The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by: Muriel Spark

the prime of miss jean brodie is a book that i did not like.. at all.. one bit. i hate saying that, but it is absolutely true in this case.
i had to read this book (along with the blind assassin) for my ap english summer assignment, and when school starts (in 4 days [and i haven't finished the blind assassin yet!]) i will be forced to just absolutely understand these books enough to write a senior thesis on them.. i am completely stumped as to what the prime of miss jean brodie meant.. all i can gather from what i read is the miss brodie is a borderline nutcase!!!!! and a fascist to boot! i can't even say that there was a plot in this novel; the ideas were introduced and built upon in a pel mel fashion that i had a hard time following.
for such a short story, there was an awful lot of things going on.. and there was the idea of Calvinism tossed in at the very end. i mean, goodness, i am just utterly lost!!!! i think i will have to read it a few more times just to get the characters straight, let alone be able to write an entire thesis on it, comparing it to the blind assassin, which, let me tell you, thus far, i have found NOTHING similar between brodie and assassin except maybe the fact that they both mention nazis, or something like them.
words to describe brodie: weird, strange, odd, confusing, befuddling, awful, annoying, blithering, BAD.
the end.
don't read this book.. spare yourself.
UNhappy reading :)
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