It was such a boring book though /:

yeah, i remember that story, isnt that the one where the guys baby gets shot in the end?

Posted by micron on 05-28-2002 03:04 AM:

the sun also rises by hemingway. also this side of paradise by fitzgerald. though both books were very insightful.

Posted by lovedontloveme on 05-28-2002 09:00 AM:

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Originally posted by seung ju

yeah, i remember that story, isnt that the one where the guys baby gets shot in the end?


yup yup the baby dies /:

oh and another boring but insightful book : the great gatsby by fitzgerald.
well it was kinda not boring but it was boring too o.0 aish.

Posted by Ggomah Kaze on 05-29-2002 12:51 AM:

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Originally posted by daNNy LuV 1TYM
fahrenheit 451



Word... Pointless. Totally did not get it for a while.


And never EVER read "Wind In The Willows." I'm a very tolerant reader and can read just about anything~ even Fareignheit 451. But I just COULDN'T finish reading this book. The boringest and most stupid thing ever. :sleepy:

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Posted by sangxjin on 06-02-2002 04:25 AM:

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Originally posted by lovedontloveme


yup yup the baby dies /:

oh and another boring but insightful book : the great gatsby by fitzgerald.
well it was kinda not boring but it was boring too o.0 aish.


yea i think it was by John Steinbech or something like that..

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Posted by PsychoSnowman on 06-02-2002 04:38 AM:

Fahrenheit 451 was all right. It had enough abundance of literary elements and allusions that it was interesting to keep on reading it. I really like the end of the book too. Love that part

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Posted by GinaDaQueen on 06-02-2002 04:39 AM:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

and

To Kill a Mockingbird by.... some guy sorry i forget

Posted by hoyoungz luv on 06-07-2002 08:48 AM:

PsychoSnowman ->

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Fahrenheit 451 was all right. It had enough abundance of literary elements and allusions that it was interesting to keep on reading it. I really like the end of the book too. Love that part


Really? I did NOT pick up on any literary elements or allusions when I read it. I read it for my English class in the 7th grade and i remember hating it. I never really understood it. I guess I should go back and reread it. May I ask what the literary elements were though?


^yeP. I don't like Jane Eyre either Gina. I can never get past the middle of the book. Grr, I must've started that book at least 4 times without finishing it. But you didn't like To Kill A Mockingbird? Ahh... I loved that book. Oh, it's Harper Lee. I really liked Scout though, such a smart little kid.

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Posted by PsychoSnowman on 06-07-2002 04:20 PM:



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Really? I did NOT pick up on any literary elements or allusions when I read it. I read it for my English class in the 7th grade and i remember hating it. I never really understood it. I guess I should go back and reread it. May I ask what the literary elements were though?



hmm, hah i dunno i read it in 8th grade and don't remember it that much. That was awhile ago but i remember it being all symbolic haha, yeah i'm not being much help but there actually is a lot of stuff in there and i really didn't have to analyze it to find it cuase it was obvious enough, hmm what were they? hehe.

Some stuff that comes to mind is like at the end where they mention the tree and thats actually something out of revelations but bradbury just intertwined it really well so as to make it discreet. That passage was significant cause it summarized the whole book, about the fruit of the tree of knowledge and stuff if i remember correctly. Not only that but the people who memorize the books, one of them memorized revelations and he was probably the one talking, i don't remember what made me realize it...maybe it was italics or something, but i recognized it. Also there's the whole idea of books being burned, symbolic nature of those, the fireman, the contradicting name of them, the elusive and inebriated (so to speak) society who succumbs to whatever the govt wants, why nobody cares about learning anyting from the books. I really liked that part at the end where they talked about being a sloth, ah i gotta read that again heh, you know where....Faber? is that his name? It might not be and probably isn't but, yeah he was talking about wanting to be a sloth for its laziness and such...i loved that part hah, i forgot exactly what he said about it.

I'm sure there's a lot more, thats just off the top of my head from like 5 years ago.

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Posted by kariyan_gi on 06-20-2002 04:06 PM:

Thumbs down i red tha dictionary

da dictonary iz tha most boring book i'v evr red. during ssr i wood nt shut up so tha teacher made me sit in da hall n read da dictionary. i found out wat arete iz. en i found out faggot iz not a gai person.....itz a bundle of stix. datz da onli thing i'v learned in scool. n i also lernd wat weed smells like.

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Posted by TAIgrr on 06-29-2002 05:49 AM:

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