Cliff Notes Notes Notes

[Patrick2]

Cliff Notes are the familiar summaries, Cliff Notes Notes Notes are summaries of the summaries - get it?

The Jungle - by Upton Sinclair

A guy immigrates from Lithuania, but is disappointed at American working conditions.

Metamorphosis - by Franz Kafka

A guy turns into a cockroach, and upsets his family.

Grapes of Wrath - by John Steinbeck

A family of agricultural workers can't get along with their employers.

Moby Dick - by Herman Melville

A guy tries to get revenge on a fish, but ends up getting killed instead.

 

[editec]

WAR AND PEACE - By Leo Tolstoy

It's about Russia.

The Bible - Compiled by a committee

God loves mankind. No wait, now God hates mankind. Hey look! ~ God loves mankind again.

 

[chanel]

Beowulf - Danish superhero saves English pub.

The Scarlet Letter - Hot chick knocked up by local preacher. Becomes first Puritan fashion designer.

Harrison Bergeron - see "No Child Left Behind"

 

[Patrick2]

Ben Hur - by Lew Wallace:

A guy gets sent to the slave galleys because his sister hit a roman in the head with a roof tile, but it all works out well in the end, because he learns to drive chariots.

The Old Testament - by various authors:

God creates man, but then almost everything man does pisses God off.

 

[Patrick2]

Les Misérables - by Victor Hugo

An ex-thief hires a whore to work in his factory, but then has problems evading a pesky cop.

 

[chanel]

Lord of the Flies: A group of British schoolboys land on Gilligan's Island. When they realize there's no Mary Ann or Ginger, they go psycho.

Macbeth: Scottish king kills friends to improve marital relationship.

 

[Patrick2]

Lord of the Flies: A group of British schoolboys land on Gilligan's Island. When they realize there's no Mary Ann or Ginger, they go psycho.

HAH!

Macbeth: Scottish king kills friends to improve marital relationship.

drat - ya beat me to it.

 

[chanel]

The Great Gatsby: Philandering, privileged, drunk drives off Chappaquidic Bridge, killing girlfriend. Oh wait...

The Crucible; Sex with a teenaged girl can be fatal.

Romeo and Juliet: See The Crucible