All the good lit seems to be incredibly depressing in some way.
Every book I've taught my ninth grade has ended on some sour, sad, tragic, what you will note. I'm just teaching what the ninth grade curriculum is telling me. Damn.
9th grade reading? Like Catcher, mice of men, grapes of wrath, ordinary people, animal farm, lord of the flies was in 6th grade for me, the great gatsby, a street car named desire, etc to all that prehighschool highschool reading. Most literary books arent necessarily depressing. I think they entice a enlightening that makes us realize how life can be overwhelming real. Interpretation is key.
Ironically the english curriculum gets kids ready for the real world after high school and they don't even know it (the kids that is.)
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9th grade reading? Like Catcher, mice of men, grapes of wrath, ordinary people, animal farm, lord of the flies was in 6th grade for me, the great gatsby, a street car named desire, etc to all that prehighschool highschool reading. Most literary books arent necessarily depressing. I think they entice a enlightening that makes us realize how life can be overwhelming real. Interpretation is key.
Ironically the english curriculum gets kids ready for the real world after high school and they don't even know it (the kids that is.)
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