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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I didn't have a teacher who hated humanity until 11th grade, and then all we did was dystopian work. 
Even then, we did Lord of the Flies, Fahrenheit 451, Hamlet, Heart of Darkness, and Oryx and Crake, but not 1984. |
I guess my teachers understood the importance of not buttering up life.
1984 - 9th grade
Lord of the Flies/Hamlet - 10th grade
Heart of Darkness - 12th grade
I highly recommend Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad. I hear this book mentioned multiple times by different artists.
Didn't discover Atwood's Oryx and Crake until after college. I can't imagine it being a high school text. Seems like a (amazing) children's book...well middle school. I read it in one sitting.