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Offline Serenity

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Need a hand with a reading list
« on: July 22, 2008, 08:04:24 PM »
Alright, I have to pick one of the following books to read:

The Glass Menagerie
Summer and Smoke
Sweet Bird of Youth
Suddenly Last Summer

So, having never heard of any of these, I was hoping you all could suggest one to pick. I have a LOT of stuff to do in addition to reading one, so the shortest, least boring would be very nice.
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Offline lasersailor184

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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 08:28:46 PM »
Is Playboy out of the question?
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Offline Serenity

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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 08:32:31 PM »
Quote from: lasersailor184 on July 22, 2008, 08:28:46 PM
Is Playboy out of the question?

lol. Sadly. This is an assignment for english class. I have to pick one to read, and compare and contrast the main female charactor to another female charactor in some play.
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Offline vorticon

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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 08:39:49 PM »
just find some summaries online and go with one that looks good.
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Offline Serenity

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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 08:42:58 PM »
Quote from: vorticon on July 22, 2008, 08:39:49 PM
just find some summaries online and go with one that looks good.

Eh, summaries are fine I was just hoping someone here might have read one of them. Always helps to have an honest oppinion.
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Offline Nwbie

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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 10:57:20 PM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie

wikipedia is your friend

read this - get sum culcher

a good book to read and know

They are all Tennesse Williams plays, so they are all considered classics



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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 11:00:59 PM »
Quote from: Nwbie on July 22, 2008, 10:57:20 PM
They are all Tennesse Williams plays, so they are all considered classics



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Thats kinda the point of the assignment. So the Glass Managerie has your recomendation? Thanks!
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Offline Pooh21

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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2008, 02:04:43 AM »
wow those books suck. Sorry cant help you more then that.
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2008, 08:46:11 AM »
Glass Menagerie. Check out the 1987 film. Think of it as video CliffsNotes.

Or why not just go for the real thing (online & FREE):
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/The-Glass-Menagerie.id-114.html
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2008, 08:49:00 AM »
I have read The Glass Menagerie and from what I remember it was a pretty good book. I don't remember a whole lot about it since I read it for an english lit class my freshman year of college.
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2008, 08:58:17 AM »
The Glass Menagerie.

Tennessee Williams is a good writer.  This would probably be the least boring of the choices as Williams originally wrote it as a screenplay for MGM.  It was actually written with the intent of it being a play or movie.
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2008, 09:01:36 AM »
What's the point of all this?
Won't your bag of books just get stolen by a couple large-bellied Islanders?
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2008, 01:24:34 PM »
Quote from: Reschke on July 23, 2008, 08:49:00 AM
I have read The Glass Menagerie and from what I remember it was a pretty good book. I don't remember a whole lot about it since I read it for an english lit class my freshman year of college.

We get to read it as Juniors in Highschool! lol.

So, glass managerie it is! Thanks all!
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
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Re: Need a hand with a reading list
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2008, 09:07:25 AM »
Serenity if you get assigned old books, there's some chance some of them are available here.. http://www.gutenberg.org/
A digital version could be useful when you need to backtrack to some section using the find (ctrl+f) function.  Idealy though, when you write these kinds of essays, you know the material by heart, from head to toe.
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