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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 12, 2018 16:01:38 GMT 10
I thought this might be an interesting idea for a thread. What was the worst book you had to read for school? The worst book I had to read for school was Cloudstreet, a 426-page novel that we had to study for Advanced English in Year 12. It's about two working class Australian families, who come to live together in Perth between 1943 - 1963. To be honest, I only read 20 pages of it, even though it was a prescribed text in my HSC exams. I was able to get away with not reading the whole novel, because I got a combined total of 78% for my two Advanced English exams. 
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Post by #Infinity on Mar 12, 2018 16:27:50 GMT 10
It was a serious chore to read Richard Adams' Watership Down the summer before 9th grade. At that age, a piece of fiction that tries to create a gritty, deep-cultured universe centred around bunny rabbits, complete with a made up language, is just the most absurd thing imaginable. I'd maybe be able to appreciate the story more if I returned to it now, though.
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Post by smartboi on Mar 12, 2018 16:47:07 GMT 10
I haven't read anything I would consider horrible, but the saddest book that I had to read was Of Mice And Men in 9th grade. The ending is really depressing. 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 12, 2018 20:06:00 GMT 10
It was a serious chore to read Richard Adams' Watership Down the summer before 9th grade. At that age, a piece of fiction that tries to create a gritty, deep-cultured universe centred around bunny rabbits, complete with a made up language, is just the most absurd thing imaginable. I'd maybe be able to appreciate the story more if I returned to it now, though. Sounds like a unique, yet interesting idea for a story. Admittedly, I probably wouldn't enjoy reading either, especially considering the fact that the story consists of an entirely made-up language. I haven't read anything I would consider horrible, but the saddest book that I had to read was Of Mice And Men in 9th grade. The ending is really depressing. Just out of curiosity, how does the book end?
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Post by #Infinity on Mar 12, 2018 23:34:15 GMT 10
It was a serious chore to read Richard Adams' Watership Down the summer before 9th grade. At that age, a piece of fiction that tries to create a gritty, deep-cultured universe centred around bunny rabbits, complete with a made up language, is just the most absurd thing imaginable. I'd maybe be able to appreciate the story more if I returned to it now, though. Sounds like a unique, yet interesting idea for a story. Admittedly, I probably wouldn't enjoy reading either, especially considering the fact that the story consists of an entirely made-up language. It's written primarily in English, it's just that you're supposed to buy the idea that the rabbits have their own words for specific things. It kind of stretches your suspension of disbelief.
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Post by smartboi on Mar 13, 2018 0:43:58 GMT 10
It was a serious chore to read Richard Adams' Watership Down the summer before 9th grade. At that age, a piece of fiction that tries to create a gritty, deep-cultured universe centred around bunny rabbits, complete with a made up language, is just the most absurd thing imaginable. I'd maybe be able to appreciate the story more if I returned to it now, though. Sounds like a unique, yet interesting idea for a story. Admittedly, I probably wouldn't enjoy reading either, especially considering the fact that the story consists of an entirely made-up language. I haven't read anything I would consider horrible, but the saddest book that I had to read was Of Mice And Men in 9th grade. The ending is really depressing. Just out of curiosity, how does the book end? The is set during the great depression and is about 2 men named George and Lenny who are looking for jobs. Due to Lenny being mentally challenged, George has to take care of him. They eventually get a job at a farm, but while working there Lenny accidentally kills the farm owner's wife. All of the workers on the farm are furious with Lenny and want to kill him, possibly torture him. George decides to do the least degrading thing he could do to Lenny. He shoots Lenny in the back of the head when he wasn't expecting it.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 13, 2018 23:58:00 GMT 10
The is set during the great depression and is about 2 men named George and Lenny who are looking for jobs. Due to Lenny being mentally challenged, George has to take care of him. They eventually get a job at a farm, but while working there Lenny accidentally kills the farm owner's wife. All of the workers on the farm are furious with Lenny and want to kill him, possibly torture him. George decides to do the least degrading thing he could do to Lenny. He shoots Lenny in the back of the head when he wasn't expecting it. That is a sad ending. It seems like it's an interesting story though!
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