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Ha. We read that book earlier this year for my honors English class. I recall having to disect every little detail of that book.
I think that once you do that the book loses value. You can't enjoy it quite so much because you'll remember discussions you had in class about Guy Montag or some other character. And themes never made sense to me. It always seems that it should be what the reader thinks and not what the teacher says.
I still can't bear to read the books we did last year. To Kill a Mockingbird was my favorite book until we went over the themes: Growing up, Racism, and Curiosity. And for that matter Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (also published as Murder in the Calais Coach). Both good books, but butchered by Mrs. Carroll!
I think that once you do that the book loses value. You can't enjoy it quite so much because you'll remember discussions you had in class about Guy Montag or some other character. And themes never made sense to me. It always seems that it should be what the reader thinks and not what the teacher says.
I still can't bear to read the books we did last year. To Kill a Mockingbird was my favorite book until we went over the themes: Growing up, Racism, and Curiosity. And for that matter Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (also published as Murder in the Calais Coach). Both good books, but butchered by Mrs. Carroll!
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