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3 good books....

Come on people... I am doing an ISU (Indipendent Study Unit) for english and i need to find 3 books that have something in common that i can write a compare and contrast essay about... What are all of your picks?

Any suggestions?....

I want to do A Clockwork Orange, The Fall (Camus) and I am thinking of something like Titus Andronacous(Shakespeare)... But i do not know how i would tie the last 1 in with the rest so i need new suggestions....

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Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Frankenstien - Mary Shelly

All very much about the ostrasization of society (see any forum references here )

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Already read them all... Can not be books i read.... Well i do not think....

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guerrilla warfare- guevara
the prince- machiavelli
1984-orwel

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Originally posted by ItsJustLogan:
guerrilla warfare- guevara
the prince- machiavelli
1984-orwel

suppression and uprising

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What is the common 3 of them... I have read 1984... (favourite book as well) but i have not read the other 2... what is the common theme of them?

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quote:

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Originally posted by JaySIN:
What is the common 3 of them... I have read 1984... (favourite book as well) but i have not read the other 2... what is the common theme of them?

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heh, i meant to edit it instead of quoting myself, but i suppose it worked just as well

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Actually I should have just said war, because war is just an extension of politics.

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plus i think you'd find the whole bit fairly interesting, i know i did when i wrote that report. i liked the history, but you can squeeze in some violence and sex if you try hard enough.

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L'Etranger - Albert Camus
Moon Palace - Paul Auster
This side of Paradise - F Scott Fitzgerald
or, if one bores you:
Reveries of a Solitary Walker - Rousseau

Common theme is man's fight against opressive peers; existentialism plays an important part too.

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I am interested in reading some of those books....

I need to do my research.... I would hate to start reading a book and realize it does not connect...

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does it have to be authors that are long dead or can contemporaries do? i suggest:

desperation-stephen king
the regulators-stephen king
danse macabre-stephen king

haha. ok, the first two, if you haven't read them yet, are great to dissect from a literary point of view because they both have the same characters, but in different towns and settings. sorta like a "what kind of person would they be if..." thing. and the third is a nonfiction look at contemporary horror, from the written form to film, and all mediums in between. you could use all three to form an essay on contemporary horror literature.

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Anything by Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, or Michael Chricton.

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mmmm, Terry Brooks...
*melts*

oh hey, by the by, can thse books be fiction?

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Of course they can be fiction. look at his original list. The question should be can they be contemporary fiction?

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i asked that question!!

*jumps up and down*

what did i win?


dammit, those trivia threads have made me a bloodthirsty bitch...

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quote:

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Of course they can be fiction. look at his original list. The question should be can they be contemporary fiction?

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Originally posted by morgana:
does it have to be authors that are long dead or can contemporaries do? i suggest:

desperation-stephen king
the regulators-stephen king

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Any three books from "The Executioner" series, Mack Bolan kicks ass!!

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"The Joy of Cooking"
"Fight Club"
"Titus Andronicus"

Theme = preperation.

Or...

"Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintanance"
"The Fountainhead"
"Franny and Zooey"

Theme = growth.

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Malory, Complete Works (king arthur stuff)
Silko, Ceremony
Mones, Lost in Translation

The first is old, old, old...if you're not accustomed to Middle English, you may wish to get a hold of a Modern English translation of the stories. The second two novels are contemporary (within the last 15 years).

The common theme is questing, of spiritual struggles, and of "doing the right thing." You could also tie in Spike Lee's movie for kicks, if you're feeling really twisted.

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There's a Monster at the End of this Book staring Grover
Cookie Monster needs Cookie! staring Cookie Monster
Bert and Ernie in Oscar's Back Alley staring Bert, Ernie and Elmo in a leather clad cameo.

Theme- monsters are cool.
Here is proof.

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I am bringing this dead topic back alive... I still want to hear peoples opinions

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The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
Dracula – Bram Stoker

All have to do with forbidden kinds of love. And they are all sensational literature.


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