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kestrellI was just looking at the list of books for the "Battle of the Books" literacy event
http://www.battleofthebooks.org/book-list/9th-12th-grades-2012.php
and I remembered why I hated high school lit class.
If you are a) an animal b) female or c) disabled, you are probably going to either die young or have a life of one misery after another.
Other high school favorites:
"A Rose for Miss Emily"
The female doesn't die young or suffer tragically but she is a homicidal maniac who kills her lover.
_Of Mice and Men_
The disabled guy is shot by his best friend after a married woman tries to seduce him and then claims to have been attacked.
"Double Indemnity"
A woman plots with her lover to kill her husband so she can collect on the husband's life insurance and then double-crosses the lover.
"Romeo and Juliet"
Okay, Juliet gets to have sex but dies young because the men in her life insist that they have a foolproof plan. Okay, at least that one taught me a valuable life lesson: never accept drinks from a guy who insists that what's in it can't hurt you.
I won't even get into Dickens and his born-to-be-passively-victimized orphans and born-to-die girls and women.
Way to present positive stories about women.
This is why I occasionally say I'm illiterate but I read a lot.
http://www.battleofthebooks.org/book-list/9th-12th-grades-2012.php
and I remembered why I hated high school lit class.
If you are a) an animal b) female or c) disabled, you are probably going to either die young or have a life of one misery after another.
Other high school favorites:
"A Rose for Miss Emily"
The female doesn't die young or suffer tragically but she is a homicidal maniac who kills her lover.
_Of Mice and Men_
The disabled guy is shot by his best friend after a married woman tries to seduce him and then claims to have been attacked.
"Double Indemnity"
A woman plots with her lover to kill her husband so she can collect on the husband's life insurance and then double-crosses the lover.
"Romeo and Juliet"
Okay, Juliet gets to have sex but dies young because the men in her life insist that they have a foolproof plan. Okay, at least that one taught me a valuable life lesson: never accept drinks from a guy who insists that what's in it can't hurt you.
I won't even get into Dickens and his born-to-be-passively-victimized orphans and born-to-die girls and women.
Way to present positive stories about women.
This is why I occasionally say I'm illiterate but I read a lot.
