Its interesting because priestly does use the book as portal to voice his communist ideologies and its quite clear that its a blatant negative portrayal of capitalism.

Funzo wrote:

Its interesting because priestly does use the book as portal to voice his communist ideologies and its quite clear that its a blatantly negative portrayal of capitalism.

If your going to try to sound intelligent in a post, at least get the grammer correct!

Ya'qub wrote:

Funzo wrote:

Its interesting because priestly does use the book as portal to voice his communist ideologies and its quite clear that its a blatantly negative portrayal of capitalism.

If your going to try to sound intelligent in a post, at least get the grammer correct!

then surely there would be no "a" and blatan is an adjective whereas blatantly is an adverb, right?

You are correct to take out the 'a'. Well done, have a gold star. You could also put a comma after 'blatant'.

I read an Inspector Calls for GCSE but cannot remember anything about it other than the title.

Ya'qub wrote:

You are correct to take out the 'a'. Well done, have a gold star. You could also put a comma after 'blatant'.

I read an Inspector Calls for GCSE but cannot remember anything about it other than the title.

but what was wrong with writing blatant?

Funzo wrote:

but what was wrong with writing blatant?

Nothing, but since you said it was both 'blatant' AND 'negative' you need to put in a comma since you are listing properties of something.

Can we not get bogged down in this grammer correcting... its very tedious.

Unfortunately i barely remember the basic plot line to 'An Inspector Calls', but it was such a long time ago. I dont really remember much about it.

We aint doing that, we're doing Of Mice and Men, anyone read that?

Young Anonymous Muslimah wrote:

We aint doing that, we're doing Of Mice and Men, anyone read that?

Now, that really IS a good book.

Ya'qub wrote:

Funzo wrote:

but what was wrong with writing blatant?

Nothing, but since you said it was both 'blatant' AND 'negative' you need to put in a comma since you are listing properties of something.

or even a semi colon.

wednesday wrote:

O YH! Of Mice and Men was absolutely Brilliant! and i loved the video ... it was just FAB! love the story line and gives a whole new angle to ranchers/cowboy life... very emotional... alot of emotions were related!! loved it!

But it was funny seeing steinbeck vent his frustrations with women through the portrayal of curlys wife but the book was pretty good.

Funzo wrote:

Ya'qub wrote:

Funzo wrote:

but what was wrong with writing blatant?

Nothing, but since you said it was both 'blatant' AND 'negative' you need to put in a comma since you are listing properties of something.

or even a semi colon.

No!

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/semicoln.html

Sorry, Seraph.

do you 2 have to be so annoying?

Noor wrote:

do you 2 have to be so annoying?

its sortov mandatory, and we will stop if you dont quit the editorial team.

Noor wrote:

do you 2 have to be so annoying?

That should have a capital letter at the beginning, Noor. I was going to say that the number '2' is not an adequate substitute for a preposition, but didn't want to sound pedantic.

To Kill a Mockingbird kicks Mice and Men's ass anyday! Mockingbird is about racism in Alabama, the alienation of people and a lawyer and father (Atticus Finch) who tries to raise his children in the 1930s/40s.
It's an excellent read and way better than of Mice and Men. Very relevent to Muslims today.

Seraphim wrote:

Can we not get bogged down in this grammer correcting... its very tedious.

Unfortunately i barely remember the basic plot line to 'An Inspector Calls', but it was such a long time ago. I dont really remember much about it.

Neither can I lol. I cant believe that they are still using that book! :shock:

We're all going to have to mind our Ps and Qs now that teacher Ya'qub is about. :shock: Wheres an apple when you need it? Erm, Im off to read a dictionary now.

wednesday wrote:

O YH! Of Mice and Men was absolutely Brilliant! and i loved the video ... it was just FAB! love the story line and gives a whole new angle to ranchers/cowboy life... very emotional... alot of emotions were related!! loved it!

oh, the books wicked! but the movie that we're watching is annoying coz it has too many dark scenes, and its kinda boring and all the characters are really ugly!

Funzo wrote:

its sortov mandatory, and we will stop if you dont quit the editorial team.

Quick, the guys turning Russian!

Anyone got any meds he can take?

mouse and men is a quality 'tail' . . .

Amal wrote:

Erm, Im off to read a dictionary now.

Sorry to ruin the ending for you, but it turns out the Zebra did it.

Ya'qub wrote:

Amal wrote:

Erm, Im off to read a dictionary now.

Sorry to ruin the ending for you, but it turns out the Zebra did it.

What?, NO! The Zebra!!!? I thought the butler did it!

(edit: I just realised why you said Zebra lol. How did I not get that?)

Ive got a long list of classic and modern books that I want to read. Of mice and men is one lower down in the list. Going from what you guys are saying, I think i'll move it further up! :o

NO ONE in the right mind would put Of Mice and Men above To Kill a Mockingbird! It's impossible!

OK what's that about?

Courage wrote:

OK what's that about?

You've gotta read it to find out! (Enjoy!)

wednesday wrote:

If you want competition... compete with Wuthering Heights :!:

Courage wrote:

NO ONE in the right mind would put Of Mice and Men above To Kill a Mockingbird! It's impossible!

Ditto. i did to kill a Mockningbird at GCSE it was brillant! Also watched the film which was in black and white but it didnt put me off. Gregory Peck did justice to the role of Atticus Finch.

I read Of Mice And Men for GCSE and thought it was really really good.

In my English Literature A Level exam I got the question 'Write about a book you have read.' And I picked Of Mice And Men.

I haven't read any of the others mentioned.

wednesday wrote:

Analysing books is so easy!... once you get going, it just pours. You'll fnd that you always do it even when you read the most boring of books!... but for some reason it doesn't work with the Qur'an, not that i have tried delibrately, but I could never inetrpret it in my way... it always tells us what to do, in its exact and precise manner (if i knew Arabic (old version) then may be it would have been easier to grasp and understand some concepts, but to do that one must know the history!)

I completely disagree. If you read a good tafsir, it can open your mind to some of the 'hidden' messages inside: My favourite is why it is important to read Suratul-Kahf every Friday, and how it relates to our everyday lives.