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So far there are two that had an impact in my life:
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse made realize that loneliness is not as negative as some ppl tend to think. His character in the book isn't depress or sad he is just try to find and understand why his life might lead to suicide or madness.
The Communist Manifesto by Engels and Marx is a very political yet so unique and originial theory of the proletariat. Is not "Evil" as the western world has portrayed it rather re-educated those martyrs and oppressed masses. Every sentence in the manifesto describes a world in which capitalism may not be as fun as some of us think it is.
i think the best harry potter books were 4 and 5 because harry has to deal with unwanted popularity that affecting his friends and how he gets angsty about life like most teens.
1) Jesus Freaks - how I realized (for those that are Christian) how cool and brave some people are that die for their Lord and Savior and there all true stories so it's pretty cool.
2)Lirael - how the author used a girl and a boy as the main character so she can kick some ass and not just the guy.
3)Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul - all the peoples problems and how they got through them.
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I can recite the whole POTC movie I am so proud of myself!
Also I read this book for a college history class a few years ago, Anne Moody. That book really touched me. It was about slavery back in the day and it was about a black woman's struggle from childhood until her late 20's early 30's. Very good book!
Also all the ones you read in school...Catcher and the Rye; Catch 22(I had to read bits of that book 2 times)
Shakespear's the Taming of the Shew. We had to role read it in my 8th grade english class...I loved the book.
Lireal is the second of a trilogy, the first was called Sabriel. They are about Abhorsens which are magical Necromancers chosen to keep the dead away from the living. It involves other magical creatures too, lik the Clayre who can see into the future. Lireal centres around a girl who was born into the Clayre, but looks odd, does not have the sight. SHe feels lonely, and she seems to have a natural ability to sence the dead. She goes on adventures within the Clayres lare, finding several books that she studies, and uses. Finally, she creates a companion, her only friend, a faithful freemagic being in the body of a dog, and they leave the Clayre in search of a mysterious boy she was predicted to save.
Well, I won't tell you any more, only that it is a must if you like it, only start with book 1, Sabriel. Its by Garth Nix, and the final book is still to come! Pleanty of time to catch up.
sounds interesting. would've been cool if someone fell for someone of the dead...anyways...i was looking at one of my pal's books called "the silver kiss". it's about a vampire who befriends a mortal girl. anyways, i always thought it would be cool to read a drama/romance novel about a vampire man falling for a mortal girl. nothing buffy like.
The Hot Zone was the first book that really affected me emotionally. To be quite frank, it scared the hell out of me. The first chapter is extremely graphic and unsettling.
Hannibal (the book) affected me. It was written well but I hated the end. I don't think I can ever forgive Clarice Starling.
The Silence of the Lambs is absolutely great. Hannibal Lecter is at his best in this novel. Agent Starling has such emotional depth. I loved the book and still do. The parts with Jame Gumb are a bit much at times, however.
Red Dragon is very good as well. Not enough Lecter in my opinion, but Francis Dolarhyde more than makes up for the lack of Lecter. This is the darkest of Harris's Lecter series.
The Lord of the Flies - gets a bit boring at times but the message is good. It concerns the nature of Evil via a group of English schoolboys stranded on a tropical island.
1984 affected me right off the bat (even though I'm not finished). I hate Big Brother and The Party and their doctrine of doublethink - WAR IS PEACE, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
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that's great, another outsiders fan! so which character do you think that you were most like/could relate to the most? as for me, i'm most like steve, soda, and two-bit. but i can relate to pony and two-bit the best. the writing skills and scatterbrained...oh what joy to be stupid and smart!
writer86: how do gory books impact you? i rather not read that stuff, just gross! sorry.
The gore in the Lecter series I can handle. I suppose I've become immune to letting violence bother me a lot. However, it isn't like someone dies or is cut up or something on every page. These books focus much more on psychological aspects than blood and gore - they are thriller/suspense novels, not horror. And they are actually a rewrite of Dante's Divine Comedy.
The Hot Zone is altogether different. For starters, it is non-fiction. It's about the Marburg and Ebola viruses. It is definitely not horror, again more thriller/suspense than anything. The first chapter is the scary one as it gives the details of a man's deteriorating condition after he contracts the Marburg virus. Definitely not a book for the squeemish, but definitely not a horror novel. This one is frightening because it all really happened.
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No, not in the sense you mean. I'm no expert, but Dante's Divine Comedy was written in the 13th or 14th century and is about the author's (Dante Alighieri's) journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgaturio), and Heaven (Paradiso). I think it's called the Comedy because it has a happy ending. Anyway, that's how the Lecter series relates: Red Dragon=Inferno, The Silence of the Lambs=Purgaturio, and Hannibal=Paradiso. Beyond that it gets rather complicated, and I'm not exactly the person to ask about the Comedy since I've never read it.
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Lava_wacky_j
Dec 29th, 2003 01:10 PM
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