Assignment: Most Disturbing Thing You've Ever Read

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  1. Richy

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    I got this assignment from my Social Studies teacher.
    I was debating talking about a thread from here.
    I went with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
    I love opinion essays.
     
    #1 Richy, Dec 10, 2009
  2. lolcow

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    Dahl is the most disturbing thing you've read? You need to get out more

    But disturbing? A Modest Proposal would probably be it
     
    #2 lolcow, Dec 10, 2009
  3. Richy

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    Dahl certainly isn't the most disturbing thing I've ever read... but with social studies assignments, if I include some kind of life story or some weird reason, it will get me 100% :yup:

    A Modest Proposal... so, it's disturbing... but is it good? Like, what's it about?
     
    #3 Richy, Dec 10, 2009
  4. lolcow

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    Eating babies
     
    #4 lolcow, Dec 10, 2009
  5. Richy

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    O.O
     
    #5 Richy, Dec 10, 2009
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    psh but that's not truly disturbing because it's satire.

    Hm...nietzsche?
     
    #6 Phee, Dec 10, 2009
  7. lolcow

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    i see your nietzsche and raise you a kierkagaard
     
    #7 lolcow, Dec 10, 2009
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    I see your kierkegaard and raise you a chomsky
     
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  9. Freja

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    How can you say Kierkegaard is disturbing? o_O I wouldn't say disturbing, more interesting! (Oh and btw, he is Danish!!! ;))

    Uh, most disturbing thing I've read? Probably American Psycho - and yeah, I don't read much . At least not disturbing things.
     
    #9 Freja, Dec 10, 2009
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    kierkegaard = roots of nihilism. also, extremely long-winded

    i see your chomsky and raise you a.. er... sartre? o_x
     
    #10 lolcow, Dec 10, 2009
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    pshhh sartre isn't disturbing! actualyl chomsky isn't either, but i just did some work on him so he was on the brain. i raise you a..heidegger?
     
    #11 Phee, Dec 10, 2009
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    #13 Will, Dec 11, 2009