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SENIOR BOOK PROJECT

Choose one of the following novels and bring it to class on September 6th. Read it by October 28. On that day, you will be taking a 50-question objective test over the novel. n addition, you will write an essay in which you will de!onstrate your understanding of the novel"s !ore so#histicated ele!ents. Co#ies of these books !ay be #urchased at $alf %rice &ooks, '!a(on, and &arnes ) *oble. +ou !ay also order co#ies over the nternet with any online book source or borrow the! fro! the #ublic library. 1. Childhoods End Arthur C. Clarke ,his science fiction novel, written in the -.50"s, is a favorite of !any. /ithout warning, giant silver shi#s fro! dee# s#ace a##ear in the skies above every city on 0arth. 1anned by Overlords, in fifty years, they eli!inate ignorance, disease, and #overty. ,hen this golden age ends 2 and the age of 1ankind begins. Dracula Bram Stoker ,his gothic horror and ro!ance novel, written in -3.4, was ins#ired by the folk legend of nosferatu, the undead. ,old fro! several view#oints in letters, diary entries, and news cli##ings, the story of Count 5racula will create vivid and chilling i!ages in the !inds of those who love !ysteries and horror. The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 5orian 6ray is a #o#ular, good-looking, young !an who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. 's he ages, his #ortrait grows older, but he does not. 5orian sinks into a life of dissi#ation and cri!e. Re ecca Daph e Du!aurier ,his is a novel of !ystery and #assion, a dark #sychological tale of secrets and betrayal, dead loves, and an estate called 1anderly. !utherin" #ei"hts #mil$ %ro te ,his classic tale of #ossessive and thwarted #assion is one of the forerunners of today"s soa# o#eras and ro!ance novels. t is the story of Catherine 0arnshaw and $eathcliff and their intense love for one another. $urder on the %rient E&'ress A&atha Christie ,his fast-#aced !urder !ystery is one of Christie"s !ost fa!ous novels. $ercule %oirot, the sly investigator, is traveling on the overcrowded Orient 07#ress when a notorious gangster is !urdered. ,his detective fiction will kee# you guessing until the final #age. (rankenstein !ar$ Shelle$ ' ti!eless, terrifying tale of one !an8s obsession to create life -- and the !onster that beca!e his legacy. ' love story like no other. #eart of Darkness (oseph Co rad ,he novel that ins#ired the fil! Apocalypse Now. One !an"s journey into the heart of the 'frican Congo, the novel #ortrays the descent into !adness that 1arlow e7#eriences, just as 9urt( had before hi!. Conrad e7#lores the notions of i!#erialis!, insanity, and the struggle between good and evil in this classic twentieth century novel. )ane Eyre * Charlotte %ro te ' classic :ictorian novel. Charlotte, like her sister 0!ily, brings characters to life like few before her or after her have !anaged to achieve. ,his is the story of a young wo!an"s awakening, #hysically as well as s#iritually, and it deals with a love affair that is quite different fro! what we"re used to. ,he language is beautiful, the characters are co!#le7, and the story is sure to beco!e one of your favorites.

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1+. (are*ell+ $y ,o-ely ,a$mo d Cha dler ,his is a fantastic !ystery novel. One of Chandler"s ;%hili# 1arlowe< series, this novel, along with books like The Maltese Falcon =$a!!ett>, The Postman Always Rings Twice =Cain> and The Big Sleep =Chandler> introduced a new kind of sus#ense and, in #art, began the ?il! *oir cra(e of the early twentieth century. ,he language is slanted and !e!orable, the twists and turns are e7citing, and the book is just #lain fun.

11. Catch.22 (oseph -eller One of the funniest books "ve ever read.=says 1r. /eida>.

laugh out loud every ti!e read it. ,his is a war story that

looks at the insanity of war and the soldiers caught u# in it. ' little like 1@'@A@$, a little like a :onnegut novel, $eller wrote one of the !ost entertaining, absurd, lovable novels in the last 50 years. 12. The Bluest Eye .o i !orriso ' #ri(e-winning novel written by ,oni 1orrison in the -.408s. t is !oving and thought #rovoking. %ecola &reedlove, a young 'frican '!erican girl, wishes for blue eyes so that others will love and acce#t her. Ahe wanted to be attractive with what society dee!ed as attractive at that ti!eB blue eyes and blonde hair. 13. The #unch ack of /otre Dame /ictor -u&o 5o not be confused by 5isney"s version of this classic. Cike !ost things in '!erican culture, the novel has been watered down, !ade #olitically correct, and seriously abridged. ,here are no talking gargoyles in the story. nstead, $ugo, who is ?rance"s !ost beloved novelist, sets his story against a cli!ate that allows hi! to share his views on Re#ublicanis!, Ca#ital #unish!ent, Ro!anticis!, and hu!an nature, es#ecially how certain grou#s of #eo#le are !arginali(ed. ,he story can be a little slow at ti!es, but his characters are vivid and engaging, his conflict is gri##ing and convoluted, and his %aris, which he loved so !uch, is re!arkably drawn. 1ore than anything, for those of you who consider yourselves well read, you cannot leave high school without e7#eriencing *otre 5a!e de %aris. ,his is worth the work it will take. 14. 0 Clock*ork %ran"e A tho $ %ur&ess %ublished in -.DE and set in a dis!al dysto#ia, A Clockwork Orange is the first-#erson account of a juvenile delinquent who undergoes state-s#onsored #sychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior. ,he novel satiri(es e7tre!e #olitical syste!s that are based on o##osing !odels of the #erfectibility or incorrigibility of hu!anity. /ritten in a futuristic slang vocabulary invented by &urgess, in #art by ada#tation of Russian words, it was his !ost original and best-known work. 'le7, the #rotagonist, has a #assion for classical !usic and is a !e!ber of a vicious teenage gang that co!!its rando! acts of brutality. Ca#tured and i!#risoned, he is transfor!ed through behavioral conditioning into a !odel citi(en, but his ta!ing also leaves hi! defenseless. $e ulti!ately reverts to his for!er behavior. ,he final cha#ter of the original &ritish edition, in which 'le7 renounces his a!oral #ast, was re!oved when the novel was first #ublished in the Fnited Atates. 1". The 1ite Runner 0haled -ossei i ,his is su##osed to be the first novel ever written in 0nglish by an 'fghan writer. t is a story about broken relationshi#s, betrayal, and rede!#tion. t deals with fathers and sons, friendshi#, and the #olitics in 'fghanistan fro! the -.40"s, through the Aoviet invasion, and u# to the #resent crisis with the ,aliban. Flti!ately, the novel is one !an"s struggle to overco!e an unforgivable sin and find #eace in the world. ,his is a haunting novel that is beautifully crafted. t is delivered in a style that is very accessible, but there is a richness and a de#th to it"s structure that !akes it a #owerful work of literature while still being an ;entertaining< read. ,his novel deals with violence and se7uality in a #otentially offensive way. 'fter co!#leting the novel, there are .WO tasks that you will co!#lete. A ob1ecti2e testB f you do not earn at least a 40G, we reserve the right to !ake you retake the test. 'n average of the two test scores will be recorded. ,his test will be given on October 28th . A essa$ o3 literar$ a al$sis based on a #ro!#t that you will receive on October 14th. +ou will have al!ost a !onth to then write the #a#er =details forthco!ing>, which will be due on 4o2ember 12th. 5O6 !6S. -A/# 5O6, %OO0 W7.- 5O6 O4 S#8.#!%#, 6.- 3or a o2el check &rade.

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