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Summary: Bless the Beasts & Children: One of the Best Books Ever
Review: "Bless the Beasts and Children" is a very good book. It is very well written. As soon as you read the well-constructed introduction as well as the first page, you'll be ingaged in the book.You want to read it even when you can't! It's like once you get hooked to it, you won't want to put it down. This book tells you, in some ways, about human conditions today. It also has a very unique vocabulary, and you'll laugh at the way these young boys use profanity. This book will also make you laugh! This is a very good book, and I suggest you check it out and other great books written by Glendon Swarthout.
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Summary: Jesus Christ and Kirk Cobain come together.
Review: "For this is the marrowbone of every American adventure story: some men with guns, going somewhere, to do something dangerous."
Swarthout's novel describes six teenage misfits' quest to free a herd of buffaloes from a senseless slaughter. Ironically, the freedom and fate of these animals parallel with that of the young men. Their freeing the buffaloes symbolizes their own self-discovery, initiation into manhood, and entry into a realm of humanity that transcends the violent, "dog-eat-dog" society that has excluded them. This book will satisfy anyone who is interested in taking a unique look at the tragedies and triumphs of adolescent rebellion.
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Cotton, Teft, Goodenow, Shecker, Lally 1, and Lally 2, all from wealthy families, have been dumped at Arizona's Box Canyon Boy's Camp for eight weeks during the summer. The camp specializes in transforming boys into men, or cowboys as the camp call it. The camp is representative of society where only the strong and competitive survive. Obviously this is not the ideal setting for a delinquent, a sissy, a porker, or any other social reject. As fate would have it, these boys end up in the same cabin. Fifteen year old, Cotton, takes it on himself to become this band of misfits' leader. Indeed, Cotton is a Christ figure with a Kirk Cobain attitude. The story picks up during the last week of camp when late at night the boys decide to sneak away from the camp to go free some buffaloes outside of Flagstaff, which is two hours away. Cotton believes that this scheme will mature his gang, get them ready for the outside-- and like the buffaloes, sort of liberate them. After the boys steal a truck, the adventures begin. Through flashbacks the author relates each character's sad story and some of the important events that had occurred during the previous weeks at camp. The ending is one of the most poignant in young adult literature. This book belongs with "The Outsiders" as one of the timeless classics for all ages
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Although it is a small book it carries a lot within it's cover. As a family member of the author I must say that I feel unending pride as I see that years after it's publication people still walk away learning a lesson and being able to identify with at least one character in the book. I recommend this book to almost all ages and read it again years later and take different things away with you!
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Summary: The Bane of Students Everywhere.
Review: Back in the 60's when student leaders had as one of their standard chants "Don't Trust Anybody Over 30", they were specifically refereing to English teachers who, trying to relive their glory days assign insipid, heavy handed books like this that beat readers over the head with symbolism to make up for basic lack of plot or any entertainment value. The assigning of this book to students, rather than achieving the teachers of goal of trying to instill a 60's mindset in their studetns will more probably result in loathing for that teacher and in the English language as a whole for producing words that could be put together in so unappealing a form as this story. The book is typical, misfits and bedwetters, go to camp, get picked on, see Buffalo slaughtered, sneak out, try to let them go, then of course since the author wants to make SURE that we understand the viewpoint that Group A is bad and Group B is good, has one of the children shot while trying to free the buffalo. Yeah, thats worth skipping class for. Buy this book if you want to become a misfit bedwetting animal activist.
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Summary: This is my absolute favorite book :)
Review: Bless The Beast and Children really makes you feel what the characters feel. Glendon did a great job of getting into each characters personality and life and how each kid deals with pain differently. Ex: Shecker (?) hides the pain by joking around, Lally 2 runs away from it, Lally one hides it in him, growing it into resentment towards his little brother, and Teft pushes it away, trying to be tough. I believe that everyone has some internal scar and we all deal with it differently.
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Summary: A wierd book that keeps you on the edge
Review: Bless the Beasts and Children is a book I would not reccomend to anyone. Even though it may keep you on the edge of your seat. You always are wanting to know what stupid things the" bed wetters" are going to do next. The Flashbacks are confusing and the characters are obviously mis-fits that need a life. If you like the stories about adolescence in need of attention. read this book.
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Summary: It was dumb I would have gave it a 0 but they didn't have it
Review: Books are dumb period
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Summary: I found "Bless the Beasts..." to be a fine novel.
Review: Dispite the difficulty following the story through the flashbacks, I found "Bless the Beasts and the Children" to be a fine novel. The flashbacks actually serve two purposes. First, they establish the unique characters of the characters allowing us to see for ourselves why they are considered "dings." Second, they give us an insite into what is in their minds.
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Summary: hmm
Review: First off I just want to comment on the summary of the book that was in there with all the other reader comments. It is not up there with Outsiders. I read Outsiders for a sixth grade novel study. I absolutely loved it, it is one of the greatest books. I just don't think you ought to be comparing Bless the Beasts and Children with it. It's pretty bad. It's dumb and has no point. But it can pass time, and it's not absolute trash. It's just not my type. Although I quite liked Teft. I think the movie's baaad. It kinda ruins the book. For instance, Cotton isn't redheaded in the movie. I also don't want to see Teft portrayed by someone. All in all the book is pretty stupid and it's a relief the author's dead a Cotton's an eejit for commiting suicide. Or it was an accident. Who cares.
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Summary: It was the most different yet intersting book I've read !
Review: First off I would like to say that reading is not my favorite thing to do and very oftenly I only read because I have to and I usually wait till the last minute to read everyting! Anyways this is my review: First off I would like to say that I didn't completely finish this book! But I am sure if i had completly finished it i would have liked it somewhat more!
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