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That reminds me of my American Literature class in high school. I got a "C" in that class because I refused to read Moby Dick! I know, Herman Melville wrote it, but honestly, it was just hideous. So much for the classics!
In college, I had to read "The Sun Also Rises" three times. I hated it the first time and will probably never read another Hemingway as long as I live. Perhaps it'd be different to read it now - maybe I'd hate it less but I don't care to try to find out.
Fairly recently I read The Sun Also Rises, because I thought I should read some Hemmingway. Boy was I sorry! I thought the opposite of you, fromupthere,...I thought it was too bad I didn't read it with a class, maybe there was much more to it than I was getting!
In college, I had to read "The Sun Also Rises" three times. I hated it the first time and will probably never read another Hemingway as long as I live. Perhaps it'd be different to read it now - maybe I'd hate it less but I don't care to try to find out.
I only tried to read it once, but that was enough! Theres no way I could finish that book.
I had three very different classes where I had to read it and it still didn't help me think there was more to it. I was at the Salvation Army Thrift Store the other say looking at books and saw Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls. Had it in my hand for about a minute and then thought I just can't torture myself again.
I read Madam Bovary in an English Lit class three or four years ago and the mere thought of that book, its plot and characters still makes my skin crawl. I damn near hated everything about that book, and obviously still do to this day.
On the plus side, I enjoyed everything else we read that semester (Tartuff, The Cherry Orchard, Rudin and The Collector)
Always disliked The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, and repeated forced rereadings in literature classes never helped. More useful from a cultural anthropology view than a literature view, IMO.
But I'm a fan of Hemingway, especially his short stories.
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So much for the classics! 
