2007-01-01 16:11:51 · 13 answers · asked by doogsdc 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Watership Down - Richard Adams
2007-01-01 16:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas Shrugged - by Ayn Rand. Why? Every person has a responsibility to the world. They either take the opportunity to help others and be true to themselves, or they don't. You owe the world your own true self - even if others don't want to hear it.
I read this my senior year in high school, which was over 20 years ago.
Right or wrong, it made me realize that I must respect others opinions even if I don't agree. But, I must be true to my beliefs, even if others do not agree with me.
There are other books by Any Rand (Fountainhead) that are also very good, but I found Atlas Shrugged to be the book I've kept on my bookcase for years.
2007-01-02 00:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by Flowerlady NYC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, The Giving Tree & the Missing Piece Meets the Big O both by Shel Silverstein. Oh, and oh the places you'll go by Dr. Seuss.
2007-01-02 00:14:35 · answer #3 · answered by Lynda M ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually my childhood Enid Blyton collecton of the Secret Seven series. Also her series on the Five Find-Outers. I still like to skim through them given half a chance!
2007-01-02 00:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tie between "Crime and Punishment" and "Pride and Prjudice". "Crime and Punishment" help me get through a hard time in my life when I hated understand the justice system in America. "Pride and Prejudice" is just an amazing book! I wish that I could be more like Lizzy and have the same spunk that she has!
2007-01-02 01:38:28 · answer #5 · answered by Miss_Eliza_Bennet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Demian" by Hermann Hesse.
He considers the tension between desire and renunciation in a young man, who is torn between love of a woman and love of God. He comes to the conclusion that the duality between the two must not be resolved, but rather, transcended.
2007-01-02 00:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by Bruce G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Childhoods End.
2007-01-02 00:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dune
2007-01-02 01:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by unseen_force_22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill a Mockingbird
2007-01-02 13:59:44 · answer #9 · answered by NicknameThing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neil Gaiman's American Gods. (Which is pure fiction, but it did affect me in a rather religious way.)
2007-01-02 00:32:31 · answer #10 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