Catcher in the Rye: This book showed a very different perspective on things. Holden’s point of view is very pessimistic, but at the same time it’s good because he notices bad things that should be changed. However, because he spends so much time focusing on everything else, he doesn’t exactly take time to see himself and how negative he’s being. If he could see himself, outside of himself, he’d probably call himself a “phony!” Overall, I didn’t like the book because it was so negative, like Robyn said.

First They Killed My Father: An amazing memoir. This was my favorite- I couldn’t put it down! I didn’t enjoy reading the awful things that happened- truthfully some things were very disturbing to be reading while the white pretty snow was falling outside- but it’s really good to understand what those people went through. I’m so thankful to live in a free country. I think the most amazing part of it is how the author chose to react to the circumstances, even as a six year-old little girl. She could have let all the hatred fester and become a very hardened, angry person. But instead, she didn’t let them kill her spirit.

Inherit the Wind: I really enjoyed this play as well. I liked to see how the proverb played out in the different characters, especially Brady. It was interesting to see the argument being held, and the different character’s views. I think it would have been better acted out, as any play is, but I still liked to read about it, especially since it is based on a real life case that happened.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Yes, I too thought this was going to be hard to understand and be possibly slightly boring just because Shakespeare wrote it. In fact, it was very easy to follow and it was humorous. I liked having it read to us; that really helped to see each character’s personality a little better.

My Antonia: I actually really liked this one too. I agree that at times the plot wasn’t very engaging, but the description with which Cather wrote really drew me into the time and place. Personally, I like reading about older time periods, just to see what it was like, and Cather really did a good job of explaining that, and giving me a little window into life back then.