"Lit
Up" is the title of a book by author David
Denby that someone gave me as something I might enjoy reading which as it
turned out, I did.
Truth
be told, English Literature was not my best subject in H.S. ...
(...French
language class was my worst. The instructor graciously gave me a 'D' instead of
an 'F' grade if I promised to drop her class for anything else).
Don't
get me wrong, I did like to read books that interested me but not so much the
"required reading list".
As a
result, my summary reports assigned by the classroom instructors were poorly
executed. (...The symbolism of the "Scarlet Letter" totally eluded
me. I read it as a story and nothing much deeper.)
Lit
Up is
the account how subject of English Literature is presented at three, diversely,
different high schools and how three fantastic instructors interact with
students to successfully make the subject "not a drudge". Far from it.
It's
a very readable and engrossing account of real students, some with some
extremely real life problems, actually getting excited reading classics like: To Kill a Mockingbird, Huckleberry Finn, Scarlet
Letter and The Great Gatsby to
name a few.
