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2014/06/01 19:10:45
Subject: Sorry America, your literature is not good enough for Britain...
Overlord Thraka wrote: I don't get alot of the classics you talk of. I found Lord of the Rings a tedious read, and 1987 boring. That said, I've scored incredibly high at reading comprehension and vocabulary tests.
I've read tons of other things including all the Redwall books, the Narnia books and Harry Potter books. Maybe I'm still just a dumb kid but I don't think so. Some people will like and understand things like Lord of the Rings and 1984 in book format. But some people won't. It's like the person with an IQ of 80 figuring out a word puzzle that a person with a IQ of 160 couldn't get. Some people are just built that way. 1984 and the Lord of the Rings books just aren't for me.
Regarding the brits snobbing out American books and writers, some of the greatest writers and books came from America! I don't know what they were thinking. No offense meant to the may Brits who are reading this. Americans do dumb things too. See 'Redneck' for proof of this
I think you meant 1984?
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