THE BEST OF MARCH

KAFKA - THE METAMORPHOSIS

"I THOUGHT THE BUG WAS SCARY BUT WHY HE DIE

WHY

A APPLE? HE 2 BIG MANG. 2 DIE TO APPLE"


PARMENIDES - FRAGMENTS

"Paramenides wanted to one up Heraclitus.

Unfortunately he was an idiot.

Heraclitus said 'You can't step in the same river twice.'
..because the river is always changing so it's not the same river.

Paramenides said 'You can't step in the same river once'
..because Paramenides was an idiot.

He later came up with philosophical gems like 'Motion is impossible'.
& his student Zeno was made famous by essentially (and erroneously) stating that an infinite series could not resolve to a finite solution. I.e. you can never get to a doorway because you will infinitely have to cover half the remaining distance.

So as far a I can tell his big contribution was to delay the development of Calculus for 2100 years."


HENRY JAMES - DAISY MILLER

"DAISY MILLER is part of my 'appetizer' book series for my pre-IB kids in 2011 ... it is the kind of 'girl book' I am loathe to teach...."

"From a historical perspective it's one of the very first novels written."

"If we search someone to blame for the death of 'innocent' Daisy, i think she herself is the one to blame ... You thought you were more intelligent than Mrs. Walker. Girl, you should have listened to her advises. You were so arrogant and you thought you were a wise guy. You found yourself in the astonishing life of Europe. Travelling around the Europe didn’t improve your knowledge but your arrogance in society. You deserve death…
:)"


SHAKESPEARE - RICHARD II

"Did they pronounce words back in Elizabethan England very differently than they do now? Nowadays, Shakespeare's stuff just doesn't sound like poetry. And what's the deal with 'art', 'thou', etc. ? It's still understandable, but very annoying. Couldn't they translate it into modern English? There is no rhythm to be broken anyhow.
I actually think Shakespeare worship is perpetuated much like the myth about Emperor's clothes.
Don't you think it's a bit symtomatic that the earliest English author of any significance also happens, by pure accident, no else, to be the greatest author and poet of all times and languages? Huh?"


HOMER - ODYSSEY

"I felt like I was reading an older, less interesting adult version of Percy Jackson."


ORWELL - ANIMAL FARM

"Recommend to?

old people who like nothing but boredom in there life. who don't actually want anything but a boring book of poos"

"I didnt really like this book very much i didnt like how it said that animals could talk and that the became like humans, i didnt like the way that it said that the animals could learn to read and write, i didnt like how it said they could learn to fire a gun, i dint like how it said that the animals could chase off the humans, overall it was an absolutely terrible book and obviously made no sense, it just made no sense"

"This book totally skews production ag. If you beleive that all farms are the same as this, you need to become more educated"

"the book is so boring i almost fell asleep reading it. george orwell must be old. i do not recommend this book to anyone.. try watching tv instead."