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You have a ticket and not much time. Here is what I would actually read before Nolan's Odyssey, sorted by how many free evenings you have between now and the cinema.
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A Literary Analysis of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
A defrocked preacher decides there is no such thing as an individual soul, and the whole novel is the Joad family slowly being forced to agree with him. Reading the book as that argument changes what the notorious last page is doing.
A Literary Analysis of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Four people on this ranch are shut out of everything, and each of them is shut out for a different reason. Reading the novella through its outsiders rather than its plot changes what the famous ending is actually about.
A Literary Analysis of East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Most arguments about Steinbeck's 1952 novel end up in the same place: whether Cathy Ames ruins it. This analysis takes that objection seriously, then asks what the two men watching the Trask family are actually for.
Reading Challenge Ideas for Adults: How to Run One Your Whole Group Finishes
A solo pledge fails privately, which is why it fails so easily. A shared card fails in front of seven other people, and that turns out to be the whole trick. How to build a group challenge on the bingo model libraries have spent years refining.
The Divines by Rachel Greenlaw
Three travellers stand outside a wall topped with winged stone creatures who have not been fed in a while. Each visitor gets one question. Answer falsely and they come down off the wall. The third question is the one nobody in the party wants asked.
