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I'd agree with you about growing up after reading him. But that could possibly because his stories were pretty 'raw'. The characters he wrote about were solid. He didn't write about things he didn't know, he wrote about what the people he saw daily, migrants he worked alongside, families and individuals hanging out in the bars around town etc. His stories were about life. I don't think I changed after reading him, I did appreciate that he wrote about places and types of people that I knew. People that my parents grew up with. Families that worked hard, when my older siblings worked in the field, etc it gave me a more solid foundation of the county I grew up in. Living there, it made all his stories even more interesting.
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Flowers for Algernon...
I remember that was a short story although it was a novel too. I think with high school students length and maturity you want to take into consideration. Teenagers are still growing and yet to experience much of life. They need to enage in reading something they can relate too.
So any novel that might be about growing up or coming of age (called a bildungsroman) would appeal.
If you want an English classic, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield would be one. Or Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre.
I cant think of that many American classics (more than 50 years old) that a high schooler would get much out of. Many have attempted to write 'the great american novel' but I dont know if there is just one.
To Kill a Mockingbird has been popular, but then I also see 12 years a slave on the classics shelf.I dont think The Great Gatsby qualifies even though its got 'Great' in the title.
Catcher in the Rye, for some strange reason appeals because of its deadbeat teenage protagonist, But I thought the Bell Jar, which I read at 19 had a more realistic heroine. Though there is a horrifying true story behind THAT novel.
I remember that was a short story although it was a novel too. I think with high school students length and maturity you want to take into consideration. Teenagers are still growing and yet to experience much of life. They need to enage in reading something they can relate too.
So any novel that might be about growing up or coming of age (called a bildungsroman) would appeal.
If you want an English classic, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield would be one. Or Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre.
I cant think of that many American classics (more than 50 years old) that a high schooler would get much out of. Many have attempted to write 'the great american novel' but I dont know if there is just one.
To Kill a Mockingbird has been popular, but then I also see 12 years a slave on the classics shelf.I dont think The Great Gatsby qualifies even though its got 'Great' in the title.
Catcher in the Rye, for some strange reason appeals because of its deadbeat teenage protagonist, But I thought the Bell Jar, which I read at 19 had a more realistic heroine. Though there is a horrifying true story behind THAT novel.
I liked it.
I thought it was a great read. I only read it last year though but I think a high school student could easily read it the lanagauge isnt difficult and the plot isnt too complicated that you get confused or too simple that you get bored.
Also its good to have a bit of context and history at the same time.
I thought it was a great read. I only read it last year though but I think a high school student could easily read it the lanagauge isnt difficult and the plot isnt too complicated that you get confused or too simple that you get bored.
Also its good to have a bit of context and history at the same time.
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Of Mice and Men
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Flowers for Algernon
Of course neither of these two stories have a happy ending...but it's the discussion about the various and changing morality of the characters in these stories that was fascinating to me.
Discussing the motivations of the various characters in these stories was also of extreme importance.
Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is another fairly good classic that can create great discussions along similar lines and include the historic and scientific components as well
Even the MC has issues with morality that is unacceptable in today's world.
And
Flowers for Algernon
Of course neither of these two stories have a happy ending...but it's the discussion about the various and changing morality of the characters in these stories that was fascinating to me.
Discussing the motivations of the various characters in these stories was also of extreme importance.
Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is another fairly good classic that can create great discussions along similar lines and include the historic and scientific components as well
Even the MC has issues with morality that is unacceptable in today's world.