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childhood is idolizing to kill a mockingbird
adulthood is realizing go set a watchmen makes more sense

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From what I've noticed, most great writers base parts of their novels off their personal lives. Melville worked on a ship, Tolstoy was nobility and in the military, Dostoevsky was a gambler that went to prison, etc. All these people lived interesting lives or have experienced great events which led to them writing great books.

How does one like myself write something profound when I've lived a dull and boring life compared to these guys? (Early 20s living in America btw) I don't even feel like I'm living in interesting times. Should I pursue "adventure" in this world while I'm still young? I know its a cliche among young people, but do I need to travel the world or something? Join the army?

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ITT you post 1-must-read young and alive poet from your shitty country

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>I used to read 1000 pages in one hour

Who does this man think he's fooling?

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Post books no one over 18 should bother reading.

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I have read the books The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, now I must write a compare and contrast essay for school about the books. Anybody who've read said novels have any suggestions on what I could relate the two with? Love is a major theme in both but I'm having trouble coming up with a thesis.

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I just finished this.

Very interesting seeing the differences between this and The Crying of Lot 49. I found it a lot less funny and also a lot more disturbing at certain parts.

Overall though I do think I liked it more than The Crying of Lot 49. It was certainly much more moving.

Some questions I was left with at end were

Was V the bad priest? (I went back and re-read and am convinced that she was)

Was she the spirit of Valletta?

What is the relevance of Eigenvalue and Schoenmaker's views on plastic surgery and the teeth in relation to the way V replaces her body parts?

How does her replacing her body parts relate to decadence?

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Greatest Philosophers through the Centuries
>19th: Hegel
>20th: Heidegger
>21st: Molyneaux

What the flippity fuck happened?

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Why can't I read more than a few pages of a book before being overcome with drowsiness?

I'm actively imagining or trying to comprehend what I'm reading, but ultimately I fall asleep. Anywhere, anytime.

I used to stay up for an extra hour or two just reading, or sit down after work to read. I can't do either now.

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>first day of Spanish class at uni
>professor is a major in Spanish literature
>ask her what her what she thinks of Cervantes and Marquez
>says she dislikes Marquez because he was friends with Fidel Castro and Cervantes is only considered good because he's popular (?)
>proceeds to list a bunch of obscure as fuck authors as her favorites

Do I drop, lads?

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I need the help of a German fag.
>I'm in the process of writing a historical fiction book.
>It takes place in Nazi Germany during Hitler's reign.
>A 12 year old German boy named Armand and his best friend Deron, who is Jewish, find out that Jews across Germany were being taken.
>In an effort to protect his best friend, Armand makes an agreement with Deron's family that if they are taken, he will protect Deron by hiding him in his home.
>Armand's parents reluctantly agree to the agreement, on the condition that if the German soldiers come looking in the house for Deron, they will not hesitate to turn him in.
The rest of the story is a work in progress
Can I get the help of a German fag to help with German spoken parts of the story, please?

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What's the best software for listening to my pdf books, essentially turning them into audioboks?

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>he buys his books from Amazon®

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i am having trouble understanding montaigne, which is strange because i have read works more complex than his and understood them well. i have also read works from around his era like erasmus, bacon and pascal and have understood them well in fact they are some of my favorites which is what lead me to montaigne but his writing style seems so different then theirs. is there anyway i can better understand montaigne