I enjoy many types of literature. I had read erotica before, but it was empty, pointless, just plain stupid. Marquis de Sade's "erotica", is, I find, very vivid in a creative sense. I enjoy vivid writings, however violent/sexual/etc they are.

Marquis De Sade is a ***** old pervert, I am sure of that, but I think he's a near genius for other things as well. I believe any book should be read, regardless of how much filfth and cruel it is, as they always teach at least something.

Celtic,
What's with your seemingly recent interest in the Marquis De Sade and his works? Honestly from a smut perspective they are great but from a literary standpoint his writing and thought processes are garbage, I know because I have read Justine and 120 days of Sodom and studied Sade in the past. The man himself is interesting but a person of your superior intellect should seek out more refined literature than a ***** old man's fantasies of orgies and rape.

while Cut was a good book i don't think it was controvesial

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Controversial books bring us what the non-controversial books don't: a harsh, even painful at times, take at reality.

I totally agree. A book that tends to scare some parents, and even some teens is "Cut." It shows the reality of depressed/suicidal teens. Come on people you know it's out there.

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No, the Jungle was gross.

i thought we already established that? maybe i missed something....

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The Good Earth wasn't gross.

No, The Jungle was gross.

maybe thats why we all read too much the realism in our life is killing us hehehe. And i know when the book was written and also know that reforms were made because of it thats still isn't going to stop my reaction around a hotdog

Um. The Good Earth wasn't gross. And the Good Earth is boring because it's realism. REALISM is boring!

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Don't ever read The Jungle By Joseph Sinclair you'll never be able to eat meat again.

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Don't read The Good Earth by Pearl s Buck

Both of these books, while gross and boring respectively, are social commentary. The Jungle was meant to inform people of the sad, sorry condition of the meatpacking industry. After reading The Jungle, Teddy Roosevelt began to call for reforms. As for The Good Earth, it's just about life in China at that time. Yes, it's boring, but the Chinese are generally boring. The most interesting time was when the Great Wall of China was being built.

The Jungle made me say "meh" rather disinterestedly, and The Good Earth made me yawn.

Many books are banned because people are afraid they'll turn their children into fornicating, cursing, baby-eating Communist hippies. Of course, I've read many banned books and nothing of the sort has happened to me. At least not yet.

Damn, it sucked.

i love your summary i read the book and thats about it lol

I almost read the jungle. Could never get my hands on it. Don't read The Good Earth by Pearl s Buck. It sucks majorly. Here it is: man loves land. man is poor. man farms land. man remains poor. man gets wife. famine attacks man. man moves south. man begs. man is less than poor. man moves back to farm. man is rich. man is promiscuous. man is dying. man moves back to farm. man loves land again. man dies. man's sons sell land.

I read The Jungle for my AP US History class. The section concerning the meat-packing industry dates to about a century ago. Applying the same fears of improper sanitation to modern meat preparation would be unfounded.

Granted I did not eat sausage for a week after reading the book, but I got over it. The meat industry today is, for the most part, clean, and I enjoy bratwurst way too much to just stop eating it.

Dairy by Chuck Palahniuk was extermly werid. It just was one of those books that hit you so hard with reality. Proably why i like the author so much. He wrote another book called Lullaby that was odd too kind of distrubing actually

Don't ever read The Jungle By Joseph Sinclair you'll never be able to eat meat again.

yes they have banned most of Mark Twain's books along with Catcher in the Rye (why was that banned by the way ? ) Roots Harry Potter any Ray Barburdy book is banned I hate school. And Dante's Divine Comedy.( not that that book is very controversail) Ive brought all those books into english class with me daring the teacher to say something.

Another good kinda of controversail book to read is Letters to Earth by Mark Twain ****ing hilariuos.

Heh...read something by Marquis de Sade...that man was an insane pervert.

What, saying "oh Ford!" a million times?

That is true alongside with the language.

It has a lot of sexual content in it. Really not to be read by young people.

It was not banned in widespread conditions, but in a large amount of southern schools the book was forbidden to be read by students.

I don't think it was banned, but Brave New World is the weirdest most disturbing book I think I've read.