Obviously, this is all things you're supposed to see from READING BETWEEN THE LINES. And these are all THEMES and LIFE LESSONS. ... ... ... *headdesk* THANK YOU. This is EXACTLY what I hated in my high school AP English class- because, for the last two books of the semester, there were new books instead of classics. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister was definitely a valuable reading experience (in a mind-expanding sense), but not exactly the easiest to write an analysis lesson on. The second one was The Secret Life of Bees which was a story about a (white) girl who was OMG abused by her OMG psycho (white-as-they-come) father in the South, and she ran off with the black housekeeper to live with three black beekeeping sisters, and I only mention the races because OMG RACISM IS BAD was one of the things HAMMERED into my head by the book, along with OMG female power and OMG guys are tempermental and must have understanding wimmin to see the good in them and blah blah blah Black Madonna blah blah blah bees blah blah blah ANGST ANGST ANGST blah blah blah *shrieks* TELL THE STUPID GIRL TO STOP WHINING! The girl had enough angst (OMG my father made me kneel on grits!) to be a Mary-Sue, and considering how understanding she was wheen she wasn't whining, cringing, and angsting, she probably frikkin' was a Mary-Sue. She threw a freakin' JAR OF HONEY at the 'Black Madonna' statue that the beekeeper sisters had, and I can't remember whether they made her clean it off or not, but it was because her OMGABUSIVE father had showed up and so she was wildly angsting. She didn't get scolded for it, as I recall.
And THEN there was an essay on compare and contrast her with good old HUCK FINN. (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had been a book earlier in the semester.) This whining little BRAT had to be compared with the great HUCKLEBERRY FINN. I got through it solely by dumping loads of tripe into the essay, blah blah blah "higher morality than those around them" blah blah blah "courage" (yeah, right, as if Huck Finn was whining his head off through the entire book) blah blah blah "abusive fathers". Got an A on the essay.
But GEEZ I hated that book like some people on Anti-Shur'tugal hate Eragon. At least Eragon got to the Varden, even if everyone was laying out a red carpet for his path. This girl did literally NOTHING but angst about her dead mother while four women took care of her. For all the "black/female power" that was supposed to be going on, the black women were LITERALLY forced to act as her mommy-substitutes, while she whined constantly. So, if you take the book to heart, African-Americans exist solely to focus their lives on a whiny little white girl, and the women are either Mommy-figures or USELESS LITTLE B*TCH*S!!!! *snarls*
...Sorry, I've been wanting to get that rant out of the way for about a year. *sighs* At least, looking at Amazon reviews, I'm not alone. And summary/sporks like this show me that I'm not alone in hating "OMG LIFE LESSONS !!!1111!" stories. THANK YOU. You have my eternal gratitude for showing that I'm not some Literature-retard who can't see the beauty and joy of novels filled with OMGLIFELESSONS. *bows* It's a bit weird saying this about a summary/spork, but reading this is a cathartic healing experience that relieves all my frustration from "analysis" essays in high school. *grins* And you and Alec are also freakin' hilarious! :D :D :D
At least Eragon stays in his sociopathic character... Cole's just an annoying jerk that will turn into a GEWD GUY!111shift1! ...And how, exactly, does one 'dance imitating a whale'? Unless you're underwater, methinks you would flop around on the ground until you dry out and die. Beached whales and all. XD
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*headdesk* THANK YOU. This is EXACTLY what I hated in my high school AP English class- because, for the last two books of the semester, there were new books instead of classics. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister was definitely a valuable reading experience (in a mind-expanding sense), but not exactly the easiest to write an analysis lesson on. The second one was The Secret Life of Bees which was a story about a (white) girl who was OMG abused by her OMG psycho (white-as-they-come) father in the South, and she ran off with the black housekeeper to live with three black beekeeping sisters, and I only mention the races because OMG RACISM IS BAD was one of the things HAMMERED into my head by the book, along with OMG female power and OMG guys are tempermental and must have understanding wimmin to see the good in them and blah blah blah Black Madonna blah blah blah bees blah blah blah ANGST ANGST ANGST blah blah blah *shrieks* TELL THE STUPID GIRL TO STOP WHINING! The girl had enough angst (OMG my father made me kneel on grits!) to be a Mary-Sue, and considering how understanding she was wheen she wasn't whining, cringing, and angsting, she probably frikkin' was a Mary-Sue. She threw a freakin' JAR OF HONEY at the 'Black Madonna' statue that the beekeeper sisters had, and I can't remember whether they made her clean it off or not, but it was because her OMGABUSIVE father had showed up and so she was wildly angsting. She didn't get scolded for it, as I recall.
And THEN there was an essay on compare and contrast her with good old HUCK FINN. (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had been a book earlier in the semester.) This whining little BRAT had to be compared with the great HUCKLEBERRY FINN. I got through it solely by dumping loads of tripe into the essay, blah blah blah "higher morality than those around them" blah blah blah "courage" (yeah, right, as if Huck Finn was whining his head off through the entire book) blah blah blah "abusive fathers". Got an A on the essay.
But GEEZ I hated that book like some people on Anti-Shur'tugal hate Eragon. At least Eragon got to the Varden, even if everyone was laying out a red carpet for his path. This girl did literally NOTHING but angst about her dead mother while four women took care of her. For all the "black/female power" that was supposed to be going on, the black women were LITERALLY forced to act as her mommy-substitutes, while she whined constantly. So, if you take the book to heart, African-Americans exist solely to focus their lives on a whiny little white girl, and the women are either Mommy-figures or USELESS LITTLE B*TCH*S!!!! *snarls*
...Sorry, I've been wanting to get that rant out of the way for about a year. *sighs* At least, looking at Amazon reviews, I'm not alone. And summary/sporks like this show me that I'm not alone in hating "OMG LIFE LESSONS !!!1111!" stories. THANK YOU. You have my eternal gratitude for showing that I'm not some Literature-retard who can't see the beauty and joy of novels filled with OMGLIFELESSONS. *bows* It's a bit weird saying this about a summary/spork, but reading this is a cathartic healing experience that relieves all my frustration from "analysis" essays in high school. *grins* And you and Alec are also freakin' hilarious! :D :D :D
At least Eragon stays in his sociopathic character... Cole's just an annoying jerk that will turn into a GEWD GUY!111shift1! ...And how, exactly, does one 'dance imitating a whale'? Unless you're underwater, methinks you would flop around on the ground until you dry out and die. Beached whales and all. XD