is he our guy?
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>>9769912
epic :^)
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>>9769912
You both will be sodomized to death.
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>>9769912
My fellow redpillers! MAGA :D
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Leave this board and never return if any of these apply to you:
>you read any form of genre fiction
>you barely know your classics
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
>you speak a single language
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
>you read for the plot
>you read for solely for entertainment
>you rarely read nonfiction
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
>you don't have at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon
>you mostly read contemporary literature
>you believe 'the author is dead'
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
>your rarely read poetry
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight
What book are you reading?
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Novalis is CUTE
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I know this is bait but
>you read for solely for entertainment
triggers me
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Three (arguably four) of these apply to me. I'll make my post and then leave forever.
>What book are you reading?
A book about the trickster archetype in mythology
Against Method by Feyerabend
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Start with the Bible.
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The bible is shit. Just a meme book that is somehow relevant because muh ancient jewish cult
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>>9769603
wew
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>>9769603
Fedoras stay out.
/lit/ when the bookstore says theyre out of DFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7LwFPp3SY
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obvious joke seeing how she's talking about the misery books and looks like kathy bates from the movie misery.
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>>9769533
white people are scum honestly.
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Somewhat funny acting, has to be staged otherwise they wouldn't film that early
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What's so great about him?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeSC_Ws5Ic
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>>9769134
He didn't just write about something. He did something.
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>>9769134
What's NOT, is the true question.
What is the ultimate pleb filter, anons?
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>>9768846
Tequila.
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>rhyming
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Hegel.
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Is there a book that talks about the contrast/disconnect between "plebs" who laugh about stupid stuff (like someone slipping on a banana peel), mindlessly consume pop culture etc. and people who find all that boring/annoying and feel alienated and lonely?
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>>9768799
Someone slipping on a banana peel is funny though.
The philosopher chrysippus allegedly died of laughter after watching a donkey eating his figs.
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>>9768822
>Someone slipping on a banana peel is funny though.
It really isn't. I don't get how you can laugh at people getting hurt like that.
They even make "funny" video compilations of accidents with a laugh track, but that stuff gives me the chills, especially when you can tell the guy really hurt himself.
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How old are you
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I need help remembering this one word that starts with a D that describes someone speaking with a superior intelligent attitude. This has been bugging me for weeks, I think it sounds like del- or dil-.
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>>9768568
Hahaha that Rolf is such a joker
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Demeaning.
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Hi /lit/ I didn’t study English to any professional degree and I find that when I am trying to write I experience massive crises about sentence structure. I could write the same sentence a million times, it seems, and I have no idea how to choose one over another which means that instead of writing stories or chapters I just end up re-writing sentences and paragraphs over and over again. Is this due to me not understanding some basic grammar rules - is there something I can read to help with this, or do I need to become less autistic and picky and just run with what flows first time?
Let me show you the kind of basic sentence that can hold me up for hours:
The fighting had stopped in the city centre and it had gone quiet, except for the occasional shot fired off in the distance as skirmishes carried on in the outskirts.
The fighting in the city centre had stopped and it was quiet, save for the occasional sound of shots being fired off in the distance – skirmishes carrying on in the outskirts of the city.
Occasionally there was the sound of shots being fired off in the distance, as skirmishes continued on the outskirts of the city, but the fighting had stopped in the city centre and it was quiet.
Although skirmishes continued on the outskirts of the city, but for the occasional sound of shooting far off in the distance, the fighting in the city centre had stopped and it was quiet.
It was quiet, save for the occasional shots fired off in the distance. The fighting in the city centre had stopped but skirmishes continued in the outskirts..
There’s five versions but I’m sure there are many more. When you break it down there are several things which can be variable:
· Whether you begin the sentence with the fighting, the shots, the quiet or the skirmishes (am I missing a basic rule here?)
· Whether/where you put the word ‘occasional/occasionally’ in relation to the shots
· ‘Except’ versus ‘save’ versus ‘but for’
· ‘The outskirts’ versus ‘the outskirts of the city’
· Use of commas, etc.
