by stewart ouis
Published Wed, Jul 20th 2016, 16:10 | Education
Books are always classical and modern masterpieces that every college student should read at some point in their lives.
Reading is a wonderful exercise for the brain, and who more than a college student to do? The works present below will help you enrich your vocabulary, expand your imagination and strengthen your critical thinking. Do not miss those!
1. "This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald:
A wealthy young graduate of the prestigious University of Princeton is disappointed by the discovery that life is completely different from what was imagined in as a student. This is the debut of Fitzgerald, who wrote only 23 years, which manages to portray what many college cross in their transition to adulthood.
Dystopian novel portrays a divided three totalitarian states, with a total elimination of human freedom -here came the concept of "Big Brother" world - where violence and hatred are the norm. Read this book in a good time to ask yourself if you would be strong enough to maintain your individuality in these circumstances.
3. "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
After killing an old lender, the talented but poor student Raskolnikov seeks to justify his conduct and find out who really is. This classic of Russian literature will make you question your views on moral norms and their place in society.
4. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Set in a dystopian future where there is no happiness and pleasure but individuality is encouraged, this novel can generate important questions in the mind of the young student: What is more important, combat norm or accept things as they are? Can we be happy being all equal?
5. "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov
In the middle of a ramshackle Soviet Moscow comes the Devil himself, disguised as a magician and with his accomplice black cat. Mischief, sadness, romance and mystery make up the atmosphere of this acclaimed novel, in which the devil is seen as a more honest society surrounding character.
6. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez
Legendary, fascinating universal. The story of the Buendia family is required reading for every college student.
7. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
A story about love, friendship and marriage in the new millenium. A seemingly perfect family Midwestern suddenly faced with an increasingly confusing world in which the characters have to choose between love and friendship.
The controversial novel by the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is about the forbidden love of Humbert Humbert, a teacher of 37 years who falls for a girl of 12. Witty, wrenching and extravagant, this work sheds important teachings on forgiveness and sacrifice.
9. A Farewell to Arms "by Ernest Hemingway
Partly autobiographical, the novel tells the story of a young soldier part to the 1st World War to be an ambulance driver. The unforgettable descriptions of war are the perfect setting for a love story as passionate as dramatic.
10. "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck
This classic of American literature recounts the experiences of a rural family who moves to California in a brave attempt to improve their quality of life during the Great Depression. Its plot is a portrait of a divided society in which dignity is closely linked to social class.
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