Bloody Literature

The books that we have read so far in English have really surprised me. I have always thought that classic short stories were supposed really boring and not fun to read. But so far, the books we have read have been able to keep my attention, and were surprisingly based on death, or destruction. Starting off with the Most Dangerous Game, I really liked this story when I read it as a freshman. The idea of somebody being hunted down on an island reminded me of The Hunger Games series, which is one of my favorite. The next story we read was The Child by Tiger. I found this story very interesting. It was interesting in how the character of Dick Prosser went from being the nicest character in the story to going insane and killing a bunch of people. And, the fact that Thomas Wolfe made him an African American really showed the racial views that people had in the 1930's. The last book we've read was The Destructors. I found this story to be really messed up. For some kids who are in a "gang" to want to destroy an old mans house just because he offered them some candy was very strange. I don't even know how someone can come up with that idea. I don't remember ever thinking about destroying houses when I was as young as some of the characters in this story.