Were there any novels you have read in school that you liked?

Question

I have read pretty much all of the novels I'm going to read in school which are classics. From George Orwell's '1984' to John Steinback's 'Grapes of Wrath'. I would have to pick 'A Separate Peace' because that was read in my English class. I love Leper and Finny but hated Gene. I didn't like how the story ended though. It could have been better.

Answer 1

I loved The Great Gatsby. I've read it a couple of times since I had to read it in school. I also liked To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, Farenheit 451, The Giver, and a bunch of others.

Answer 2

Aww, I liked the end of A Separate Peace! But, yeah, Gene was kind of annoying...
Let's see: I LOVE 1984. The other senior English teacher at my school who I didn't have taught Brave New World, which is also one of my favorites.
I liked The Scarlet Letter, Crime and Punishment, The Stranger...
Didn't like Night, didn't really like To Kill a Mockingbird (not very subtle, and the whole "I'm an innocent child and isn't this horrible through my eyes" thing got old really fast). I HATED As I Lay Dying.
I'm not big on Shakespeare, but I did like Hamlet.
Back in eighth grade, there was The Giver (really great setup/society, but so-so plot and ending) and Fahrenheit 451 (another favorite of mine!), and then Watership Down which I HATED.
I usually liked the books we read for English. Those are the ones I really remember, anyway. :)

Answer 3

There were quite a few I read in school that I enjoyed. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and King Lear by Shakespeare, Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Candide by Voltaire, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler, Kindred by Octavia Butler, and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Answer 4

I liked The Crucible, Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, The Scarlet Letter and probably would include Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead. Maybe it's due to the time periods (since they seem to fall into two different groups) - probably the format of a few of them as well (play). We did different types of projects (Canterbury Tales, we pretended we were a group stranded on a subway car and we each had a story to share - I was the cab driver.) We often got to re-write or change the setting or characters - sounds like something you'd like to do as well.

Answer 5

I liked reading, but I didn't like a lot of books I read in high school. I had a hard time understanding the classics. Once I got to college, and then grad school, I had an easier time. Now I'm going back and re-reading some of them, and they seem so much better this time around. For instance, I'm re-reading Wuthering Heights right now, and can you believe the first time I read Pride and Prejudice (in high school) I didn't like it? I know! What was I thinking?

Answer 6

Here are the book i remember reading in school..
Year 3-charlotte's web
year 4- tales of a fourth grade nothing - judy blume, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe-cs lewis.
year 5-hating alison ashley
year 6-because of winn-dixie
year 7-the first book of samuel
year 8-lyddie-katherine patterson
year 9-to kill a mockingbird, and next term-"and then there were none" by agatha christie, for our crime fiction unit.

Cant really remember charlotte's web.. it was AGES ago.,.. but i think i quite enjoyed the book..plus i saw the film with Dakota Fanning a few months ago.

I really enjoyed "Tales of a fourth grade nothing"-i still remember some of the story...for the lion, the witch and the wardrobe.. i liked reading it but there were dull moments too..i also watched the old film in class and the more recent one a while ago.,

Hating Alison Ashley was a bit dull in some parts but overall i really liked it. I also own the DVD... it is an Australian film :) I love the comparisons between alison ashley and erica yurken, and how they overcome them to become friends.

Because of winn-dixie-I actually didn't really pay attention to this book as my teacher was reading it to us. but i watched the movie with Annasophia Robb and although there's a good story and meaning behind it , i found it quite dull. i didn't really like the book either.

"The first book of samuel"... i actually liked reading the book... i wouldnt say it's a great book but it was still good to read. It is quite touching.

Lyddie was very enjoyable for me to read - it described the hardships, tough times, and strength of the main character, Lyddie. I learnt alot from the book and was very moved by the story . I paid alot of attention on the book. Although not many people in my year liked the book I enjoyed reading it!

To Kill a mockingbird-This was the first book I read in school that is mainly aimed at adults... it describes life in the 1930s in america and the prejudice african-americans had to (and still) endure. It deals with so many issues like racism, judging a book by its cover, role models, and so much more. there were life lessons I learnt in this book. It is a very meaningful book.....Boo radley and Tom Robinson are such significant characters. as Atticus would say,
" You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

Hope this helps!..and as for shakespeare..I studied "A midsummer night's dream", the merchant of venice, and romeo and juliet (right now). I really enjoyed the merchant of venice the most.... but romeo and juliet is just a classic. the films are great too...though i must say i get scared at the beginning of baz llhurman's one!! :O

Answer 7

I didn't really like "A Separate Peace".

I liked "To Kill A Mockingbird" because it has a great message. "Sophie's World" was strange but interesting.

OH MY the worst book I read in school was in 8th grade. I think it was called "Memory" about a guy named Jonhny or whatever who wanders into this old lady's house and stays there for awhile. I can't remember all of it, just that I didn't like it!

Answer 8

C.S. Lewis's The Hideous Strength. Its an interesting sci-fi book about the battle between good and evil.

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is one of the most realistic novels about experiences in war. It is set during the American Civil War.

Answer 9

I enjoyed all the books that I had to read for school with the exception of The Scarlet Letter. That book was absolutely horrible to read through. Of my favorite highschool reads, I would pick The Hobbit and Lord of the Flies.

Answer 10

The Count of Monte Cristo was my favorite. I read that one in school about 45 years ago. I truly hated War and Peace though.