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Summary: Thinking about Dorian...
Review: This is a book for the mind! Extremely philosophical, extremely thought provoking! One character in particular talked all in philosophy. There were things he said that would practically keep me up all night thinking. This book is also a good example of how a bad influence can turn a good person into a down right evil one. But the way Oscar Wilde chooses to portray that in the story is so creative. Also I didn't find this book to be as predictable as most tend to be. I thought the ending was especially unpredictable and creative. The only complaints I have are that in a couple parts it got a little bit slow and it was pretty morbid. I do like happy endings and this book traveled further and further from a happy ending with every page. I guess that's okay because the point Wilde was trying to make was not happy. So overall I rate this book high and recommend it to anyone interested!
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Summary: You've Got to Love Wilde's Witty Cynicism
Review: This is really the story that made me fall in love with Oscar Wilde. He's so cynical and sarcastic and witty!! The story is so dark and twisted, even if you can predict the end, you cannot predict all of it. The other stories included in this edition are terrific too, giving a real smorgasboard of his work. My favorite quote from this story is "He lives the poetry he cannot write, they write the poetry they cannot live."
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Summary: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Review: Title of Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray
By: Oscar Wilde
Reviewed By: Mary Poppins
Period: 5 Basil Hallward painted a picture of one of his friends, Dorian Gray. Dorian was about eighteen years old, and everyone said that he was very beautiful. Lord Henry Wotton (Harry), Basil's friend from Oxford, wanted to meet Dorian Gray because Basil told Lord Henry a lot of good things about him. After the picture was finished, Basil gave it to Dorian as a present, and Dorian made a wish that would always be young, and the picture would grow old. Whenever Dorian had a secret, Lord Henry was always the first to know. Dorian's face never changed in eighteen years. He looked exactly the same as when he was eighteen. One day, Dorian took Basil to the attic. Basil was then the first person to know about the picture being altered. After Basil saw the picture, Dorian murdered the man by stabbing a knife behind his ear, stabbing him again and again. The day after Basil was dead, Dorian made Alan Campbell, one of his former friends, get rid of the body, by blackmailing him. Dorian then decided what he was going to do. He was going to destroy the picture, and he thought that he was going to be in peace. He grabbed the knife that he had used to kill Basil and stabbed the picture with it. A cry and a crash were heard. Sometime later, the coachman and the footman went in through the windows. On the wall, there was a picture of Dorian Gray, young and beautiful. On the floor, they saw a man that was wrinkled, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. They had to examine the rings for them to recognize who it really was. I liked the book because it was fun and interesting at the same time. This quote is what made Dorian's wish come true: "...only if it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old!" He didn't know that his wish was to come true. I love when things like that happen! I also disliked the book because in some parts, it just goes on and on about things that I don't understand. Also, there is too much philosophy in this book. This is Lord Henry's quote: "I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, down-right cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated...." The quote still goes on. I think that Lord Henry is too philosophic. My least favorite part of the book was when Dorian was stabbing Basil because that is too nasty for me. That is what I hate to hear.
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Summary: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Review: Title of Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray
By: Oscar Wilde
Reviewed By: Mary Poppins
Period: 5 Basil Hallward painted a picture of one of his friends, Dorian Gray. Dorian was about eighteen years old, and everyone said that he was very beautiful. Lord Henry Wotton (Harry), Basil's friend from Oxford, wanted to meet Dorian Gray because Basil told Lord Henry a lot of good things about him. After the picture was finished, Basil gave it to Dorian as a present, and Dorian made a wish that would always be young, and the picture would grow old. Whenever Dorian had a secret, Lord Henry was always the first to know. Dorian's face never changed in eighteen years. He looked exactly the same as when he was eighteen. One day, Dorian took Basil to the attic. Basil was then the first person to know about the picture being altered. After Basil saw the picture, Dorian murdered the man by stabbing a knife behind his ear, stabbing him again and again. The day after Basil was dead, Dorian made Alan Campbell, one of his former friends, get rid of the body, by blackmailing him. Dorian then decided what he was going to do. He was going to destroy the picture, and he thought that he was going to be in peace. He grabbed the knife that he had used to kill Basil and stabbed the picture with it. A cry and a crash were heard. Sometime later, the coachman and the footman went in through the windows. On the wall, there was a picture of Dorian Gray, young and beautiful. On the floor, they saw a man that was wrinkled, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. They had to examine the rings for them to recognize who it really was. I liked the book because it was fun and interesting at the same time. This quote is what made Dorian's wish come true: "...only if it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old!" He didn't know that his wish was to come true. I love when things like that happen! I also disliked the book because in some parts, it just goes on and on about things that I don't understand. Also, there is too much philosophy in this book. This is Lord Henry's quote: "I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, down-right cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated...." The quote still goes on. I think that Lord Henry is too philosophic. My least favorite part of the book was when Dorian was stabbing Basil because that is too nasty for me. That is what I hate to hear.
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