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Old October 9th, 2009, 09:26 AM   #1
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Just read it for school. It has great imagery and symbolism, but over all the book is dry. What do you think?
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your dry

i kind of had to speed read it this week in order to finish it by the deadline, but it was pretty good. wilde does a good job of creating a character who slowly sinks into evil and at the same time allows the reader to sympathize with him.

the love triangle, if you will, between basil, henry, and dorian is pretty crazy too.

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your dry

i kind of had to speed read it this week in order to finish it by the deadline, but it was pretty good. wilde does a good job of creating a character who slowly sinks into evil and at the same time allows the reader to sympathize with him.

also henryxdorian 4lyfe
lol well you can argue about that book being interesting with a bunch of thrill loving, excitement eating, 10th graders. Im pretty sure none of us liked it, probably half of us barely even read it. Over all it was decent but the ideas going through Dorians head were very blinded, especially towards the end when he wanted to become "good," whatever that is.
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i like it. no homo.

film looks like dog shit.
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Old October 9th, 2009, 11:12 AM   #5
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you got your articles goofed up sonny. it's "the" not "a"

sorry i am an english major
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Old October 11th, 2009, 08:31 PM   #6
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I really enjoyed The Picture of Dorian Gray, something about the theme was very appealing and the writing put everything just cleverly enough to avoid dullness.
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lol well you can argue about that book being interesting with a bunch of thrill loving, excitement eating, 10th graders.
oh like their opinions matter

good lit is good lit ~

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My favorite part was when he died, I could barely stay awake to read it, and I tink I failed most of those quizzes. Oh well, I did not like it, it was very dry, like cardboard.
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My favorite part was when he died, I could barely stay awake to read it, and I tink I failed most of those quizzes. Oh well, I did not like it, it was very dry, like cardboard.
yeah it's real dry i hate it i wish it had more fight scenes

it's gonna be really hard to make an amv on it.... :scared:
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Old October 16th, 2009, 03:19 AM   #11
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My favorite part was when he died, I could barely stay awake to read it, and I tink I failed most of those quizzes. Oh well, I did not like it, it was very dry, like cardboard.
Just goes to show you. Kids have no taste or culture whatsoever.

I don't know why I haven't picked this book up. I need to find a bookstore of some sort.
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...but over all the book is dry
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Oh well, I did not like it, it was very dry, like cardboard.
...Really? I think you guys just can't appreciate good writing.

Maybe you guys should read something with simpler dialogue which is more suited to your level, say, Captain Underpants? I hear they're pretty funny if you've only got half a brain to work with (Or if you're in third grade).

Seriously, if you find books like this dry you'll never fully appreciate other great works that have similar style of writing.

So far I find the dialogue more than engaging, and the writing, descriptions, imagery and diction are sublime.
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Maybe you guys should read something with simpler dialogue which is more suited to your level, say, Captain Underpants? I hear they're pretty funny if you've only got half a brain to work with (Or if you're in third grade).
dude that one captain underpants where they had three signs and the first letters of your first, middle, and last name would correspond to another name on that sign always got me cracking up man i love captain underpants
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omg i remember that

and then i felt insulted when i figured out what my name was at daycare so i cried
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There's nothing wrong with CU, when read by people of the age for which it was intended; however you'd have to be an idiot to read this if you're past middle school, so I used it to make a point, after all, the people I was adressing are 15 and 19 years old, according to their profiles
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