AP English Literature Exam Reading Day Three: "Disencouragement"

In eight hours today I read 173 essays. Just so you could enjoy these:

"Most women dream of guys on the monotonous track."

"Adam only drinks one time in the novel and the day after completely regrets doing so even though he seemed to be much happier when he was drinking." (Funny how that works.)

"Jim is steadfast and wise but not the quickest wolf in the pack."

"When evil is used correctly, it can be just as beneficial as good can." (I kind of feel like this might be some sort of Bush administration talking point gone horribly wrong.)

"Women should only be around in small doses for entertainment purposes." (I wonder if this kid will be entertained by the small dose of a score I gave that essay.)

"The main character in Hamlet is Hamlet."

"Laertes got involved and disencouraged Ophelia to like Hamlet."

"Sophie was married to a weaker and less built man. So Sophie was more in control of him because he knew he would get hurt if he messed up."

"'The Color Purple' has a 'girl power' theme." (Whodathunk Alice Walker was just another Spice Girl?)

"Gatsby's neighbor always would spy on Gatsby and would be all up in his business."

"She is just like hi nothing else."

"Ah, Don Quixote the great of all knights and his squire Sancho." (Ahhhhh.)

"To borrow a phrase from Tim Leary, should we all just 'turn on, tune in, and drop out'?" (I kind of wish I could...particularly since this was the last line in an essay about MACBETH.)

"Iago is a backstabber and a weasel."

"At this point I'm just wondering what is he thinking." (Me, too.)

"Hannah Peace had sex with men after her husband died just to be pleased."

"Lesbianism was said to have been popular because each woman could relate to each other on the issue of feeling unloved and unwanted." (I only have a certificate in Women's Studies, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it works.)

"The novel was written during a very talked about period of time."

"No time! Be nice!"