<p>Choco, are you pro-Rand?</p>
<p>@fairy</p>
<p>All Rand is blatant, Foutainhead isn’t politically blantant but still…</p>
<p>^She is never accused of subtlety. Usually she is accused of “beating it over your head with a sledgehammer.”</p>
<p>Still, I liked Anthem. I read it first in 8th grade. And again, about 6 months ago.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about Ezra Pound…Um try someone else?</p>
<p>I’m reading Crime and Punishment and Catch-22 right now.</p>
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<p>Sorry, my bad.</p>
<p>Am I pro-Rand? No.</p>
<p>But I’m not anti-Rand either…(as in OMG I HATE HER WITH SUCH PASSION!)</p>
<p>There are some ideas of hers I agree with to an extent, others not so much.</p>
<p>But I don’t like when people dismiss her as “stupid.”</p>
<p>I did a HUGE project on her, so yea…if you ask something more specifically, I can answer.</p>
<p>^^^ Two of my favourite books ever I hope you enjoy them ;)</p>
<p>Regarding Rand: I likes the Foutainhead… A lot… But I thought Atlas Shrugged was jejune at best.</p>
<p>Right now I’m liking Catch-22 a lot more. It’s HILARIOUS. I mean, obviously it’s only value isn’t comedy, but it is so funny. I have LOL-ed. And I love Heller’s style.</p>
<p>Crime and Punishment…hate/love relationship. Some parts I really like, then other parts UGH I just can’t wait to finish. I’m at Part Three for Crime, and halfway mark for Catch-22.</p>
<p>I read crime and punishment a long time ago, but the reason he killed the pawn shop woman was never very deeply understood</p>
<p>Everyone should read a bunch of poetry so we can discuss literature</p>
<p>You can also read epic poetry (Paradise Lost, Orlando Furioso, The </p>
<p>Fountainhead is better, I agree. Though Howard Roark himself is sort of…one-dimension/flat. Dagny seem a bit more layered. </p>
<p>Thanks for teaching me the word “jejune.”</p>
<p>And…Fiction>Poetry.</p>
<p>Though, I don’t really know much poetry…</p>
<p>^^^ Catch-22 is hilarious, Heller is only one of two writers who I actually LOL at (the other being Hunter Thompson).</p>
<p>Roark was interesting but One-dimensional, Dominique and Keating were actually good characters though.</p>
<p>Yeah, I like the latter two as well. Gail was good, too.</p>
<p>I also laugh at Kurt Vonnegut.</p>
<p>^ Heard the name don’t know anything by him… Any recommendations?</p>
<p>Cat’s Cradle.</p>
<p>I have yet to read it, but my 8th grade history teacher sang many praises.</p>
<p>Player Piano.</p>
<p>Slaughterhouse-Five (his most famous?)</p>
<p>Cat’s Cradle (like fairy said).</p>
<p>Those are the three I’ve read. Love them all.</p>
<p>^ Right, I’ll definately get those then. Thanks :)</p>
<p>I didn’t find Slaughterhouse-Five that funny or meaningful =/ I read a quarter of Anthem and thought it was okay.</p>
<p>Slaughterhouse-Five wasn’t funny, but Cat’s Cradle and Player Piano was. However, I found Slaughterhouse-Five to be enjoyable and meaningful and a very fluid read.</p>
<p>Just finish Anthem. It’s short. Well, maybe it’s just me, but I hate not finishing books.</p>
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<p>lolololololol read Galapagos. Weirdest thing I’ve ever read</p>
<p>Cat’s Cradle was pretty weird, but in a good way.</p>
<p>yeah. Galapagos was funny, but just very strange, almost like Kafka or Gogol</p>