<p>That’s not to say I dislike Joyce’s narrators for making excuses for everything, it is just that the problems that Proust’s characters run into and overcome draw more sympathy because they are self-inflicted, and it permits me to take a more positive view of the decisions I make in comparison. </p>
<p>I’ve never read any Woolf. I imagine her as being somewhat like Faulkner for whatever reason.</p>
<p>Does anyone read a lot of Gertrude Stein?</p>
<p>It seems like I’ve read next to nothing in comparason to the very high level reading everyone else has done. The hardest book I’ve ever read was “The Heart of Darkness” and, frankly, while the book has complex diction and imagry there was not a whole lot to the plot outside of the corruption and “the horror” of imperialism. I liked the book as a whole, but it seems like every day in AP Lang spent on the book was just regurgitation of ideas that were already well discussed.</p>
<p>What is everyone reading at the moment?</p>
<p>^ CPA and I are super nerds… But that is well known around these parts…</p>
<p>^I thought you were a huge partier.</p>
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<p>No worries. To be frank, I saw such a high level debate coming.</p>
<p>^^ Maybe so but between learning Catagory Theory and reading Proust my nerd-side as also chuffed.</p>
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<p>I love Heart of Darkness too, if only for the portrayal of Kurtz. In comparison, Apocalypse Now is a terrible movie.</p>
<p>EDIT: I want to go to Thailand!! =D</p>
<p>^ Apocalypse Now is only loosely based on Heart of Darkness though… And it’s not a terrible movie especially the Redux version. Still Heart of Darkness is a great read.</p>
<p>It’s a great read, just one that makes for monotonus discussion.</p>
<p>^^^ Racist</p>
<p>^^^^Apocalypse Now is so different from the novel:/</p>
<p>^^depends on who you’re having the discussion with…</p>
<p>*It seems like I’ve read next to nothing in comparason to the very high level reading everyone else has done. *</p>
<p>Me too. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by Joyce.</p>
<p>The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas</p>
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<p>Whoa, he is a blatant racist :O</p>
<p>I think Dedalus was the Catholic and the girl was Protestant^^^^^^^^…
^definitely
Currently I’m reading APOTAAAYM- James Joyce, Don Quixote, Catch 22, A People’s History of the United States- Zinn</p>
<p>I just read Water for Elephants (well, yesterday). And I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>The only book I’m reading at the moment is Henry IV Part 1 by Shakespere. It’s a lot different than his other plays, but its actually very interesting how he is able to pull so many details from the real Henry IV to make a very funny yet very serious play.</p>
<p>The Poisonwood Bible. I read it for my 11th grade english class, it was interesting. Infact i think it was really meaningful. The only bad thing about it was that it was so long, and I wont even go into the biblical references. Too many biblical refs!</p>
<p>Everyone should read The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan, though the sequel is better. Also Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones. That book is the strangest, trippiest, yet deep and moving thing ever.</p>
<p>The Bean Trees- Barbara Kingsolver (least fav)</p>
<p>What don’t you like about it? I’m curious because I liked the one Kingsolver book I’ve read (Poisonwood Bible).</p>