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A few famous books whose titles suggest something very different from what they're actually about.
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The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
A heartwarming underdog story about a rural baseball team.
The Actual Plot:
Maladjusted, whiny teenager.
Dierdre's rating:
124
8.6
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Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
A tornado destroys Scarlett O'Hara's Midwest home.
The Actual Plot:
The Civil War destroys Scarlett O'Hara's Southern plantation.
Dierdre's rating:
420
7.7
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Of Mice And Men - John Steinbeck
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
Venn diagram detailing the similarities between mice and men.
The Actual Plot:
Migrant workers.
Dierdre's rating:
12
8
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Men Without Women - Ernest Hemingway
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
A dystopian future world without women.
The Actual Plot:
A collection of short stories about men and their women.
570
7.4
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Lord of the Flies - William Golding
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
The story of a bug king.
The Actual Plot:
Kids stuck on an island.
Dierdre's rating:
110
7.5
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As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text - William Faulkner
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
Addie Bundren's losing battle with illness.
The Actual Plot:
Bundren family's journey to bury their mother.
Dierdre's rating:
112
6.9
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Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
Anarchy--according to William Butler Yeats.
The Actual Plot:
Yams. Lots and lots of yams.
Dierdre's rating:
473
8.3
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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
The life and times of a brilliant recluse.
The Actual Plot:
A Hispanic town.
2
3.5
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The Living is Easy - Dorothy West
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
The living is easy.
The Actual Plot:
The living is not easy.
Dierdre's rating:
820
8
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
A nice hunting guide.
The Actual Plot:
The trial of an innocent black man--and the kids of the defense lawyer running around town.
Dierdre's rating:
361
8.4
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
Bird migration patterns.
The Actual Plot:
Sexual frustration in an insane asylum.
Dierdre's rating:
51
7.5
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The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
An adventure through a rainforest.
The Actual Plot:
The meat-packing industry.
Dierdre's rating:
341
7.7
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The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
Protecting pretty bells from rust.
The Actual Plot:
Bitches be crazy.
510
8.1
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A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
What I Think:
The Actual Plot:
Eating oranges on the dot--every hour.
The Actual Plot:
Ultraviolence.
Dierdre's rating:
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