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morriswalters:
After looking around I suspect you are right. I missed most of the classics, which I considered a feature not a bug.
Bad Alias:
I have a hard time accepting something written in the same century as I read it as a classic. For a book to be a classic featured in the standard education of the masses, I think it should have at least endured longer than someone I know. If it's any newer than that, it is probably just political indoctrination.
wardenferry419:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on May 31, 2019, 03:41:53 PM ---"Suck" just didn't seem very "Steinbeck" to me. It also seemed like a modern expression to me. It's been around longer than I have, so who am I to say?
I tried tracking down the source, but I only got of bunch of gun culture stuff that lead me to believe he definitely didn't say it.
You should consider yourself lucky. I ended up having to read one of his books twice.
--- End quote ---
Let me guess, "Of Mice and Men?"
Bad Alias:
While I did read that one, it was The Pearl that I ended up reading twice.
Don't get me wrong, Steinbeck was a good writer. I just don't like the way every story ends in a tragedy with a small silver lining.
It always annoyed me when I was assigned a book I had already read, but just long enough ago that I had to read it again. I ended up reading Lord of the Flies three times. I was furious with the middle school librarian who recommended it when it was part of the freshmen curriculum.
wardenferry419:
I had to do Heart of Darkness 3 times for 3 different college classes. Boring.
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