Frankenstein (1 Viewer)

[school4nerds]

I have to read Frankenstein by the end of these holidays and just bought the book. Should i read notes on frankenstein and plot summaries etc before i actually read the book? cause ive heard its hard to understand and i was thinking reading about it and everything beforehand might make it easier to read?

 

[deswa1]

I read the plot on wikipedia first and then the novel; that worked well for me.

 

[cunliffe]

It's not a hard book to read for an Advanced student-just a bit slow going in the descriptive sections. You've got a week left so you probably should stop procrastinating and get started.

 

[Shadowdude]

I sat down at noon one day and finished it by 5pm, I believe.

If you don't mind - you can, as someone above suggested - read a plot summary... but, it doesn't take that long to finish. Just one afternoon's work.

 

[Kimyia]

It's not a hard book to read for an Advanced student-just a bit slow going in the descriptive sections. You've got a week left so you probably should stop procrastinating and get started.

This. Frankenstein's really not that hard a read - its actually pretty easy. So you can read notes on it before hand but I'd say just get stuck into read it

 

[harudew]

Read through it a couple of times i found on my second read through i understood the concepts and plot far better and the book was also more interesting.

 

[teeah]

I'm not sure how much this will help, but try not to read it as a prescribed text. If you forget about the fact it's for school, it's actually quite a good book to read.
Then go through it a second time and analyse the hell out of it

 

[greenboxes]

omg read it it's beautiful, cried at the end.

 

[ArguablyMitch]

Hmm, I only read summaries after I've read the book, just to make sure that I've grasped the main ideas.
Also, I second those above me who said that it was an enjoyable read. Studying it has turned out to be quite interesting. As one poster said, try to forget that it's for school, which is not actually as hard as it sounds.

 

[rselvage]

omg read it it's beautiful, cried at the end.

woah, i thought i was the only one.

 

[Shadowdude]

Wait, how is the ending in any way cry-worthy?

 

[scarvesss]

dont worry shadowdude rselvage is trolling but idk about other

 

[smartalec]

yeah you could do all that analysing shit, or alternatively you can skim the spark notes chapter review/plot reviews choose two themes to talk about and write them well and memorise it for every exam? I tried reading frankenstein but there was too many big words and was really boring.








bet you all laughed at my stupidity. I got a band 6. (admittedly a 90 but whatever haha, it was my exam mark that brought me up as I got 91!) and i got 17/20 for frankenstein (I fucked up fiftieth gate real bad.)

study smart not hard kids.