First person to post on page 37 wins :DD |
  |
 Oct 10 2006, 08:02 PM
Post
#776
|
|
 Pocketful of Sunshine  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004  |
Yeah, it's debateable wether or not a teacher should let his/her students read it.
 My teacher shouldn't have. They hear the word naked and boom. They start laughing like hyenas. 
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:03 PM
Post
#777
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,480 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 444,349 |
i haven't read the giver what's it about??
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:04 PM
Post
#778
|
|
 Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
In 7th grade I was touched by the Giver. There were people who were immature, but I ignored them. I understand and felt sad about the book. It really got me thinking whether I should enjoy my life or want more..something better.. but then is that "better" really better? oh my...
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:04 PM
Post
#779
|
|
 All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
Aw the maturity of some middle schoolers. I can't say that all high schoolers are better.
 Oh and Bethany it is about a world opposite of ours. It is kind of difficult to describe. When I say opposite I don't mean upside down. |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:05 PM
Post
#780
|
|
|
Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
They still play Yu-Gi-Oh!
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:06 PM
Post
#781
|
|
|
All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
Please tell me you are kidding. Please.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:07 PM
Post
#782
|
|
|
Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
No, I'm not.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:08 PM
Post
#783
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,480 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 444,349 |
i will look it up on like amazon or something.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:09 PM
Post
#784
|
|
|
All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
Sad. No offense to you Yu-Gay-Oh fans.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:10 PM
Post
#785
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,480 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 444,349 |
In the "ideal" world into which Jonas was born, everybody has sensibly agreed that well-matched married couples will raise exactly two offspring, one boy and one girl. These children's adolescent sexual impulses will be stifled with specially prescribed drugs; at age 12 they will receive an appropriate career assignment, sensibly chosen by the community's Elders. This is a world in which the old live in group homes and are "released"--to great celebration--at the proper time; the few infants who do not develop according to schedule are also "released," but with no fanfare. Lowry's development of this civilization is so deft that her readers, like the community's citizens, will be easily seduced by the chimera of this ordered, pain-free society. Until the time that Jonah begins training for his job assignment--the rigorous and prestigious position of Receiver of Memory--he, too, is a complacent model citizen. But as his near-mystical training progresses, and he is weighed down and enriched with society's collective memories of a world as stimulating as it was flawed, Jonas grows increasingly aware of the hypocrisy that rules his world. With a storyline that hints at Christian allegory and an eerie futuristic setting, this intriguing novel calls to mind John Christopher's Tripods trilogy and Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl. Lowry is once again in top form--raising many questions while answering few, and unwinding a tale fit for the most adventurous readers.
sounds cool. |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:11 PM
Post
#786
|
|
|
Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
You SERIOUSLY never heard of The Giver before? Wow.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:11 PM
Post
#787
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
Oooh, you're reading The Giver now? I never really liked that book.
I don't know why, it seemed really bland to me.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:11 PM
Post
#788
|
|
|
All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
It's pretty deep unless you take if for another book you have to read for another assignment. You may not enjoy it as much then.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:12 PM
Post
#789
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
Yeah. It didn't have like.. volume, I guess. I just wasn't interested to begin with, and there wasn't that much of a plot to me, at least.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:13 PM
Post
#790
|
|
|
Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
I liked Perks of being a Wallflower better. It actually isn't the same as the Giver. Really different but if you're a teen through your hard times.. MUST READ
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:14 PM
Post
#791
|
|
|
All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
I heard it was a very "girly" book.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:15 PM
Post
#792
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
I haven't even heard of that book. I'll have to check it out some time.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:15 PM
Post
#793
|
|
|
Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
Andie, I have to even if I don't want to.
I never read Perks of being a Wallflower.. I never actually even seen the book. |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:16 PM
Post
#794
|
|
|
Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
QUOTE(The E-Man @ Oct 10 2006, 9:14 PM)  I heard it was a very "girly" book. Well it's about a weird boy liking his friend who's a girl. It's not really girly. To tell you the truth, if I was a boy I would've loved it as much. It targets both genders. But I guess it appeals to the girls due to maturity  btw it's not all about him liking the girl. It's also based on his perspective as a "wallflower" in high school. A boy who watches and understands and never asks. |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:17 PM
Post
#795
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
What?! Yen has maturity!?
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:17 PM
Post
#796
|
|
|
Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
^
 QUOTE(Summer Rain @ Oct 10 2006, 9:16 PM) Well it's about a weird boy liking his friend who's a girl. It's not really girly. To tell you the truth, if I was a boy I would've loved it as much. It targets both genders. But I guess it appeals to the girls due to maturity btw it's not all about him liking the girl. It's also based on his perspective as a "wallflower" in high school. A boy who watches and understands and never asks. I edited it I LOVE THIS BOOK GUYS |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:18 PM
Post
#797
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,480 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 444,349 |
no i have heard of the giver i just never knew what it was about. i read perks of being a wallflower. have you read it happened to nancy about the girl that got aids?
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:18 PM
Post
#798
|
|
|
All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
QUOTE(Summer Rain @ Oct 10 2006, 9:16 PM) Well it's about a weird boy liking his friend who's a girl. It's not really girly. To tell you the truth, if I was a boy I would've loved it as much. It targets both genders. But I guess it appeals to the girls due to maturity btw it's not all about him liking the girl. It's also based on his perspective as a "wallflower" in high school. A boy who watches and understands and never asks. I see. Hm. I guess you shouldn't believe everything you here. I must read this book. Sounds good. Anyone read Go Ask Alice? |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:18 PM
Post
#799
|
|
|
Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
^x2 It Happened to Nancy was boring. I didn't like it very much.
@ Ian. IT IS MUST READ |
|
|
|
|
Oct 10 2006, 08:22 PM
Post
#800
|
|
|
te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 472 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 467,840 |
save a tissue, blow a man?
|
|
|
|
|
3 User(s) are reading this topic (3 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: