Top Ten Rebels In Literature (characters or authors) | The Broke and the Bookish

Hope everyone had a great holiday! I came home last night, after a relaxing weekend on the beach, to start working on Top Ten Tuesday for today and my computer was acting all wonky..thus I could not get on it to get this ready for today.

So there will be no list from us today but I’m dropping by on my lunch break to put up the Mr. Linky real quick so you all can enjoy each other’s lists!

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July 5: Top Ten Rebels In Literature (characters or authors) — Those people who stood up for what they believed in despite the cost of doing so.

Authors

1. Thomas Jefferson, writer of the “Declaration of Independence”
2. Nikos Kazantzakis, writer of The Last Temptation of Christ
3. Marjane Satrapi, writer of Persepolis
4. Betty Friedan, writer of The Feminine Mystique
5. Rachel Carson, writer of Silent Spring

Characters

1. The Mirabal sisters of Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies - These real-life heroines stood up for the Dominican Republic and its villainous dictator – Trujillo.
2. Howard Roark of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead - Perhaps the most uncompromising rebel, Roark would do things his way only.
3. Elizabeth McKenna of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Just read the book, you’ll understand what I’m saying.
4. Atticus Finch of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird - See previous response.
5. Cinna of Sue Collins’ The Hunger Games – While Katniss is obvious, Cinna was the impetus. Many others have blogged this as well.

 

Top Ten Book to Movie adaptations | Top Ten Tuesday

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1) The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides/ Sofia Coppola) – Except for a slight change at the end and leaving out a few characters, Sofia Coppola was faithful to the book. The casting was spot on and the soundtrack was sublime.

2) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen/ Ang Lee) – I saw this movie, the one with Emma Thompson in it, before I read the book. The film was so good that I decided to read the book.

3) About a Boy (Nick Hornby/ Chris Weitz) – This movie is one of my all-time favorites. I read the book afterwards and understood, even appreciated the updates on the book. Hornby provided terrific character study and Hugh Grant nailed the role of Will. The boy was good, too.

4) The Graduate (Charles Webb/ Mike Nichols) – I just finished the book. Hoffman, Bancroft, and Ross were superb in the roles. Since I like Simon and Garfunkel, I like The Graduate.

5) Rising Sun (Michael Crichton/ Philip Kaufman) – Wesley Snipes plays a white character and he plays him well. My favorite actor in the cast was Tia Carrerre.

6) The French Lieutenant’s Woman (John Fowles/ Karel Reisz) – The book and the movie were odd. In efforts to provide the contemporary feel of Victorian events, the movie was about both the actors playing Smithson and Sarah in the 1980s.

7) The Rainmaker (John Grisham/ Francis Ford Coppola) – Matt Damon is a great actor, especially when it comes to playing characters out of books. This movie proved it to me. While I was convinced by The Talented Mr. Ripley, this movie adaptation was much better. Also, I liked Rudy Baylor much better than Tom Ripley. Claire Danes was good, too, in The Rainmaker.

8 ) The Godfather (Mario Puzo/ Francis Ford Coppola) – The Coppolas are faring well on my list! The characters are dynamic, Pacino and Keaton were perfectly suited to play Michael and Kay. There were changes in the movies but these received Puzo’s blessing.

9 ) To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee/ Robert Mulligan) – This is requisite.

10) The Green Mile (Stephen King/ Frank Darabont) – I was divided between this one and The Dead Zone. Ultimately, the actors – Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan beat out Christopher Walken.

 

Top Ten Best Debut Books | Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We’d love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND post a comment on our post with a link to your Top Ten Tuesday post to share with us and all those who are participating. If you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. If you can’t come up with ten, don’t worry about it—post as many as you can!

NEXT WEEK THE TOPIC IS: Top Ten Characters I’d Name My Children After. Click HERE for a list of future Top Ten Tuesday topics.

Top Ten Best Debut Books (of any year..just your favorite debut/”first from an author” books. If you want, you can focus on debuts of a specific year but it’s open to debuts of any year).

* Since I’m suffering from severe congestion at the moment, I’m only listing my picks. Please ask why I chose them and I’ll explain when I’m feeling better.

1. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. Sense and Sensibility by A Lady (Jane Austen)
4. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
5. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
6. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
7. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
8. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
9. La Princesse de Clèves by Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette
10. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

 

Happy Anniversary, Atticus & Scout!

Fifty years ago today, Harper Lee’s timeless To Kill a Mockingbird was published. This is one of my all-time favorite books and I own at least one copy of it somewhere.

Congrats to the book and to its author! May more people discover the lessons taught by Atticus Finch!

Kathy Kemp: Let us now praise Harper Lee

 

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