I chose him for my author study not very expectant, but Of mice and Men blew my breath away. He is brilliant! I am now reading The Pearl, it is not quite so good. What should I read next if you know him? If you don't, do!
Adults are just obsolete children, and to hell with them!
-Dr.Suess
We had to read Of Mice and Men back in Year 8 and I did enjoy reading it, we read The Pearl before Of Mice and Men and I prefered The Pearl. I haven't read anything else by John Steinbeck.
Read it when i was in 3rd year a great, but sad book an a good film, another good one i've heard is the Grapes of Wrath.
We get off to the rhythm of the trigger and destruction. Fallujah to New Orleans with impunity to kill. We are the hidden fist of the free market.
We are the ink, we are the quill.
[The Ink And The Quill (Be Afraid) - Anti-Flag]
Of Mice and Men *shudders* I'm sorry, I thought it was dreadful....so dull.
No I haven't read The Pearl, but I may have a look at it now. Hell, I'll try anything once!
I haven't read of mice and men, but I've read the peral and east of eden. east of eden was amazing. the pearl I didn't like as much.. a bit morbid, if I recall correctly.
I have to read the grapes of wrath and of mice and men, hopefully soon.. maybe after finals.
(as for years in school.. 6 form is what years in numbers? the american equivalent would be 11/12 grade, so just count backwards from there)
***Under the Responsibility of S.P.E.W.*** (Sadistic Perplexion of Everyone's Wits)
Medieval Lit! Come here to find out who Chaucer plagiarized and translated - and why and how it worked in the late 1300s.
I had to read Of Mice and Men for my GCSE English in year 11 and I really liked it. I saw the film beforehand though and some of the people I watched it with hated it because of what happens at the end. They could easily read the book though, the film is definitly not a good thing to watch if you are squeemish so start with the book as it is less graphical.
I do know that the book was only written to be made into a film though.
All in all I think it's a good book and worth reading although I haven't read any of his other books.
I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
He's not dead, he's electroencephalographically challenged.
I HATED it.
