The Grapes of Wall Street

I had to write a paper where I had to relate a current injustice in society to the historical (yet fictitious) struggles of the novel "The Grapes of Wrath." I'm going to be completely honest with you: the entire time that we were reading this book in class, I didn't read a single page of it. No on did. We all admit that we sparknoted each chapter. We didn't tell the teacher this because she seemed to be a die-hard fan of this book. But it's super difficult to read since the characters talk in the strongest of slang varieties of the 1930's. Not to mention, I had other things to do and spend my time on then to strain my brain reading about the great depression. But I did draw a correlation between the story anf Occupy Wall Street. So that's what I wrote about.

The Glass Castle: As Depressing As A School Book Can Get

So this week, my class started reading our next book: The Glass Castle. Over the weekend, I have to read up to page 57 and finish the study guide for it. I don't even think I'm on page 30 yet, and I already want to throw the book out the window like Bradley Cooper did on Silver Lining's Playbook.

Noteworthy Content from Romeo and Juliet

In school, we read the classic play Romeo and Juliet (written by William Shakespeare). Once again, it's one of those books that I've heard of but never was all that interested in. I didn't even know it was a book! I just thought it was a play. But lo and behold, all the students were given the play in book form. We didn't have to do projects like for Lord of the Flies, so the most we did was essay quizzes and discussions.