Merry Christmas, AP Scholars!
I hope you are getting some rest and enjoying yourself before the last 90 days of your high school experience. This post gives you the opportunity to tell me the 6 books you think every high school student should read before graduation. Of course, because my favorite word is why, you need to tell me why these books are important for young adults. (This post closes at midnight on January 2, 2010.)
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Though I am not the world's greatest fan of reading, I still think that all high school students should at least read some literary classics before they graduate. Of these classics, the six most important include...
1. A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens because it is a very entertaining mystery that offers enrichment to the studies of French and history classes
2. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain because it is a humorous novel that demonstrates the styles of both a satire and a Bildungsroman
3. NIGHT by Elie Wiesel because it is a poignant memoir that inspires true empathy for the victims of the Holocaust by drawing the reader into the action and suffering experienced by the Jews during WWII
4. OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck because it is a powerful novel detailing the strength of friendship and the emotions that such relationships can create
5. THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller because it is an entertaining play that is able to draw readers into the action as characters that are extremely unique in a real period of American history
6. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald because it is a moving novel that also depicts the lives of American people during a real period of history
Though each of these books offers unique settings, plots, and characters, they all display some of the same characteristics. For example, they are able to draw the reader into the novel, thus making him or her more interested in literature. In addition, each book has carefully designed, and occasionally well hidden, themes and motifs that explain many of the characteristics of human nature and the workings of the world, both of which typically transcend the specific setting of that novel. Because these books have inspired me to read more frequently in order to find many more of the countless lessons written in such priceless pieces of literature, I believe that every high school student should read them before graduating.
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