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Seems to me like Sproule got scared by the bat and after the commotion he saw the kid standing over him. In his position he took it as the kid looking down on him and pitying him (or he thought the kid caused him the harm), so he raged over it. The kid saw him act shittily and was disgusted by the behavior.

At least, that's the scene at face value.

Got about 100 pages of this left. I love The Judge but does anyone find Glanton a more interesting and endearing character?

>>9424277
Probably has something to do with mistrusting other humans is a product of the devil or something (given that the bat is traditionally a symbol of the devil). Or rather evil is not trusting other humans. Note the "accusation" and "darkness of the space between". Showing that the relationship between humans is like moving around in the dark due to limited consciousness but the root of the problems between humans deals with this darkness between. Idk
>>9424466
Idk if you've gotten to this section yet but there's a single sentence where McCarthy describes glantons eyes when theyre sitting around the camp fire...one of yhe most powerful lines in the book. If I recall correctly it is in the same chapter the judge gives his speech regarding bleeding the world of its strangeness. Could be wrong though

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This belongs on /mu/

>>9424330
drone music is patrician so I agree with this

>>9424176
>when you read for fifty pages before you realise its all in French

>when you download a pdf that doesn't include the last part of the book and don't realize it for years but still consider the book to be one of your favorites

>>9424176

>when you never learned how to read

>being yuropoor

>>9424237
I'm not, I'm a burger. A seafood burger to be exact (New Englander)

>>9424076
Looks rather haram, OP. Please report to the local Sharia police for your caning to be administered.

>>9424030
>what exactly would it be classified as?
Garbage

A collection of aphorisms, maxims and short thoughts.

>>9424030
Aphorisms

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>>9423981
Just being aware you're a moron ain't doing noting to make your brain big

>>9423981
by admitting you're a pseud you're lightyears ahead of 99% of people on this board who don't have that courage

>>9423981
pseuds unite. how do i leave this hellhole and become intelligent for real?

>in which I dream my beloved will not give me a blowjob because reasons
>try my Hegelian magic to coax her into it
>TFW still no blowjob :(

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>>9423876

images aren't text but they are Text

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>>9423876
but then I wouldn't have dank /lit/ memes

>>9423809
99% of job hires are contact based. the kind of degree you have is a spook.

>>9423822
>99% of job hires are contact based.
Can confirm: my friend got me my current job.

>>9423822
so what you're telling me is i'll never get hired?

>>9423740
because it involves a shred of self awareness that 99% of /lit/ doesn't even understand

>>9423749
Hemingway and "self awareness" do not belong in the same sentence, unless "had no" is between them

>>9423772
>one of the most revered authors of the past 100 years
>no let's shit on him because his prose weren't pretentious enough for me
>no i'm totally a better writer than him and have a better understanding of literature and the craft of writing than him
>yeah no yeah Hemingway totally sucks lol

ok. ok. wow. just... ok.

Haskell

>>9423698
Gaeilge

I already know Spanish, French and Portuguese, btw

Everyone on /lit/ is so egotistical and obsessed with "being great." None of you actually just like writing.

>>9423669
This. Stop treating writing like a competition, especially considering that literature is dead and nobody gives a shit even if you write the next Divine Comedy. If you have something to say, put it on the page, read it, become disgusted with yourself, throw it in a garbage bin and begin again. Loop in this cycle until satisfied. With luck, you will die happy knowing that you told something interesting to the uncaring void.

Amen. We have no influence on wether our work will be considered "great" anyway. we a victims of the critics and masses.

>>9423640
Mr. Rosewater

>>9423640
Queequeg

>>9423640
Back in 1999 I smoked weed with Jesus. It was part of this short-lived, "Fresh + Cool Outreach" Heaven was doing where Jesus would hang out with a random disadvantaged kid for an afternoon. Let them know God's still their bro or something, I don't know what they were thinking.

He was very soft spoken (his English was okay) and seemed to have a genuine interest in Pokemon Yellow, which is mostly all I wanted to talk to him about. I had some of my older brother's weed at the time and we smoked and he didn't say anything bad about the weed. He drove around with me in his Datsun and said he was sure I would be the "Pokeman master" someday.

Anyway I have to say Jesus is the nicest based on my experience toking with him in 1999.

>>9423610
Read the Eddas and sagas instead of modern compilations.

>>9423616
Which translations do you recommend the most?

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>>9423610
for the same reason /lit/ commonly recommends ''Mythology'' by Edith Hamilton, I'd recommend Neil Gaiman's new book on Norse Mythology. Much valuable context is lost, and it's presented in a modern light, but the key events and storylines are there.
After that, move on to the source material and follow >>9423616 & >>9423644.

>>9423535
Tiny font. You'll also have to wrestle with the pages in the middle to see the last few letters on the left page of a spread and the first few on the right. It's not a particularly good edition.

>>9423535
>What am I in for?
A shitty book. Just read the first 1/4th of it and then sparknotes or something for the rest.

I have this version. The print is so fucking small

>>9423498
Literally just started to re-read

Such a loss

>>9423498
I don't understand. If it can't be "more true" than another, wouldn't it mean it is just "true?"

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Chris Langan is smarter.