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Frankenstein from “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley.
Why was this the cover? If this is how the monster looked, everything would have been just fine. Give him pants and he’d be the Marlboro Man. I’m talking about Victor Frankenstein, the doctor who made...
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Was Your English Lit Teacher Wrong About Symbolism?
Reblogged from 101 Books: You always wondered if your college lit professor was just making crap up. Turns out, maybe they were. This article from The Paris Review offers a revealing take by many...
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J.K. Rowling admits Hermione should've ended up with Harry, not Ron
Reblogged from Shelf Life: Seven years after putting the finishing touches on her Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling is having second thoughts about romantically pairing Hermione with Ron. Some fans of...
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Faulkner's Advice For Reading His Novels
Reblogged from 101 Books: I guess this means I need to read The Sound and the Fury three more times to get it. Crap. Read more… 8 more words Faulkner is a badass, but do you think this mentality holds...
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Aslan from “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by CS Lewis
Wow, someone made a sexy Mr. Tumnus. I may have to do this next. Damn. I don’t want to hear about how Aslan symbolizes Jesus, or how having sex with animals is wrong. We all know Aslan the Lion is...
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Chase from “Crank” by Ellen Hopkins
Meth is like one of those, “I give up on life totally” drugs. This book is filled with sleazebags, rapists, absent fathers and drug addicts who drive their girlfriends to suicide. It was hard enough to...
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Pedro from “Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel
This would be really romantic if you weren’t married to her sister. This book had a lot of blah blah about food that I just skipped. I know the recipes had some kind of hidden meaning in the text, but...
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Frankenstein’s MONSTER from “Frankenstein’s Bitch” by K.J. Burkhardt.
Thank God this book costs less than a dollar. I know I’m fighting a losing battle, but people: FRANKENSTEIN WAS THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO MADE THE MONSTER. THE MONSTER IS CALLED ‘FRANKENSTEIN’S...
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The Savage from “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
For everyone here who got here because they’re in Honors English, BNW is basically “Wall-E” but for adults. Huxley predicted the Wall-E-ification of humanity while dystopian writers like Orwell thought...
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Winston Smith from “1984”
Good news: I’m restarting this blog. Bad news: A lot of shit has happened in the past four years to make George Orwell’s 1984 super relevant. You know when people say contradictory things trying to...
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