<p>My school didn't teach it, but don't some schools?</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a good idea. I’ve heard it’s a masterful work of literature, and def. more so than some of the other crap on the recommended list. But I don’t think it’s really enough of a classic yet.</p>
<p>Isn’t Poisonwood Bible only 10 years or so old though? It hardly a “classic”</p>
<p>I dunno lol.</p>
<p>I just think there might be some prejudice against books that involve spacecraft and futuristic weaponry and battle sequences.</p>
<p>I have the same fears, that’s why I’m asking. I’ll probably only write about it as a last resort.</p>
<p>My best friend and I argued for months in our sophomore year of high school about the literary merit of Ender’s Game. I argued that it is, in fact, not worthy of literary merit and my best friend the opposite. However, after another read through the book, I’m very tempted to agree with my friend. It’s a fascinating tale laced with all of that neat literary stuff (symbolism, etc.)</p>
<p>Sadly enough, we’ve graduated from high school and we still talk about it, hahaha.</p>
<p>no. don’t do it b/c there are lots of books that are “laced” with all the good literary stuff, but they’re not quite the college-leveled books. that’s what they want, its a test to see how well you would do in a COLLEGE level english class, and so you write about an appropriate book. poisonwood bible may not be old but i doubt that an average middle schooler would pick it up to read and enjoy (i’m basing that age on the fact that i read the ender’s game book when i was in middle school/ ninth grade) </p>
<p>that’s why you shouldn’t use that to write on. besides, use something your teacher taught you. you’re likely to be more familiar b/c you have notes and you’ve studied it.</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with this particular book, but here goes.</p>
<p>According to my teacher, obviously you’re not supposed to write about something on the level of Harry Potter and the children’s-book ilk. However, you are supposed to assume no reader bias. My English Lit teacher had to remind me of this the day of the test.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>I’ve seen Eng Lang AP questions about books like Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which seems as much “literature” to me as Ender’s Game does (though I’ve only read Lightness, not Game). If you already did it, don’t stress out to much. if you’re talking about the AP test next year, I’d say talk to your teacher about it.</p>
<p>I talked about Gone with the Wind. I’m not 100% sure if that’s cool, but whatever.</p>
<p>I did on lang, but won’t on lit.</p>
<p>Write about a book whose quality you admire, but not one that you get really excited about.</p>
<p>I say this because your essay must be objective, and if you are in love with a book, you will be tempted to write effusively about how wonderful it is, rather than conduct an objective analysis of its literary merit. It would be a subtle effect, but real, and worth more than a few points if the reader picks up on a “fanboy” vibe that strays from genuine analysis. You may not think this would happen to you, but you’d be wrong; anyone can fall into this trap.</p>
<p>I wrote by AP Eng Lang essay on the use of pathos in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, for what it’s worth, and got a 5.</p>
<p>We read Ender’s Game in 7th grade. So good luck with that.</p>