Edit to say because I kinda feel bad now: I have nothing against English teachers! Please don’t send your mafia of learned lit nerds after me! …Or do, lit nerds are hot.

  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 months ago

    I disagree and offer Old Man and the Sea.

    I get it, there’s a bunch of symbolism and blah blah blah… I could sum the book up in a sentence and not miss much.

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
      10·
      7 months ago

      Lol you are missing a lot. You just don’t give a shit about what you are missing and that’s entirely fair to have that experience

    • Einstein@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      7 months ago

      Grapes of Wrath. My class spent an hour and a half discussing a 2 page chapter about a turtle crossing a road…

      It was torture.