Now I know this is real OCD level analysis but I feel if I can grasp some basic rules I might be able to get over this? I am hoping there is a simple explanation as to how to write sort of a basic sentence which I have somehow missed?
For example, I wouldn’t even know whether to write “The dog jumped over the wall, stopped, and barked” or something like “Jumping over the wall, the dog stopped and barked”. English is so confusing to me!
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you should read this: http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
your first and second sentences can be misinterpreted. It's not clear whether you want the 'quiet' to refer to the city centre.
third version probably shouldnt have the first comma, but then it becomes kinda long so idk.
fourth version of the sentence is either grammatically incorrect or simply very confusing to read, since it sounds like your second clause refers to the first.
fifth is fine. definitely the best one. i think 'on the outskirts' is more normal to say, although 'in the outskirts' should be correct too.
if there is the chance of ambiguity, occasional/occasionally should go directly in front of whatever it's affecting. this being /lit/, i give you an example by the DFW himself, using the operator 'only':
“I fed the dog.”
“Did you feed the parakeet?”
“I fed only the dog.”
“Did anyone else feed the dog?”
“Only I fed the dog.”
“Did you fondle/molest the dog?”
“I only fed the dog!”
for except/save/but i think you should just pick based on how easy it is to read and how many times you've used the word already
if you have multiple grammatically correct versions of the same sentence, then you should pick whichever is easiest to read, or whichever most emphasises what you want to emphasise. These are both very subjective.
for the sentence you wrote at the end, it depends what you mean to say. your first version of it implies that the dog jumped, then stopped, then barked; your second version implies the dog stopped mid-jump and barked at the same time i.e. he stopped/barked while jumping.
there are no catch-all basic rules, only guidelines. english is stupid.
or you could just ignore all this and get published anyway. people do it all the time.
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>>9768477
i accidentally referred to 'only' as an operator, my bad.
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Just find the one that sounds best to you and fits well with the sentences before and after. In my humble opinion, the second sounds far better than the other four options. If you can't come to a conclusion using analysis, just go with your gut feeling.
>>9768477
stop your retarded fucking reddit spacing you dumb cunt
>Orded a copy of Fahrenheit 451
>It's in Spanish
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>>9768238
this is legit funny
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>>9768238
Should've said: gracias amigo! to the postman
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¡Buena adquisición, anon!
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I just came up with this sick ass haiku.
Ah, there he is.
That Motherfucker.
What a tool.
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wow somebody should make that into a banner
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>>9768196
Stuff like this is why I browse lit.
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>>9768196
>Not 5/7/5 syllables
>Now ever close to haiku
Kill yourself
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How does one get over her fear of sharing her work with others for criticism?
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Maybe try posting something else other than your work and see how that feels. A body part, perhaps.
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>>9768040
o-okay, what do you mean by this
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>her
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What are some life-affirming books? Books that make you feel as if there's hope, truth, and beauty still?
One that comes to mind for me is The Count of Monte Cristo
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Lord of the Rings
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The Bible;^)
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>>9767868
Crime and Punishment
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Is it the supersaturation of media that kills creativity? 2017-07-17 12:47:14 Post No.9767687
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Is it the supersaturation of media that kills creativity?
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Am i one only one who have this problem?
Every time i try to find an idea for a story i find somebody who allready used those ideas or i try to create something and realize it has elements of stories i really like
It seems like so much time passed that it is really hard to find something new that was never told
The last thing i want is to blatenly ripoff something
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>>9767687
>The last thing i want is to blatenly ripoff something
You're never going to get published with that attitude young man.
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>>9767691
how do you deal with the prblem?
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Everyone repeats something someone else did at some point. Nothing's original. You just have to put enough of your unique spin on it.
ITT: Literature that proves Islam to be total bullshit
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You going to start posting OP or are we doing your homework for you?
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>>9767058
fpbp
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>>9767058
2 books:
https://archive.org/details/Hagarism
http://www.yoel.info/moonotheismv1andv2.pdf