On this post, you should share your top 3 choices for your literary research book. Place your first choice as number 1 and then list your other two. Please be sure to explain why you are choosing your first choice title. So you know, for ease of finding secondary materials, I recommend that only one student does each book, though sometimes I am willing to let two share a title -- though no more -- so don't please look to your classmates for ideas.
Below you will find a list of titles that though they are on the list, Brewner and I do not recommend them for you. These titles include ones you have read in your English classes in past years. (The list appear here in the same order as on the list I gave you. If for some reason you lost your list, I have provided a link on my website -- not the blog -- for you, under "handouts.")
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Call of the Wild
- Cannery Row
- Catcher in the Rye
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Jungle
- Maggie: A girl of the Streets
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
Also, if you'd like to do a play, then select a pairing -- either a selection of plays by one author, or two-three plays with a similar motif. (You may also choose to do a pairing of non-plays, if you wish.)
If you have questions, I'll be able to check my email tonight after 5pm. Make sure you post your choices before school starts tomorrow... Happy Reading!
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23 comments:
1. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
2. Catch-22 by Joesph Heller
3. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
My first choice is Slaughterhouse Five. I read this during first quarter for my quarterly reading book and I loved it. There is so much in the book that I can already see as being perfect for a literary analysis. I think that this book is perfect for me for a term paper because I already like it so much, which will make writing the dreaded term paper so much easier than a book I'm not really into.
1.A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
2.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
3.All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
I would like to read A Farewell to Arms because I have already started reading this book and I really like it so far. I think it would be better for me to do a literary analysis on a book I enjoy reading.
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest by Ken Kesey
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D.
Salinger
3. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Donald recommended One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest and said that it has an interesting and unique plot. I enjoy reading about psychological themes, so the book seems like a good choice.
1. Ethan Frome and Summer by Edith Wharton
2. The Ambassadors by Henry James
3. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (and Ethan Frome?)
You might as well just ignore my rankings. I have no idea which one I want to do. On the one hand, I really like both Ethan Frome and the Awakening, and Summer sounds like it would be really good. But I also hear there's nothing to Ethan Frome. The Ambassadors is beginning to look really tempting, and it's on the recommendation list, but it's a little long, and I'm concerned about time. I don't know. I'm all flustered--I think I need help deciding.
1. The Scarlett Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorn
2. The Age of Innocence- Edith Wharton
3.One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey
I'm really not quite sure which one of these three i want to read yet. I haven't started reading any of them yet, but i've looked into all of them, and i like the theme of nonconformity that is prevalent in all of them. In The Scarlet Letter and The Age of Innocence i really would like to explore the strong female characters. In One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest the fact that it takes place in a mental institution really intrigues me, and it seems like characters in a mental institution would be quite interesting, and i could look at them psychoanalytically. All of these books seem exciting, and i like the romantic aspect to the first two (i'm a big fan of chick flicks). I think i would enjoy all of these books.
1. The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
2. My Antonia by Willa Cather
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
I'm thinking about reading "The Fixer" because it looks like it may be a good murder mystery. I find the setting, Kiev in 1911, a rather interesting and unique one.
1.Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
2.The sound and the fury by William Faulkner
3.On the Road by Jack Kerouac
I really want to read Rant because both my sister and my cousin read it and they said that they loved it. It sounds really interesting because it follows the life of a serial killer. The only problem is that the book is relatively new and i'm not sure how much criticism there will be for it.
1. The Natural - Bernard Malamud
2. A J.R.R. Tolkein work
3. The Last of the Mohicans - James Fennimore Cooper
My first two choices are actually tied. We read a small portion of The Natural during the final days of APUSH with Mr. Z last year, and I really enjoyed it. The whole subject of natural talent in sports is really interesting to me, being in several sports myself. As for the Tolkein work, I have already read The Hobbit and the Ring Trilogy, so I would be able to go deeper into the complex themes and such(than if I read another book).
1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
2. The Invisible Man- Ralph Waldo Ellison
3. The Scarlet Letter-Nathaniel Hawthorn
I'm not really sure which book i for sure want to do, but I know that I'm between Catch-22 and The Invisible Man. They both really intrigue me. My brother and my dad both loved Catch-22, and I think I would like it too. However, The Invisible Man seems really interesting to me also. Even though I don't know anyone that's read it, the plot sounds really good. Help?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-Ken Kesey
Cat's Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I have never read the book. I think I would really enjoy the book since I liked the movie and its themes of nonconformism and independence.
1. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren
2. The Awakening- Kate Chopin
3. The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow
I would choose to read All the King's Men first because I am very interested in historical fiction and I did some research on it and I found out that there is a lot of conflict and influence in this story. This book is said to be based off a true story.
1. Song of Solomon- Toni Morrison
2. Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
3. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?- Edward Albee
I have Song of Solomon as my first choice. The title caught my eye on this list because it shares the same title as a book in the Bible. I haven't read it before, but I was reading reviews on it and right away one of the reviews mentioned an Aunt Pilate. Being a significant person in the Bible, I saw this as a chance to read a book that I can relate to my faith and in the process of that, even dive into the Bible more to see the signifance of certain characters.
1. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
3. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
My first choice is Cat's Cradle, because although I have never read it before I like that it is a satire. I am really enjopying the satirical aspect of Huck Finn right now and think it would be interesting to see how satire can be used in different ways. When looking over the books' descriptions at the library, this one just really caught my eye.
1.5 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
1.5 The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
3. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
There's two 1.5's because I'm torn. Faulker is an author I'd like to get to know and it sounds like a book I'd enjoy, but same goes for Edith Wharton & The House of Mirth.
1. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitgerald
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Chesney
3. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The first two choices of mine are basically tied up right now. Mr. Brewner suggested Tender is the Night and the psycological theme/love story appealed to me in this story. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of my mother's favorite movies of all time, and since I have never seen it but have heard so many great things about the book, it caught my eye.
1. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
2. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
3. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'm not exactly sure what I want to read but I am really interested in William Faulkner's novels. Both plots caught my attention as well as my third choice. I think I would enjoy reading these three novels including a fourth(Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison)? I guess it comes down to what is best for a literary analysis.
1) Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?- Edward Albee
2)Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
3) One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest by Ken Kesey
I would like to open this with an apology for this being late. Apologies, Lo siento,je suis désolé.
I chose Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? because I think that it is complex enough for me to analyze. It is a play, and I am still looking for another one to pair it with, but I have not read it yet so that is a problem. But I think that the plot line is interesting and it would keep my attention.
1) Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
2) Slaugherhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
2) Catch-22 Joseph Heller
First one because I've heard it's good (my brother and mom have read it), and I liked Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Slaughterhouse Five because it's by Kurt Vonnegut and I've wanted to read it. Catch-22: I read this book first quarter and liked it for sure.
1. On the Road--Jack Kerouac
2. Daisy Miller--Henry James
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls-Hemingway
My first choice of "On the Road" is far and away the most interesting book that I'd like to read. I love to travel, and this novel is all about new experiences and new people. Since this is a topic of such high interest to me I think I'd enjoy reading the book and taking a deeper look into the appearingly very intriguing plot.
1. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
2. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest by Ken Kesey
I chose Moby Dick as my first one because I had always wanted to read it before. I chose Slaugterhouse Five as the next choice. I like adventure and fantasy a lot and think I can read it a couple times without getting bored (at least more than other books). I also thought that One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest would be good because the plot seems interesting.
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