My professor recently had a baby and he is currently reading Ulysses to her as a "bedtime story"
>Tfw not raised patrician from the start
what a pretentious cunt
I hope the baby gets SIDS
He probably just likes an excuse to read it out loud. Or he's fucking with you.
>>8992677
Smart dad, I would do the same. Might even name my kid Ulysses.
Why are Socrates' Monologues presented as dialogues?
It's always like this:
SOCRATES: blah blah blah
other: Thats correct.
SOCRATES: yada yada yada dooh
other: that seems right
SOCRATES: blah blah blah
other: of course!
I swear I am not trolling. There is no real dialogue there
>>8992579
Have you read any of them? Other guy makes an argument, then proceeds to answer Socrates' questions which in the end lead to the acceptance of the counterargument.
What I want to know is why socrates uses such convoluted language. Reading Meno at the moment, everything Meno says is just fine but even short things Socrates says I have to re-read slowly to understand. They're not even hard concepts.
>>8992597
All the early ones
I've read Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories. They are breddy gud.
I've only read Franny and Zooey and I thought it was fantastic. I'm nervous about the quality of Catcher so I think Nine Stories will be the next work I tackle of his.
>>8992551
You think you won't watch Catcher in The Rye? The book changed my perspective on people.
Read For Esme (Nine stories) and it's very good.
>dad walks in
>>8992515
What are you reading, son?
>it's Dad's copy, and the pages are sticky
>>8992515
>"do you want what? lolita?"
I've decided to renounce the degenracy of atheism and embrace God's grace.
Where do I start with Bible Literary Universe works? Mind you, I was raised orthodox.
Start with the Greeks: that is, the NT ;^)
>>8992511
Put on some headphones and really listen to this, it reaches ur bones and soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyOYh1ZSiys
>>8992511
Orthodox Christianity > The Pagan Revisionist "Christians"
ok, but, like, what the fuck was the point
>>8992421
u dumb and need 2 git smart
>>8992427
oh ok lol it makes sense now
>>8992421
novels need a Point now ? you arent reading a philosophical tract, moron
Are autobiographies the worst kind of "literature"?
https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudiouk/youre-never-weird-on-the-internet-almost-by-felicia-day-audiobook-extract
No.
But that particular one is the worst piece of literature.
>>8992357
>autobiographies
i want to say yes because i dont think an authors life is any important to the work, but speculative fiction comes so fucking close.
Mein kampf is lit af familia
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, as some of you may know, has recently gotten a Netflix original series. Hearing about it has brought one of my favorite childhood books back too the forefront of my mind and realize how few answers were actually given in the series. I finished the series well before I got heavy into internet culture and by the time I got into browsing forums and message boards the book series was little more than a memory lingering in the back of my mind. I've made this thread in the hopes of hearing some theories others have come up and having a discussion in regards to the many unanswered questions presented.
Are you my ex-girlfriend
>>8992318
I think the whole point was to leave questions - the series was very deliberately different from other childrens' books, so it makes sense that he would give you a message of "life is often complicated and unsettling with no clear answers" rather than the usual "and they all lived happily ever after".
>>8992327
I don't know, maybe? did you have a 1/2 inch dick and always leave me unsatisfied in all regards of life???
>>8992350
I mean yeah, that was the point and I appreciate the concept and like the books the way they are, I was just wondering if other people had ever heard or came up with theories regarding the many unanswered questions
Who's the most literary Statesman of all time?
Not Trump.
>Read my delegates dahnald
This guy.
What's books embody your childhood and do you have extream nostalgia and love for? One of mine is the Ranger Apprentice series
>>8992241
>What's books embody your childhood and do you have extream nostalgia and love for?
None. While I read books as a child, I am not nostalgic for them because honestly they were not that good. I have since moved on to adult literature which has given more than enough to think about without regressing to childish works.
The only kids books I ever think back to are ones like Ferdinand the Bull or Farewell to Shady Glade which had beautiful pictures.
Those shifty vampire books by Darren Shan or some shit.
Also geronimo stilton but those were based
>>8992241
Snicket, actually. Glad to see him making a comeback.
>tfw can't write for shit
I have good ideas, I just can't write anything. Not a single line of text. I just don't know how to start!
Any tips?
>>8992187
Try amphetamines.
You just wrote a line of text to start this thread, you goddamned liar!
>>8992196
I can't write a line worth reading.
What exactly was the ring supposed to represent?
>>8992026
Material wealth.
Political power
>>8992026
The temptation of power
I'm 4 drafts into a novel, and I've run into a problem. One of the key themes is determinism, and I want to express this by having the characters' actions be the logical consequences of external factors that they're exposed to over the course of the book. This initially seemed like a good idea, but it's made the stakes feel very low and led to a somewhat predictable plot. How do I create tension without abandoning the clear cause/effect relationship?
You could foreshadow events and leave some clever hints here and there, that way you can explain the cause of the event afterwards without making things too predictable. But if you don't plan things enough it could become an asspull.
Maybe make some previous minor events subtly interact with the outcomes of the big events to influence the climax of the story in an interesting and not so predictable way?
For ideas, read Success by Sebastian Knight
-Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
-Meursault (a drawing I found at deviant art by ayeyah)
-Medea
>inb4 Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor
I can explain. I picked Meursault because I am actually nihilistic, and I feel like I don't belong in this society, I am not saying I am a special snowflake or something but I find morals to be just a social custom or instict that is just ment to ensure the survivial/progress of man. Even though I don't find this progress to be meaningful I also picked Rodion because I am ambitious and I agree with his theory about special people, but deep down I know I am not one.
Finaly Medea, because I agree with her that human life is nothing but shadows and among human beings no one is happy and I justify the act of killing her children. I belive that since her hatred overcame her love it was the only natural thing to do.
Fox Mulder
Dr. Manhattan
Garfield
-Hamlet
-Paris
-Underground Man
>>8991531
-little prince
-stephen deadalus
-Hal Incandenza
>Turns out I literally have a disability where I can't create images in my mind as I read.
I didn't even know people could.
Should I just kill myself or what
>>8991481
how did you discovered that?
also, if i say "elephant", can't you picture an elephant in your mind?
>>8991481
Quick! Picture a man.Did you imagine him big or small, light or dark, dressed or not, outside or inside? Or nothing?