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Post by pixie on Apr 10, 2008 3:39:08 GMT -5
When I was 10 I read the adapted version of Journey to the Center of the Earth and I really liked it. i read the book when i was in middle school. my teacher recommended it cos i was good at science subjects (maths, physics ..etc. i'm actually a science major now at uni) so he thought i would be interested in science fiction but it really didn't interest me. i found the fact that the story line was basically about the characters going from life-threating sitution or mere weird creatures and places to another rather boring. i also missed the intense interaction between the characters that existed in the other books that i was reading at the time.
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Post by Pilleriin on Apr 10, 2008 3:56:01 GMT -5
I think I should read it again, but I think I would still like it. I've always liked this kind of books (adventure) and I really liked Jules Verne, but I haven't read any of his books lately so..... I actually didn't pay attention to the characters, but I really enjoyed the description and the idea itself ( I was also a big fan of mysterious things )...
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Post by pixie on Apr 10, 2008 4:11:04 GMT -5
yeah, the description was good but i think the lack of story other than the adventures the characters been through made me loose interest and get bored after a while. i read "Eragon" and i really liked it cos i thought there was balance between the description of the weird creatures and worlds and an actual normal story happening between the characters. i hope you are getting what im saying?
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Post by Pilleriin on Apr 10, 2008 4:27:19 GMT -5
Yes I get it and I think that I was too little to think like that But yes, I got it. I liked Eragon too, but when I started reading the next book, I think it was Elder , I didn't understand anything. (I'm that kind of person who forgets the details, but remembers the feeling )I didn't remember the details and because of that I got really bored, so I just stopped.
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Post by pixie on Apr 10, 2008 4:47:19 GMT -5
yes, you are right the next book was Elder but i actually didn't read it. i only read Eragon.
i agree with you. when you have read a book a long time ago, you usually remember the impression the book left on you more than the actual details of the book. it's also interesting how your views of a book change when you re-read it at an older age. in one of my classes, we were talking about how understanding something differs from one person to the other because understanding is actually refering the information you are receiving to your previous knowledge. i think that's why your views of a book change when you re-read it at an older age cos your knowledge expanded and your opinions maybe altered a bit.
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Post by Pilleriin on Apr 10, 2008 13:07:01 GMT -5
I've actually experienced that. The first time I tried to read HP and the Philosopher's Stone I hated it. I stopped after reading the 3rd chapter. But then a year later I gave it another try and I loved it It was the first book I finished in one night.
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Post by Melissa G. on Jun 1, 2008 12:11:05 GMT -5
I only read the first 5 or so pages of this, but here's my two cents. I did not like The Hobbit or the LOTR books -- I liked the movies though. Cute guys, lol! I did like DaVinci Code, but I liked Angels and Demons better. I read DaVinci Code first b/c I wanted to read it before we saw the movie. I have a sad, sad reading story though. When the HP craze started (I think only the first 3 books were out), my little brother really got into them. He was about 7 or 8 years old and couldn't read well enough to read them himself, so I would read them out loud to him. We got almost to the end of the first book and his school teacher told him that he would go to hell for reading those books..... he's never picked up a book since (for pleasure). I rarely use the word hate but I really hate that woman for doing that. He used to LOVE books.
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Post by Isa on Jun 1, 2008 13:11:10 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, that's an awful story! And to think that this woman is in charge of educating children is down right scary. But if your little brother used to love books, then I'm thinking that eventually he'll grow to love them again once he's old enough to understand that his teacher was wrong about the whole thing.
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Post by Hanna on Jun 1, 2008 15:46:16 GMT -5
Wow, Melissa, that is so sad! I think it's stupidity/insecurity that makes people say those things. My younger brother had a similar experience at school about Lord of the Rings. He went to a Christian private school and several of the teachers would reprimand him for reading Tolkien, because his books were satanic, which is incredibly stupid since Tolkien himself was a Christian. Eventually my parents pulled him out of that school because they would destroy my brothers love of reading. I don't mean to be religiously offensive by writing this (most of you know I'm a Christian myself) but I think many religious people have a tendency to get scared by books about unnatural things, and are very ready to condemn them as evil. It's sad and very narrowminded.
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Post by thenephilim on Jun 1, 2008 23:42:53 GMT -5
I completely agree. I'm a Christian as well, but I like to think that I am very open-minded. I think that if your faith is strong enough, fiction and/or fantasy books would not change it at all. Not that if your faith wasn't strong or you don't believe, that you would get "hoodwinked" by fiction, but hopefully you know what I mean. I think it's awful when people do things like that.
Melissa, I actually like Angels and Demons better than The Da Vinci Code as well. It wasn't as hyped up and I think the story was better. Did you know that there will be an Angels and Demons movie out in December? At least that is what imdb.com reports...
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Post by Dominique on Jun 2, 2008 1:57:35 GMT -5
I think that's the kind of thing that I will lodge a complaint with the school about. Not only is it really wrong and closed minded but it's also pretty unprofessional. Imagine telling an eight year old boy he's going to hell for reading Harry Potter. What a crazy teacher!
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Post by Melissa G. on Jun 2, 2008 9:17:38 GMT -5
I completely agree. I'm a Christian as well, but I like to think that I am very open-minded. I think that if your faith is strong enough, fiction and/or fantasy books would not change it at all. Not that if your faith wasn't strong or you don't believe, that you would get "hoodwinked" by fiction, but hopefully you know what I mean. I think it's awful when people do things like that. Melissa, I actually like Angels and Demons better than The Da Vinci Code as well. It wasn't as hyped up and I think the story was better. Did you know that there will be an Angels and Demons movie out in December? At least that is what imdb.com reports... I'd heard there was one coming out but I had no idea when! I'd love to see it. I just hope it lives up to my expectations! ;D
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Post by Melissa G. on Jun 2, 2008 9:18:51 GMT -5
I think that's the kind of thing that I will lodge a complaint with the school about. Not only is it really wrong and closed minded but it's also pretty unprofessional. Imagine telling an eight year old boy he's going to hell for reading Harry Potter. What a crazy teacher! We did complain to the principal and she apologized but the damage was already done. She was a horrible teacher. My husband had her in elementary school too. He didn't like her either.
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Post by Lu on Jun 2, 2008 15:46:46 GMT -5
She's awful! A teacher should encourage children to read..not scare them. It's so sad, I hope he'll grow to love books again.
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Post by oureternity on Jun 2, 2008 15:54:37 GMT -5
That's horrible! The sad thing is that teachers like that are everywhere, always unknowingly damaging students. It was the same for me and my brother in elementary and high school.
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