tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post8828389270912405341..comments2024-03-27T18:25:13.118-04:00Comments on Cup on the Bus: What do Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby and To Kill a Mockingbird have in common?Joanne Noragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-48903546736824972562013-03-21T03:20:23.562-04:002013-03-21T03:20:23.562-04:00I liked To Kill a Mockingbird, but The Great Gatsb...I liked To Kill a Mockingbird, but The Great Gatsby was not a favorite. I remember the symbolism of the red and green lights that our teacher kept emphasizing. Maybe I should try reading these books again.... Someday. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-40345461757422755452013-03-20T16:23:47.623-04:002013-03-20T16:23:47.623-04:00We read Catcher in school and I found it all rathe...We read Catcher in school and I found it all rather depressing<br />You have started me to go and buy a copy again and give it another go xJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-9255910488525391652013-03-20T14:35:26.968-04:002013-03-20T14:35:26.968-04:00Having your grandkids reading some old favorites i...Having your grandkids reading some old favorites is like a gift! I remember these books (except for Catcher in the Rye, which I found disturbing and didn't complete). They were a part of my own coming of age.<br /><br />Your gr-kids are unbelievably blessed to have you.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-50709200050510576792013-03-20T05:28:46.796-04:002013-03-20T05:28:46.796-04:00Catcher in the Rye is the only one of the trio I h...Catcher in the Rye is the only one of the trio I haven't read. Perhaps I should tackle it, even if, like you, I can't love it, perhaps I can admire it.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-67525821094987506142013-03-19T16:12:56.491-04:002013-03-19T16:12:56.491-04:00I thank heaven I can read To Kill a Mocking Bird, ...I thank heaven I can read To Kill a Mocking Bird, or watch the wonderful old film of the same name, with no fear of anyone asking me questions about either! I've loved both of them for years...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-33350770737939987072013-03-19T14:26:58.230-04:002013-03-19T14:26:58.230-04:00I do not think I have ever been more upset about a...I do not think I have ever been more upset about a child not reading a book than when one of CC's home schooled buddies told me she was forbidden to read To Kill A Mocking Bird. I was reading it again upon it's 50th anniversary when she breezed through the living room and asked why I was reading "that horrible book". I know her parents and it was all I could do not to call her mother and have a heated talk with her but one cannot have a reasonable talk with people who are not reasonable. You are as I have said it before a treasure to these kiddos of yours. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562775041134498313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-83010222273082319972013-03-19T13:16:08.356-04:002013-03-19T13:16:08.356-04:00It's good to read that you're not just cri...It's good to read that you're not just critiquing the answers, but also the grammar. It astounds me to see so many kids these days who have never learned how to spell nor write a sentence correctly. They're lucky that you are helping them.The Odd Essayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168404014947652773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-52108328356411879532013-03-19T10:02:18.854-04:002013-03-19T10:02:18.854-04:00Your youngsters are fortunate to have you availabl...Your youngsters are fortunate to have you available for feedback and encouragement. Plus you know incomplete sentences and the difference between Boo Radley and Daisy Buchanan.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-34576757181537980312013-03-19T04:31:52.014-04:002013-03-19T04:31:52.014-04:00I did lie to kill a mockingbird and the only book ...I did lie to kill a mockingbird and the only book I can remember from high school is Lord of the Flies and still to this day the baseness and meanness of humans baffles me, how cruelty is rampant even into adulthood and beyond. Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-10634533368606513502013-03-19T03:11:55.730-04:002013-03-19T03:11:55.730-04:00It was Great Gatsby I couldn't come to terms w...It was Great Gatsby I couldn't come to terms with - loved the other two. And loathed Tess of the Durbevilles. Clumsy symbolism offended the teenage me (if a piece of blood-stained butcher paper blows across your path as you go to visit your potential mother-in-law is it going to be a good or a bad visit? Bah.)Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-49370847054313006062013-03-18T22:45:15.702-04:002013-03-18T22:45:15.702-04:00I never read Catcher in the Rye, but did read the ...I never read Catcher in the Rye, but did read the other two. To Kill a Mockingbird was my all time favorite book from childhood. <br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-58334609127489956402013-03-18T20:07:11.953-04:002013-03-18T20:07:11.953-04:00My first two thoughts have already been expressed ...My first two thoughts have already been expressed in the first two comments (and more succintly, too!).<br /><br />I loved Mockingbird; I never could get going with Catcher in the Rye, but I've heard others say they love it. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-79580913286003734662013-03-18T20:04:56.713-04:002013-03-18T20:04:56.713-04:00I don't know if it's good or bad that thei...I don't know if it's good or bad that their gramma/guardian has literature degrees. We had to read Catcher In The Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Mill On The Floss, Tess of The Dubervilles. Those are the ones I remember. I was a reader but there was one book assigned I just could not read though I tried. I got good grades on the work anyway as all I had to do was listen in class. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-63814686395160610322013-03-18T19:39:49.989-04:002013-03-18T19:39:49.989-04:00You must be quite the speed reader to plow through...You must be quite the speed reader to plow through those books so fast! Your background must be a huge help for those kids. I hope the appreciate how lucky they are!Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-73203396729476311962013-03-18T18:24:21.613-04:002013-03-18T18:24:21.613-04:00Only book I've read from them is The Great Gat...Only book I've read from them is The Great Gatsby, which I liked. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-92214683486078554292013-03-18T18:20:48.136-04:002013-03-18T18:20:48.136-04:00I just reread To Kill A Mocking bird and The Great...I just reread To Kill A Mocking bird and The Great Gatsby within the past few months....I kept wondering what i thought when I read them 30 plus yrs ago...momto8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13964950285763339907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-55827939544127550772013-03-18T17:57:05.172-04:002013-03-18T17:57:05.172-04:00To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my all-time favour...To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my all-time favourites. I still read it at least once a year and now it is on my kindle too. Yes, Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell. I've never read The Great Gatsby but that is also on my kindle waiting its turn. I read The Catcher In The Rye when I was about eleven and couldn't make sense of it, so I re-read it a few years later and still have no idea. When I was in school, we hadn't done what your kids are now doing, we'd just read the book and written an essay on what we thought about it, we had to include the answers to a couple of questions, but there was no deep dissection of the story. That came in later years and I'd left school before that. Even now, I read a book for entertainment value, not to pull it apart and find out what the writer was trying to say and why. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-40288328970612982202013-03-18T17:30:37.817-04:002013-03-18T17:30:37.817-04:00You'll be revisiting all the great young adult...You'll be revisiting all the great young adult classics...and maybe finding a few new ones along the way!Kathy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593849691667606991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-81416782616077306922013-03-18T17:05:08.494-04:002013-03-18T17:05:08.494-04:00All the joys of going to school and none of the mi...All the joys of going to school and none of the misery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920860526738969165.post-54047403888661883822013-03-18T15:24:32.099-04:002013-03-18T15:24:32.099-04:00I have a sneaking suspicion that you are enjoying ...I have a sneaking suspicion that you are enjoying this!<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.com