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Are lyrics more effective when when there's a hidden meaning or is straightforward language more affective?
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1000 ways of writing bored with sound construct and writing with diformity. synonym /expression
Bore head, bow red, Borat, not knowing what to do, getting annoyed,
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Is he /ourguy/, /lit/?
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>A bullet had clipped a groove in his skull above the temple; from this the brain protruded in bosses, dropping off in flakes and strings. I had not previously known one could get on, even in this unsatisfactory fashion, with so little brain. One of my men whom I knew for a womanish fellow, asked if he should put his bayonet through him. Inexpressibly shocked by the cold-blooded proposal, I told him I thought not; it was unusual, and too many were looking.
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>>9798480
READ BIERCE /LIT/
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>>9798480
I like Bierce a lot too I'm surprised he's not mentioned on here a lot more
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>>9798725
Yeah, show Bierce some love.
Did Bierce's terse, unornamented style influence Jack London?
Does Patriotic Gore have a section on Bierce? I can't remember, but I think maybe it does.
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People who buy books that have covers from recent movies 2017-07-24 04:08:59 Post No.9798200
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People who buy books that have covers from recent movies
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Observing my path, day by day. You would shake the head that was given, and pity me? The beaten path breeds steady thought placed beside outside change. The simpleton is not consumed with the pursuit of food for the mind. One should never apologize, or forgive. If neither is accepted, or received, thought will smooth the other, like a gel, slowly finding the lowest point. Given it's own supply, rising above the objects. A slightly curved surface ungulates above. Faces appear in the field of long grass, and the layer of wet snow above. Shrews tunnel beneath the surface and die, the cold kills their youth before they have a chance.
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Am I missing something or was Shlomo Cohen framed?
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Hi /lit/, I'm starting college soon and can barely afford tuition
I'm wondering if you guys know of anywhere I can download text books at...would be extremely helpful.
Thanks in advance.
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itt; Things i want to write but know someone else has done it better, Your task, give examples of the themes presented here. Ruin my dreams.
The idea of people who burn themselves to give light to the things and actions they believe in. A tale about the secrets of the oppressed and the light that is shown on the world by their beliefs.
The tv boxed men and women coming out of there cave. Plato's cave notion that you aren't coming out of the cave, your going into one by choice and tribalism.
The right stuff. Man on island discovers cocktail of sea snails and old coconuts lets him talk to god. Not helpful but at least he has someone to talk to. Rubber duck method throughout early man.
Post yours, make the know it all's job harder.
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Quran
>guy lives a hard life
>makes mistakes
>murders and steals and rapes
>tells others not to do the things he did and expresses regret lives to old age with a haram of teenagers
Bible
>a fucking mary sue who never struggled a day in his life telling poor people god has a plan for them before being killed like a bitch virgin
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have you rescued your father yet OP
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atheists are low test
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>tells others not to do the things he did
This is not the Quran.
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What does lit think of Infinite Jest? 2017-07-24 02:57:52 Post No.9797928
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What does lit think of Infinite Jest?
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There were many boards about DFW last week. Infinite Jest is not a great book in my opinion. It may be an unpopular opinion, but you have to look at the book for what it is.
Let's compare Wallace's Infinite Jest to Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. From my view, Infinite Jest is like a fat man trying to sprint the 100m, while Slaughterhouse-Five is like a trained athlete breezing past.
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I don't understand if you are just talking about how they operate on diffrent levels or trying to say more with that analogy.
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>>9799340
Infinite Jest is bloated with prose, and obviously did not have a good editor. He wrote thousands of pages that inevitably did not make the final book, and thank god they didn't. I have to admit to siding with Harold Bloom and Dan Schneider on this one. Compared to Vonnegut's writing, which is lean and efficient, DFW appears to be adding bulk without substance.
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>novel implies an abstract "goodness" exists in the characters despite the author's concept of good being entirely dependent on their environmental upbringing
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It's usually women who do this btw
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nice frog picture fuckin relativist nerd
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BATPzXjmV_s
Who was in the right here?
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kek i read novels just so i can read the criticism
but i never thought of skipping the novels altogether
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fucking love Metropolitan
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this just made me realize i've lived my whole adult life (like 20 years almost) in the nyc metro area and almost nothing good happened the entire time
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Recommend a book for learning Latin. 2017-07-24 02:31:37 Post No.9797846
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Recommend a book for learning Latin.
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Fluent Spanish speaker currently reading Wheelock's. Is there another book or exercise to speed comprehension? Doing repetition now. Pic kinda not related.
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>>9797846
Lingua Latina Familia Romana. It's perfect for speeding up reading comprehension and picking up bits of vocabulary and grammar along the way.
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>>9798573
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks anon.
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>>9798664
Be sure to also check the second book (Roma Aeterna) after you finish Familia Romana.
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How do you find debates and speakers in your area, especially from prominent authors? I live in New England and it doesn't seem like we have many coming up this way, they all stick to New York/Washington/LA
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>living anywhere in America
Anon, I found your problem
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If you're in New England, don't they have good speakers come to Ivy League unis?
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>hugs not drugs
>do drugs, get more hugs
can someone explain what nietschze meant by this?
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That we should all get high and shiet.
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ubermensch.. easy on the drugs
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>>9797690
if we all do drugs we can all end up more like him