<p>Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.</p>
<p>lmao Have fun with that.</p>
<p>Do we all have to do that? I hate reading.. :(</p>
<p>Somni, if you really "hate" reading, is an academically challenging university necessarily the right path for you? Or maybe you are just being facetious?</p>
<p>The reason for this book -- literally a masterpiece (Nobel Prize for Literature and Pulitzer Prize) -- is because it is so topical to the current economic meltdown. I don't think that this downturn will be quite so long and severe, but the book is nevertheless apropos.</p>
<p>I liked it a lot better than I thought i would. let's be optimistic (I dont even go here, but still)</p>
<p>It, unlike other John Steinbeck books, was really good.</p>
<p>Still kind of meh as far as writing goes, but it was really awesome on the whole.</p>
<p>Do not lose sleep over this reading project, it is somewhat of joke. Really all you need to do is read a few pages and write something. It has no effect on your grade and the incentive they give is really not that appealing. I read the Lincoln book from start to finish, annotated it, and put serious effort into the paper and discussions, but it did not really matter. They say it helps to start conversation during Orientation, but I doubt there was anybody saying “Well the authors use of language is quite engaging, don’t you agree?” It did help pass the time at my summer job though. Nevertheless, I would still recommend reading it because it is really interesting and quite relevant to today.</p>
<p>does cornell have an outside source for funding this reading project? seems to me that cornell could use the money it puts into buying the books into other areas…</p>
<p>also i remember people saying how their FWS used the summer reading as part of the course…</p>
<p>of mice and men was a better book…and a QUICKER read…</p>
<p>as far as grapes of wrath: </p>
<pre><code>See the TURTLE of enormous girth!
On his shell he holds the earth.
His thought is slow but always kind;
He holds us all within his mind.
"On his back all vows are made;
He sees the truth but mayn’t aid.
He loves the land and loves the sea,
And even loves a child like me.
</code></pre>
<p>ahhhhh i hate the grapes of wrath! i had to read it in 10th grade
painful</p>
<p>Colm, you can still be a very competitive person academically, but not enjoy reading.
For instance, I’m going to be an engineer, so I am not particularly fond of reading/analyzing books, but I still have the highest GPA in my class, and got over a 700 on CR SAT. Reading critically doesn’t have much to do with my future profession, so I’m not too worried about it.</p>
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<p>You keep on telling yourself that.</p>
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<p>Nonsense. Grapes is a much better book. Of Mice and Men is decent if you are 12.</p>
<p>lol Cayuga, i guess I could have phrased that a bit better</p>
<p>I suppose i meant critically reading/analyzing steinbeck probably won’t have much to do with engineering :]</p>
<p>bad generalization</p>
<p>This is a very short book and it its a good book! Good luck to you! hope you all read it! it really is a good book!</p>
<p>I really liked Grapes of Wrath when I had to read it for my Junior year AP US History class. I’m kinda ****ed that it is a book that I have already read though… I was hoping to read and discuss something new.</p>
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<p>I’m pretty certain the Provost’s office comes out with a list of supplemental books you could read. I would recommend ‘Only Yesterday’ and ‘Since Yesterday’ as extra-curricular reading.</p>
<p>yeah i had already read the great gatsby my year…i recycled my english essay i had wrote on it…</p>
<p>but i think they want something that your english teacher wouldnt assign…something more universal in terms of today’s economic crisis…</p>
<p>wow you guys are really lucky to have a good book this coming year</p>
<p>You guys are really lucky to be accepted. If I were accepted by Cornell, I would be hungry to read all of those books. Come on people, where is that love of learning at Cornell. (Looking through University of Chciago website with intense passion.)</p>
<p>…I really did not like this book when I read it last year and (should I be accepted) I do not look forward to reading it again.</p>
<p>Cool. I like Steinbeck but haven’t read him since eighth grade.</p>