what should i read...tom sawyer or red badge of courage?

[chiwawa626]

what should i read...tom sawyer or red badge of courage?
I really liked huck fin, and i really wanna read an adventrous book...buthen i really liked all quiet on the western front, war book, and i really like band of brothers on hbo, but then again red badge is bout civil war...i want some german action..hmph...i have to read a great american novel...i wish i could read band of brothers the book ....what do u guys think, any other books i mite like?

 

[chiwawa626]

how bout catch22?

 

[Windogg]

If you want to read "Band of Brothers" the book, pick up D-Day by Stephen Ambrose. Many of the lines from Saving Private Ryan come from that book. I saw the movie a year after reading to book and realized how much was based on the real experiences of soldiers. The follow up "Citizen Soldiers" follows the Army from the Hurtgen Forest through the Bulge.

Windogg

 

[notfred]

/me thinks chiwawa626 is a high school sophomore.....

 

[chiwawa626]

im a junior
....but i really want to read these books.

 

[RossGr]

What is stopping you from reading them both? RBC is a pretty quick read, TS not much longer. Enjoy, both are good books.

 

[brxndxn]

If you are in high school, read "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".. Please! It's such a good book - it's the only book that kept me thinking about it weeks afterward..

"Catcher in the Rye" is okay.. I loved "Huck Fin" and "Tom Sawyer" .. but trust me, read "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest"

Another good read is "How To Win Friends And Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

 

[chiwawa626]

think i mite just read tom sawyer for class and get a steven ambrose book to satisfy my other side... ....for some reason the civil war dosent sound to entertaining...

 

[PsychoAndy]

they're both classics...this is a toss up

 

[iamshady]

Red Badge of Courage gets my vote...

 

[etech]

When you get through with those,

The Soul of a New Machine

Red Sky at Morning

 

[Thump553]

Definately read both. Red Badge is an easier read.

 

[SpecialEd]

Read Catch 22!!! probably the funniest book I read for a high school class! great book!

Tom Saywer... adventure book... its okay.. Huck Finn was better...

Red Badge... good war story... a little depressing...

it all depends on what mood your in!

 

[gotsmack]

The Red Badge of Courage is THE great american novel! The way Stephen Crane writes is amazing. I definately recomend you read it.

 

[GasX]

Red Badge of Courage will take you two days to read at most. It is a really short book. In short:

Young boy is inspired by the war propaganda
Boy joins army
Boy goes to war
Boy sees some horrible things
Boy becomes Man

I won't spoil the ending, but it is a very quick read.

Tom Sawyer is very entertaining and much more accesible.

If you want a war book, read The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan.

 

[DuffmanOhYeah]

Old man and the sea followed by Anna Karenina, then the Federalist Papers, then the Illiad then.......well, I suppose I could go on for a while....

 

[SALvation]

<< what should i read...tom sawyer or red badge of courage? >>



Books are for suckers. Go play some video games

 

[Rarr]

Please read Tom Sawyer and save yourself the agony of reading (and sleeping through) the Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane has to be the most boring author of all time. At least Twain had Character.

 

[matthewperry]

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<< what should i read...tom sawyer or red badge of courage? >>



Books are for suckers. Go play some video games >>



..or read a good Maxim

 

[gotsmack]

the most boring author was EDITH WHARTON who wrote Ethan Frome. Worst book I read in high school. It wasn't even have a good writing style, because if a book is well witten it can make up for a lack of a good story.

 

[BDawg]

You may think RBC is the American novel (I'd argue Grapes of Wrath or Sound and Fury), but Tom Sawyer is a "Modern day warrior!"

Mean, mean pride.

 

[Kewlb]

red badge of courage, its a good book.

 

[royaldank]

Man, if you want a good war book, pick up Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. I realize the book is rather long, but I swear it's so f'in sweet. It's about the 3rd world war and Clancy is the master at writing military fiction.

I'd start with Red Storm Rising, and then look at some of the others he's written. Patriot Games, Red October, Bear. Hell, they are all fantastic.