I’m about to start watching the 1955 film version of East of Eden, and the thought struck me, “Should I read the book first?” What do you guys think?
On the one hand, the movie does feature the role that zoomed James Dean to stardum. On the other hand, the book is the book that brought Oprah’s book club back.
Please post your advice in the comments. I will make no step forward until I have all the facts.
On the one hand, the movie does feature the role that zoomed James Dean to stardum. On the other hand, the book is the book that brought Oprah’s book club back.
Please post your advice in the comments. I will make no step forward until I have all the facts.
10 Comments:
"read the book. it rules very hard. i remember being sad when it was over which is exactly how i feel every time a episode of "search for the next pussycat dolls" ends. devastated."
at 4:35 PM, and we were happy.
"book."
at 7:26 PM, and we were happy.
"what kind of question is that?"
at 9:21 PM, and we were happy.
"It's the kind where you ask somebody whether you should read the book before you watch the movie. Geez, drew, this baby things really screwing with you."
at 7:52 AM, and we were happy.
"i see the book on my shelf, haunting me. why does it have to be so freaken big. but of course you are Torre master reader. oh my, tough call. I vote read it."
at 2:14 PM, and we were happy.
"off topic:
http://www.baseballreliquary.org/guide.htm
I guess the baseball reliquary museum is a traveling museum without a permanent location. I'll keep looking for more info."
at 6:38 PM, and we were happy.
"Here we go:
http://www.baseballreliquary.org/Calendar_2007.htm
for once I found more info on yahoo instead of google."
at 6:40 PM, and we were happy.
"who has my copy?"
at 9:27 PM, and we were happy.
"Keith, you seem to have misunderstood Drew's question. Drew was not trying to elicit information, which is the standard purpose of a question. Rather, he was making a statement in question form. These are called rhetorical questions.
Bethancourt, I vote that you do things the high school way. You read a chapter in the book, then watch the corresponding section of the movie. It takes discipline, but I found it very rewarding since I was often able to sleep during the movie (and while "reading" the book). I think this is what Drew meant when he aptly said, "What kind of question is that?""
at 1:00 AM, and we were happy.
"read it! it's one of my all time favorite books, and i don't throw that around easily. i love it almost as much as harry potter."
at 7:45 PM, and we were happy.
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