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Listopia > Lawyer's votes on the list The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation (10 Books)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"My first lesson in learning to walk in another man's shoes. That lesson has followed me through life. It has made me a listener and a protector of all the range of mockingbirds I have encountered through the years."
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The Iliad
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"From this I learned the futility of rage, the price of hubris, and that Man interprets the Oracle to his own purpose."
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East of Eden
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"Why "Timshel" is the most beautiful word in the Hebrew language. "Thou mayest." And, if thou mayest, thou mayest not."
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The Last of the Just
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"Based on the legend of the Lamed Zavniks, the thirty-six Just, teaches how thin the fabric of civilization is. Among us there are those who justify the existence of man in the face of overwhelming evil."
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Man's Search for Meaning
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"Frankl taught me the value of hope."
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Crime and Punishment
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"Amorality is the product of egotism."
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Light in August
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"The necessity of belonging, the cost of isolation, the value of identity."
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Absalom, Absalom!
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"Faulkner's masterpiece of the death of the old South and its painful transition to the new."
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Of Mice and Men
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"We are our brother's keeper."
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The Complete Stories
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"Encountering good and evil, the possibility of redemption."
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Sep 26, 2014 08:13AM
Wonderful explanations. Protector of Mockingbirds.
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Riku wrote: "Wonderful explanations. Protector of Mockingbirds."Thanks, Riku. I thought explanations were in order. Your creation of this bucket list challenge was a master stroke. I did my best to concentrate on the books that made major contributions to the manner in which I came to view life. And, in doing so, I attempted to list the books in the order I read them. I will continue to follow this list with great interest. Some choices seem to be made strictly on a literary opinion rather than the list's purpose. But, then, that depends on the age of the reader. Being a senior citizen now, I've much more to look back on. *laughing*
Mike wrote: "Riku wrote: "Wonderful explanations. Protector of Mockingbirds."Thanks, Riku. I thought explanations were in order. Your creation of this bucket list challenge was a master stroke. I did my be..."
Any in your list which you consider lacking in literary merit?
Riku wrote: "Mike wrote: "Riku wrote: "Wonderful explanations. Protector of Mockingbirds."Thanks, Riku. I thought explanations were in order. Your creation of this bucket list challenge was a master stroke...."
Absolutely not. All have literary merit and all have had a lasting impression on my perspective on life. I was referring to comments regarding the lack of particular authors being listed which seemed to me to be on the basis of literary merit only and not the listed purpose of the bucket list challenge.
Mike wrote: "Riku wrote: "Mike wrote: "Riku wrote: "Wonderful explanations. Protector of Mockingbirds."Thanks, Riku. I thought explanations were in order. Your creation of this bucket list challenge was a m..."
Yes. Correct. Authors might have literary merit, but might not really produce a life-changing work. And sometimes the simplest of books might have profound impact (something like Anne Frank?)...
