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Malachi 06-03-2013 01:57 AM

Anybody read the autobiography Malcolm X
 
I just copped it from my dad \


IT tore up cant wait to read

VividEnds 06-03-2013 01:57 AM

Malcolm X was off his rocker yo

Fig 06-03-2013 02:07 AM

I gotta read pride and prejudice and invisible man as an english assignment this summer. Not fuckin lookin forward to p&p

VividEnds 06-03-2013 02:08 AM

Invisible Man was ill af

Fig 06-03-2013 02:10 AM

Thats what i heard. Really hope so

Malachi 06-03-2013 02:12 AM

LOL @ summer home work

Fig 06-03-2013 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Malachi (Post 67996)
LOL @ summer home work

AP english man. I hope you take it.

oats 06-03-2013 02:39 AM

I would highly recommend using supplementary tools like cliff's notes or film adaptations while reading Pride and Prejudice. I love reading, have an English degree and teach English, and I have a hard time getting through those Victorian novels.

The Bully 06-03-2013 02:47 AM

sparknotes my G, what are you 50?

oats 06-03-2013 02:48 AM

that's how I feel

Fig 06-03-2013 02:52 AM

I personally use shmoop

The Bully 06-03-2013 02:54 AM

Hey, at least you developed a selective pallet for english literature in your years oats...
that pride & prejudice shit sucked. One Flew and Gatsby were my favorite back then.

English class man, those were the salad days.

oats 06-03-2013 02:56 AM

only Victorian novels I recall enjoying were Vanity Fair and Wuthering Heights, though the latter grew on me (hated it when I read it in high school, liked it in college). 20th century literature>>>>

IamBenT 06-03-2013 10:19 AM

Fuck Pride and Prejudice homie. Watch the movie. I'm an English teacher, trust me as well.

20th century lit is GOAT

Invisible Man and Gatsby are must reads.

Ghost1 06-03-2013 10:39 AM

I saw the preview to gatsby w leo.....looks good. Superman is coming soo tho. Nolan the don.

NYCSPITZ 06-03-2013 11:18 AM

Yes I've read it. It was cool, he was a G smoking mad bud and his IQ skyrocketed after he started reading every day in prison (he was barely literate when he entered).

Oatmeal is smart but I would avoid sparknotes so that you can think for yourself. Try to come to terms with the author based on your experience and write down any foreign looking words that you'd like in your arsenal on a piece of paper and look them up if you can't derive meaning from context.

The holy grail of learning how to read = How to Read a book by Mortimer Adler. Totally worth reading, I've only peeped a bit of it but lots of good info there.

oats 06-03-2013 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCSPITZ (Post 68100)
Oatmeal is smart but I would avoid sparknotes so that you can think for yourself. Try to come to terms with the author based on your experience and write down any foreign looking words that you'd like in your arsenal on a piece of paper and look them up if you can't derive meaning from context.

for a book you enjoy reading, yes. For a book you are struggling to get through but are assigned to do so, no. Otherwise, it'll be difficult for you to construct any meaningful insight on what's happening.

NYCSPITZ 06-03-2013 12:34 PM

^^ yea but then you'll get too used to using sparknotes as a crutch and never develop your reading acumen. Even if your understanding is 10% gleaned from reading w/o assistance, it can be better than 25% understanding b/c u used sparknotes. To each his own though just seems better to not use that shit imo otherwise you'll never really be thinking 4 urself.

VividEnds 06-03-2013 12:38 PM

I use sparknotes to review, sometimes, like in Heart of Darkness or A Tale of Two Cities, the writing is so dense that u gotta read it like 3 times to pick up on key plot points and symbolism

Back when this shit was written, authors expected their best works to be slowly read and digested, not read in a week and a half for some faggot English group discussion

Got a 5 on the AP Lit test btw holla

IamBenT 06-03-2013 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by VividEnds (Post 68119)
I use sparknotes to review, sometimes, like in Heart of Darkness or A Tale of Two Cities, the writing is so dense that u gotta read it like 3 times to pick up on key plot points and symbolism

Back when this shit was written, authors expected their best works to be slowly read and digested, not read in a week and a half for some knuck English group discussion

Got a 5 on the AP Lit test btw holla

Thats whats up homie, rep for them 5s


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