has anyone read Great Expectations?
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i have.. i read it last semester
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I loved it.\n\nI've heard that even people who never saw the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" also liked it.
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I think it sounds pretty good:). I would just brush up your grammar on some of it, rearrange some of your sentence structure, otherwise it is really well done! I read Lord Of The Flies my freshman year of high school, and it was one of the only ones I could read without hating it. The only question I have is-are you sure Golding is giving the early forms of living a bad rep? or is he maybe looking into what he sees may be the future of civilization if we cannot live by our morals and our rules???? Think about it in that sense and you may get a different view on it:). Good luck!:)
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Yes I have, several times in fact.\n\nIt's an excellent novel, both in the terms of a fiction book, and as a general introduction to the many types of Philosophy. I read it first whilst I was at college (about 16 years old), and it help my attention.\n\nI do recommend it if you are wanting a good read, or wanting to find out more about Philosophy but aren't wanting to be swamped by text books.
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Yes I have. It is hilarious in most parts, but the British wierdness of it was too strange for me at times. The robot played by Alan Rickman was wet-yourself funny. I also liked when the spaceship changed and was like "bee-boo-bee-boo-beep" The ending was too weird for me. I did not understand it and it ruined the movie for me. I mean, I had a general understanding of what the ending was, but I just didnt understand it entirely. I still love the movie though!
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Yes. I taught the novel for several years in high school English (10th grade). Read it. You will love it!!! It is an amazing story of a young boy coming of age in the South at the turn of the 20th Century in a small town called Cold Sassy. Bigotry, prejudice, love, acceptance, and fulfillment are among its themes. I highly recommend it to you.
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Yes I have, I have to say that book changed my life. The title can be decieveing.. just a little, because I felt the book was more about spirituality.. I'm not a big reader, and that book was like 300 pages.. it really is a book you cant stop reading, but sometimes you have to put it down cause its pretty deep.. and you need to just stop and obsorb the information. Its a really good, and you dont have to read the 1st book to get the others, I started w/ #4 I think..and it made me look at life very differently.
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I have!  I love them!  I just remember that this is a fiction series about what could/might happen!  Too many people who don't like this series, think that those of us that read the books are taking the books literally.  Personally, the Left Behind books have inspired me to read my Bible more!  What Christian can say that is a bad thing?
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This was a very enjoyable book, I first read it about 15 years ago.  It is semi-autobiographical in that the author is a pilot and the narrator of the book is a pilot who meets a man with an interesting insight into the human condition and who appears to be a messiah.\n\nThe book is full of memorable lines and makes the reader contemplate life and why we are here.  I definitely recommend it. \n\nThe following link has a number of quotes from the book.
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Yes, I read it. Excellent book. Jon Krakauer, right?\n\nPlease write your own poem.
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It's a great book and you should read it.\n\nhttp://www.annefrank.com/1_life.htm\nHere's a summary of it and I'm not going to answer all those questions.\n\nhttp://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/frank/fullsumm.html\n\nhttp://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/annefran.htm
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It's a pretty dark book, in its theme of imprisonment. It's probably a good book to do a report on though because there are a lot of good literary themes and devices. Also it's a classic - go for it.
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I read it a long time back. I'll tell you what I remember. \nLike all Arthur Hailey books it was very well researched. It was almost difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. The details of the operations of a hotel that has been shown is wonderful.\nThe novel definitely revolves around the hotel industry but is much more than that.\nIt has many different threads that emanate from the hotel, and it covers several other aspects of human life. \nFor example, the childish character of Marsha Preyscott, which makes her “very sincerely” narrate the story of the happy married life of her governess to Peter McDermott to pursue him to believe that her decision to marry him is all right. This was when her governess was not married at all. And this was not a mental delusion or anything, it was plain simple lie she had told him to be able to pursue him to marry her!!\nThen there was the issue of black-white discrimination which was handled when the author brought up the issue that came up in a Dentists’ convention when the hotel persisted \nAnd why, not surprisingly, he was right. The convention did not pull out certainly, even if details varied a bit!!\nThe hotel is having monetary problems. The rich poor discrimination is also brought up by the author. But, he has his protagonist act out in the correct way. This act of kindness by the hotel's assistant manager finds a new buyer for the hotel. The story ends with the change of hotel ownership changes. The competence of the assistant manager is recognized and he becomes the EVP, essentially responsible for running the operation. In the very beginning he takes the stand that the hotel should be desegregated. This was bold, but he gets on with it and gets it accepted too. Later there is a conversation with a black character of the novel, who has always been skeptical of manager’s intentions when he advocated desegregation…\nAll in all it was a great read.\nI am sorry I am unable to give more details.
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I wish I had kept the essay I had written on this book last year, but I do remember some about Ralph.\n\nRalph used the conch shell as a method of gathering the group together, and in doing so, he took an iniative as a leader.  The novel foreshadows him as a good leader because of his physical stature (lean body, fair hair, good complexion).  He embodied all of these characteristics.  Ralph represents democracy and he sees the island as an opportunity to exercise his newfound strength.\n\nHe has some originality of ideas too, such as building shelter first, setting up the fire, the camp, directing who should do what jobs, finding hunters and others to gather fruit, and designating the "bathroom" spot so the tide clears up the waste.\n\nRalph is ineffective because he gets most of his ideas from Piggy and refuses to compromise with Jack and his choir.  Because of this, they separate and get into fights, thereby allowing themselves to transcend into savagery.  The more conflict, the worse his reliabiliy is.  Futhermore, Ralph buys into the theory of a "ghost" or "beast."  It is Simon that discovers the truth, although untimately he pays the price when trying to warn the others of his discovery about the parachuted man on the mountain.  \n\nAs far as his inability to remember his purpose, Ralph gets tied up in so many small conflicts over power.  Gradually, these get bigger and his leadership diminishes.  The final symbolism of his full loss of power  occurs when Piggy is killed and the conch shell is shattered.\n\nI hope this helps!
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I enjoy reading about pioneer hardships, frontier life, hunting, home tending without modern conveniences, that sort of thing. Now, I have never read a historical fantasy novel from this genre and I think it would be cool. The research would probably be more abundantly available to you too, than going all the way back to the 1300's or whatever. I am a 40 yr old female, but you said no one responded before so I'm letting you know.\nI forgot-what shouldn't be there? I have had enough of bodice ripping romance.
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Great Expectations by Dickens.  Its the tale of a boy who never quits, never gives up on his dream....of being with his true love....
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Hey! I'm doing that book in school too! \n\nFirst note the difference between the people in East Egg and the people in West Egg. The people of East Egg are the ones that were born rich (aristocrats) and the ones in West Egg are the people of new money, like Gatsby and Nick himself. Daisy and Tom are of East Egg. Being of old money they are used to being rich and live elegantly and have a good, well-known family background so they don't have to show it off. They are therefor referred to as members of "... a rather distinguished secret society." But Gatsby, being new to wealth, shows it off with lots of parties. He lacks the knowledge built up over generations, of how to speak correctly, how to dress with taste and how not to show off his immense wealth. Gatsby can never be anything more than lower class in manners, speech and behaviour, because people with 'old money' will not give away the secrets of their social code. Note that Gatsby holds his parties to attract Daisy. Funny, isn't it??!! Hope this helps!