Friday, August 12, 2011

Need help picking a book for AP lit/comp?

If you like the twisted and out there books that are one of a kind then read Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov (sorry I'm not too sure how to spell his name). IT is about a man who was in love with this girl (I think they were both 17 at the time and she died) and it takes place later on in his life when he becomes a pedophile because this one girl reminds him just like the girl he loved and lost. It is actually a really good book, most of the time I hated Humbert but its crazy because at other times I felt sorry for him. Great author and it was like nothing I have ever read. I had to do an ignment in my AP lit cl and I picked this book and it was really entertaining opposed to some of the other clics (cough Jane Austen). If you like adventure then read The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn, that was a great book as well. There is some racist slurs in it though so if that offends you then don't read it (although it does give you a good idea of the time period). Pretty much a boy runs away from his abusive father and meets up with a runaway slave, people think the boy is dead and it is the tale of his adventures while he is free on his own with the slave. IT was also really good.

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