Higher English - Personal Study

[hibby19]

Has anyone got any recommendations for a book that would be good for me to do my personal study on?

Not really had any good ideas so far so any help is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Mibbes Aye]

Has anyone got any recommendations for a book that would be good for me to do my personal study on?

Not really had any good ideas so far so any help is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I went for Thomas Hardy when I did Higher English. There are more than enough themes in the important novels to make it fairly straightforward.

I chose "Jude the Obscure" but I couldn't begin to remember what I wrote about :greengrin

[Hanny]

Has anyone got any recommendations for a book that would be good for me to do my personal study on?

Not really had any good ideas so far so any help is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Can't remember what I did mine on but the only advice I would give is don't do anything too well known.

[hibsboy90]

12 Angry Men - so much to analyse.

[LunaJLHsauzee]

I did the very english book Trainspotting:greengrin.

Can't remember what I wrote about as my mind blocked out Higher English after 5th year as a result of the trauma but could find out.

[500miles]

Do "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Dripping with theme and plenty of notes on the internet that you can use to help you get through. I used this website for help when I was doing my Higher Personal Study a couple of years ago:

http://www.homework-online.com/lotf/theme.asp

Got a C. Still not finished the book.:greengrin

[MyJo]

I did 1984 by George Orwell and loved it, its a brilliant book to study and write about :agree:

Alternatively you could try Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut...youll probably need to read it about 7 times to make any sense out of it at first but once you get it there is a lot of material to be drawn from it into a personal study :aok:

[GhostofBolivar]

Catch-22.

There is nothing more to say.

[Betty Boop]

"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey.

[Just Jimmy]

1984 - george orwell. still relevant today. A Phenominal piece of work.

I did 'Othello' by shakespeare for mine simply because there was so much to write about.

[woodythehibee]

Do "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Dripping with theme and plenty of notes on the internet that you can use to help you get through. I used this website for help when I was doing my Higher Personal Study a couple of years ago:

http://www.homework-online.com/lotf/theme.asp

Got a C. Still not finished the book.:greengrin

that's what i did :agree:

there is so much you can write on this, symbolism, theme, characters etc..

and plenty on the internet if you get stuck :agree:

[sg7nil]

For a slightly more obscure read, try "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood.

A good read and enough themes to be able to write decent essays from lots of different angles.

I'm sure it'll be on the approved reading list (if such things still exist!)

[calumhibee1]

I done int2 English so i done a Mr Men book.

[Kaiser_Sauzee]

Odyssey - Homer.

:greengrin

[Sick Boy]

It depends how easy you want to make it for yourself. Choose something well known and you'll get lots of notes online and an easy ride. It will probably be more harshly marked though as they will have seen plenty of essays saying the same things.

Choose something not so well known and you might struggle of things to write about initially but it will be more rewarding when you get on track. You will get more kudos from the marker too as it will be totally original.

[Ally]

1984. I wrote some bull**** about the use of secondary characters to enhance the storyline or something.

[FraserHFC]

I'm doing The Damned United. Its about Brian Cloughs 44 day reign at Leeds. Good read so far.

[steakbake]

My new book, Human Interest, will be out later on this year. Shame it's not in time for your Higher English. I could have given you a hand.

[danhibees1875]

I done sunset song by lewis grassic gibbon. :agree:

Im now doing the whole scots quir triligy in 6th year.

[AllyF]

I think I might do a poem for mine.

[hibby19]

Thanks for the suggestions guys :thumbsup:

Will do my research on them :greengrin



Keep em coming though :agree:

[Sean1875]

Ive chosen 1984 for my personal study this year :agree:

Good choice?

[hibbytam]

Oh, I did mine on 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. Its a tiny little book. :thumbsup:
(not why i chose it, but it did help).

[capitals_finest]

Did mines on Glue by Irvine welsh.

[Sylar]

I used James Joyce - Dubliners. A collection of short stories, with an integral theme running through the narrative and the individual stories - plenty to write about.

Done James Joyce's Ulysses and Finnegans Wake for my AH - fantastic works!

[Calvin]

Oh, I did mine on 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. Its a tiny little book. :thumbsup:
(not why i chose it, but it did help).
Yeah I just picked that the other day to do :greengrin

We did Lord of the Flies at Int 2 and it's good to answer on but a simply detestable book.

[Marty-Hibee]

Mines was Stand By Me, or "The Body" last year, although we only done personal study for a NAB and not the exam - not sure what yours is for. Never read the book fully (do not recommend this though) as I've seen the film a few times and I passed. Littered with themes, characters etc. Good book/film aswell, can relate to it a bit.

[SlickShoes]

I done lord of the flies - note this was ten years ago though - i skim read the book and still managed to get a C.

If your not into reading books like i was plus points about this book are:

Notes all over the internet
Its also a movie
Compare it to LOST and as jake said in two and a half men ' its like survivor with kids'

[shamo9]

I done lord of the flies - note this was ten years ago though - i skim read the book and still managed to get a C.

If your not into reading books like i was plus points about this book are:

Notes all over the internet
Its also a movie
Compare it to LOST and as jake said in two and a half men ' its like survivor with kids'


I done sunset song by lewis grassic gibbon. :agree:

Im now doing the whole scots quir triligy in 6th year.


I done int2 English so i done a Mr Men book.
So much for English then:greengrin

[hibby19]

Thanks for the help everyone :thumbsup:

Decided to go for Catch 22 :agree: So thanks again to GhostofBolivar for recommending it :greengrin