Flowers For Algernon, has anyone read it? |
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 Jul 16 2006, 08:22 PM
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 roosternamedingo.  Group: Member Posts: 1,211 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,926  |
it got me bored...
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Nov 15 2006, 06:33 PM
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I loved it!
Everytime a teacher mentions certain literary elements I always think of that book because it was so like.. detailedly thought out. |
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Nov 15 2006, 06:35 PM
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 the bird and the bee sides! Group: Member Posts: 1,697 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 201,280 |
We're in the middle of reading that in my English class. It's a pretty amazing story. Even though his writing is sometimes hard to understand, I guess that's what makes it so interesting.
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Nov 16 2006, 03:45 PM
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POWAPOSTA Group: Member Posts: 3,169 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,725 |
the high school made it into a play this year. i might see it friday.
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Nov 16 2006, 04:59 PM
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 Day's Nearly Over Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183 |
That book was weird. I too read it in 8th grade. It was really REALLY sad though.
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Jan 1 2007, 01:33 AM
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i just finished that book...it was okay..it got a little boring for me..i only actually read the beginning and end..b/c it was easier to ficus
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Jan 1 2007, 01:14 PM
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Great book. Loved it.
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Jan 1 2007, 09:33 PM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
It was a good book, I had to force myself through a tad, but overall I was happy. I remember reading the shortened version first, then the actual book, and the book has a lot more information.
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Jan 8 2007, 09:22 PM
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i just reread & finished it a couple of nights ago.
somehow, i didn't really feel at all that sad the 2nd time reading it. but i understood a lot more now, since i'm older. i'm currently reading great expectations, charles dickens. i've had it for a couple of years now, from a friend, but i havn't relly opened it. the accents/words are kind of complicating, but i want to read it. & anyone who finished great expectations, how was it? |
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Jan 14 2007, 05:50 PM
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 my michelle. Group: Member Posts: 792 Joined: Oct 2005 Member No: 267,094 |
We read a portion of it for 8th grade and it was a longgg portion.
I thought it was okay. |
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Jan 14 2007, 11:56 PM
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Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
QUOTE(miiichellley @ Jan 14 2007, 2:50 PM)  We read a portion of it for 8th grade and it was a longgg portion. You should try out the full portion, it goes a lot more into his personal life, and it's interesting to see how the experiment not only changes his IQ, but basically everything else.
I thought it was okay. |
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Jan 15 2007, 09:08 PM
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 x_pinaystyle_x Group: Member Posts: 472 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 366,326 |
heyyy.. i remember that story!!
i read it in 8th grade!! hahaha!! i cried in that story for some reason.. i loved it!! |
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Jan 16 2007, 08:30 AM
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 CheccMate Foo! Group: Member Posts: 839 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 487,531 |
I have another story to go with this story. So my back then girlfriend came to visit and we were hanging out and what not, but at the time she couldn't sleep over my house so we stayed at my cousin's house. Let's just say they heard a lot of noise on the bottom bunk lols. Anyways, I didn't sleep and I picked up one of my cuzzo book and started reading. Wow that story was sad and had real emotion. Really intellectual.
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Jan 16 2007, 12:33 PM
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 Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
yes watch the movie.
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Jan 30 2007, 10:58 AM
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Ace Spades Group: Member Posts: 27 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 496,526 |
oh, man. The book is soooo good. But the movie is soooo trippy. Definitly donn't take acid before hand, dig?lol.
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Feb 3 2007, 09:53 PM
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I'm Cattt. :] Group: Validating Posts: 1,722 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,831 |
I read it about a billion times and saw the movie too. It's so sad as I remembered it.
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Feb 4 2007, 01:05 PM
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 i go RawR! Group: Member Posts: 46 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 174,635 |
It was a bittersweet story. Sad but beautiful. Read it last year. Hahahaha, me and all the girls were like 'Awwwwwww' at the very end. I didn't know there was a movie for it. o.o
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Feb 5 2007, 01:06 AM
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 Hello There. Group: Member Posts: 1,572 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 88,673 |
So sad
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