BussyCat@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoIf you could add one book to the required reading curriculum for people under 18, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down12
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareIf you could add one book to the required reading curriculum for people under 18, what would it be?BussyCat@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square105linkfedilink
minus-squareeightpix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 days agoWas offered this in high school. I read Brave New World and Island by Aldous Huxley instead. I’d say those.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI love Brave New World, but couldn’t get into Island at all. I still have it though, I should give it another go.
minus-squareeightpix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThe way into Island is really buying into the paradise that it would be and being willing to learn the ways of the Palanese. Oh, and a healthy disdain for the world you’d leave behind. I figure that’s only gotten easier with time.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoHa, yes, certainly got plenty of disdain for the world. I’ll give it another go 👍
Was offered this in high school. I read Brave New World and Island by Aldous Huxley instead. I’d say those.
Same here, Canada?
I love Brave New World, but couldn’t get into Island at all. I still have it though, I should give it another go.
The way into Island is really buying into the paradise that it would be and being willing to learn the ways of the Palanese. Oh, and a healthy disdain for the world you’d leave behind.
I figure that’s only gotten easier with time.
Ha, yes, certainly got plenty of disdain for the world. I’ll give it another go 👍