Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for October 15, 2010
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Boy: If you can get me the "Wimpy Kid" book early, you'll change my life. Laura: How so? Boy: I'll be considered an insider. I'll have something that no other 5th grader has. Laura: What about this? Boy: James Joyce "Ulysses"? Laura: I guarantee no other 5th grader has that.
I agree with fritzoid. Aside from getting to read obscenities as part of a high school reading assignment, I got nothing out of “Catcher in The Rye.” “Catch 22” and “Slaughterhouse 5” were two I enjoyed, reading them on my own. After the movie came out, I reread Kurt Vonnegut’s book and had a better understanding.