This is one of those amazing books that are ruined when you’re forced to read it in school. When meanings are hammered into your head, you don’t appreciate it as much as when you discover them for yourself. So if you hate this book because you had to read it, it is definitely worth a second, third, sixteenth read. I read it before it was required reading, and I have always loved this novel. Sometimes random passages will pop into my head. ANYWAY—read it.