>book's protagonist compares his own situation by referencing

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2016-01-31 00:46:32 Post No. 7642442
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 00:46:32 Post No. 7642442 [Report]

>book's protagonist compares his own situation by referencing an older, much better book with the same premise
Why would an author shoot himself in the foot like that?

Anonymous 2016-01-31 00:52:21 Post No.7642453
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 00:52:21 Post No.7642453 [Report]

>Wow, I turned into an insect (or "vermin," if you want to get technical) just like Gregor Samsa from Kafka's Metamorphosis!

Do any books actually do this though?

Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:02:36 Post No.7642483
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:02:36 Post No.7642483 [Report]

>>7642453
Camus in the Plague, though not exactly similar, brings up Dosto's 2 x 2 is 4 thingy. God Camus sucks dick.

Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:03:03 Post No.7642487
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:03:03 Post No.7642487 [Report]

>>7642453
Sounds like something Tao Lin would do.

Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:03:46 Post No.7642492
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>book directly references a film or album

Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:25:44 Post No.7642551
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:25:44 Post No.7642551 [Report]

>>7642442
>>7642453
it's called allusion plebs

Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:30:35 Post No.7642575
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>book directly references an entirely fictional work of literature, or film, or album, or painting

Anonymous 2016-01-31 01:58:30 Post No.7642678
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>book references

Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:01:31 Post No.7642689
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haha I just did this... hoping to get published!

Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:16:20 Post No.7642766
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>book is completely submerged in vernacular expressions and obscure references and uses them as if they are common knowledge
>book dips in and out of foreign languages without any warning or compromise
>book has images integrated into and not simply illustrating the text
>book has a pop music soundtrack ie: "(...) and now No Expectations by The Rolling Stones is playing"

Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:19:55 Post No.7642779
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:19:55 Post No.7642779 [Report]

>>7642766
>>book is completely submerged in vernacular expressions and obscure references and uses them as if they are common knowledge
James Joyce. So inconsiderate you are!

Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:20:18 Post No.7642781
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:20:18 Post No.7642781 [Report]

>>7642442
>book has a protagonist
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:23:40 Post No.7642794
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:23:40 Post No.7642794 [Report]

>>7642781
operative being 'a'-- a 'main character' really is so lame and passé these days.

Anonymous 2016-01-31 02:48:20 Post No.7642876
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>author continuously brings up suicide
>author commits suicide

Anonymous 2016-01-31 10:15:39 Post No.7643973
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 10:15:39 Post No.7643973 [Report]

>>7642876
Hemingway, Woolf, Mainlander, Wallace, Plath...

It's like 99% chance it'll be suicide if it's a main subject.

Anonymous 2016-01-31 10:37:01 Post No.7644027
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 10:37:01 Post No.7644027 [Report]

>>7642794
>'a'--a'

What did he mean by this?

Anonymous 2016-01-31 10:46:22 Post No.7644052
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 10:46:22 Post No.7644052 [Report]

>what is an allusion ?

Anonymous 2016-01-31 17:44:55 Post No.7645003
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Anonymous 2016-01-31 17:44:55 Post No.7645003 [Report]

>>7642442
I like Ironic allusion, like in the Castle or the Jew of Malta.

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