High School Literature Tournament @high-school-lit-tournament - Tumblr Blog

Congratulations to our winners!

1 • Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

2 • The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

3 • Maus - Art Spiegelman

Thank you to all our voters. The future plans for this poll aren’t set in stone, but for now we’ll probably reblog other tournaments that tag us and any literature posts we think you might enjoy. If you have any suggestions for us/the blog’s future, let us know. We hope you’ve enjoyed and learned a bit about some of these books!

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80s-song-smackdown

The New Wave Bracket is here!

The matchups are in the same order as posted before, but this should give you an idea of what the sides are (I'm calling each division a side, for the sake of the record imagery). If you open the image in a new tab and zoom in it should be clearer. The bracket will be updated as rounds progress.

The first round of the tournament will be split up over four weeks, with the matchups of each side lasting a week.

As always, I encourage you to listen to both songs before voting.

Keep posted for the rounds!

#If you like 80s music #go vote!

makethosenarratorsfight

NARRATORS WHO NARRATE ABOUT THEIR BUDDIES

Me when I narrate

Rules

Narrator must be fictional

Cannot be a oc :(

No Harry Potter characters.

Don't spam one character

The definition of a homoerotic narrator is whatever you think fits the bill :)

Have fun :]

Currently I have no set deadline/bracket size. go wild

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But wait! We need 3rd place...

To Kill a Mockingbird: The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. [...] Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

Maus: A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

This will be a sudden death bonus round! You have one day to choose...

To Kill A Mockingbird

Maus

Voting ended onNov 18, 2023

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WE HAVE A WINNER!

Congrats to winner Frankenstein, runner up The Great Gatsby, and third-placer Maus!

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The final round is out!

Vote for the official favourite high school book of the Tumblr population. Let's close the tournament with a bang!

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High School Lit Tournament Final

The Great Gatsby: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

Frankenstein: Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates an intelligent being through an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley began writing the novel when she was 18 years old, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on January 1, 1818, when she was 20 years old. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Although Frankenstein is imbued with elements of the gothic novel and romance movement, Brian Aldiss argues that it should be considered the first true science fiction story. Unlike previous stories with fantastical elements reminiscent of later science fiction, Oldiss claims that the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results. The novel has had a significant impact on literature and popular culture and has spawned an entire genre of horror stories, films, and plays (source).

Final

The Great Gatsby

Frankenstein

Voting ended onNov 17, 2023

#high school lit tournament #classic literature #the great gatsby #frankenstein

Finals!

The almost-complete bracket (click for any quality at all):

Finalists: • The Great Gatsby vs Frankenstein

Finals will take place over a single week.

On accessibility: we will continue to use alt text for the cover image.

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Update: Finals are over! Check pinned post for results!

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Just 2 hours left!

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Semi-finals!

The up-to-date bracket (click for any quality at all):

Pairings

The Great Gatsby vs To Kill a Mockingbird

Maus vs Frankenstein

Semi-finals will take place over a single week.

On accessibility: we will continue to use alt text for cover images.

Trying to find something? Check out our directory.

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Update: Semi-finals are out!

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SEMI FINALS ARE OUT!

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High School Lit Tournament Semi-finals

The Great Gatsby: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

To Kill a Mockingbird: The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. [...] Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

Semi-finals, Match 2

The Great Gatsby

To Kill A Mockingbird

Voting ended onNov 1, 2023

#high school lit tournament #the great gatsby #to kill a mockingbird

High School Lit Tournament Semi-Finals

Maus: A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

Frankenstein: Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates an intelligent being through an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley began writing the novel when she was 18 years old, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on January 1, 1818, when she was 20 years old. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Although Frankenstein is imbued with elements of the gothic novel and romance movement, Brian Aldiss argues that it should be considered the first true science fiction story. Unlike previous stories with fantastical elements reminiscent of later science fiction, Oldiss claims that the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results. The novel has had a significant impact on literature and popular culture and has spawned an entire genre of horror stories, films, and plays (source).

Semi-finals, Match 1

Maus

Frankenstein

Voting ended onNov 1, 2023

#high school lit tournament #classic literature #frankenstein #maus

The stalemate is over!

After winning the sudden death tiebreakers, The Great Gatsby and To Kill A Mockingbird will be progressing to the next round

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UPDATE!

Given that there are ties on sides A and B, there will be a one day long sudden death tiebreaker round. Vote now!

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High School Lit Tournament Sudden Death Tiebreaker