Monday, August 25, 2008

Freedom will always have meaning, even if it's only in the dictionary.

Ten Pieces of literature published after 1900 that you should appreciate due to their statement on social structure and personal relations as well as the deveoping mentality regarding political structure and dissidence within this structure, regardless of if you had to over-analyze them in English Class or not (also see: really fucking good books that ignorant people should be forced to read):

10. Fight Club- Chuck Palahniuk (1996)
9. The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath (1966)
8. A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess (1962)
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey (1962)
6. To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee (1960)
5. The Chrysalids- John Wyndham (1955)
4. Lord of the Flies- William Golding (1954)
3. The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger (1951)
2. 1984- George Orwell (1949)
1. Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller (1949)

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