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So i am thinking about turning the great meme war of 2016 into an Epic poem.
It woud be set in ancient Greece, and the story woud revolve around an argument that erupts on olympos mountain between the gods, when Zeus has a discussion with Hera if they shoud give the Humans more power or if they shoud take them under their direct controll. Of course the argument is incited by Hades (George Soros) who wants the gods to losen their grip on the Humans so that he may unleash death uppon them. The gods, who have formed two paries, one for and one against more controll over the humans, they decide to settle this by chosing two human champions who will fight against each other.
I have read some of Homers works but i dont really grip the base style of him yet.
Any tipps for me?
Also wich gods shoud be in wich parties?
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>>8715856
Kill yourself instead.
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>>8715856
Tip: You have a nasty case of autism.
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>>8715856
sounds good man please do it
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Hello /lit/.
New on this board, and I'm beginning to get interested in literature. I'm a Serb, and I just read some of Laza Lazarevic's short stories. These are the first literatory works that I actually saw the beauty of. They probably had an influence on my interest in this.
Anyway, my question is, can /lit/ provide a new guy with some good starting points on literature and some books to read? Just a note, I'm not into poems at all, I cannot stand reading poems for some reason.
Pic related, it's Lazarevic.
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Discard your ethnic identity. Read Dickens' Great Expectations, it's comfy as fuck.
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>>8715995
I only said that because people would possibly be wondering who Lazarevic is.
Thanks for the recommendation though, will check it out.
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>>8715847
Lazarević is great. Dostoevsky is probably the closest to Laza's writing (a lot of precise and deep psychological analysis) so you might like his writing.
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Ok so when does he start the story?
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at like 200-300 you get something resembling coherent narratives.
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>>8715819
True, but in their defense, IJ in general can be a bit tricky the first time.
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What's his best work?
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>>8715786
The Double
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>>8715786
The Trouble
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>>8715786
The Bubble
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Call me edgy, but I have some legitimate questions about this book.
In it, we know the Party is the rules all of Oceania, and has Big Brother as its head. But since Big Brother is a figure created to represent and/or embody the Party as a whole, the ruling class isn't identified.
The main antagonist says, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." But who is stomping whom? The main antagonist also says, "The weariness of the cell is the vigor of the organism," but how strong can the organism be if it tasks itself to make every cell weak?
Who is the ruling class of the Party if everyone suffers in it, including the elites, the Inner Party? Under whom is everyone suffering?
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>>8715738
Is this book any good?
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>>8715764
Yeah it is legitimately very good
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I would argue that 1984 is orwells belief in inevitable class structure taken to logical extreme. He has a long part in the middle about the low the medium and the high and the roles they take being cyclical. My contention being that who the elite are are inconsequential as there will always be an elite. Hence the boot forever stamping.
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I just majored in English and have yet to decide what do with my degree. Anyone else having a similar problem after college?
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>>8715560
I had that problem, and went to law school after milling around for a year.
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>>8715560
>majored in English
I'm being pushed into stem but I'm seriously considering doing english. What kinda jobs can people do/hows the job market? I assume an english degree isn't as bad of an investment as a art degree.
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>>8715564
where?
Do you guys ever feel like the humans have surpassed the English language?
Like English isn't enough to describe our complex thoughts and even may be something that's holding our minds back?
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The same could be said about any language, Mr Anglo-centrist.
Look up Ithkuil, it might interest you.
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>>8715512
>there's still people on this board who don't know about the Real
Fucking Anglo education
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>>8715518
It does ty
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What made 50 Shades of Gray so successful?
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What made every shitty book successfull
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>>8715414
and luck. and the fact that they're shitty so they don't challenge anyone even a little bit.
Why do you dislike non-fiction so much?
Would you seriously rather fill your head with the rambling thoughts of shut-ins and schizophrenics than immerse yourself with real, useful knowledge?
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The second question is stupid and I know you're just playing around, but to answer the first one it's because I find most of it very dry.
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>Would you seriously rather fill your head with the rambling thoughts of shut-ins and schizophrenics than immerse yourself with real, useful knowledge?
...Yes
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Fiction ironically tends to contain more knowledge about life than non-fiction.
Facts don't tell you how to live OP.
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Hey nerd!
*Shoves you.*
What's that book you're reading?
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>>8715317
could someone make a silly anime post
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>>8715317
i-i-i-infinite jest
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>>8715317
the fuck you just call me?
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ITT, We discuss Financial Literature masterpieces. I will start with my two favorite ones:
>Pic Related
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>>8715242
The Dart of the Eel by DJ Drumpf
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Is "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" a good and honest book? I've heard that title thrown around in various websites i've visited. The only thing that kept me from reading it was because it kind of sounds like one of those mainstream exaggerated halfway-bullshit books.
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>>8715242
Das Kapital by Marx
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Why isn't Diomedes remembered among the Achaean heroes these days?
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>>8715121
Hes not? I remember him well.
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>>8715166
Just seems he is not part of common knowledge when people talk about Troy.
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unlike achilles, he overcomes his problems through the aid of gods (athena and hera) rather than through sheer will. the ancient greeks were humanists and i think the fact that they valued achilles as the greatest hero of their greatest war is one way to show this
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Hey guys I want to read more but I almost never get quiet at my house. I don't want to listen to music while reading- I don't want my retention lowered, nor my experience lessened due to lack of focus on the bare text, but I may have to resort to drowning outside sound with a pair of headphones if this problem is fixed. Can you guys concentrate on reading in loud areas?
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Noise cancelling headphones.
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>>8715047
Earplugs, maybe?
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>>8715049
I have those, but I don't like the concept of music while reading. If I have to, what music?
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Be the most brilliant philosopher in the world 2016-11-12 02:24:20 Post No.8715028
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Be the most brilliant philosopher in the world
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yet 4chan doesn't care cause she isn't one of their favorite mediocre white males
yet Kripke is seen as a genius
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What's his philosophy all about OP
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>>8715309
haha it's funny because it's a woman and you said he
classic!
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>>8715028
On suicide bombing:
>suicidal resistance is a message inscribed in the body when no other means will get through
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...Where should I begin? 2016-11-12 01:57:12 Post No.8714959
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I'm a lit fetus- Which is to say I'm in the process of developing my literary tastes... Or perhaps, trying to find them. My issue is, I don't know where to truly begin.
If you do decide to abort me, please, before you dispose of me, walk past your libraries; show me where you began your literary journey, where your interest in reading was born and how someone like me can come join you.
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Read whatever the fuck you want to read, then see what inspired it or was related and try reading the slightly more challenging books from that list. Keep doing that for each book, always challenging yourself but don't bother with stuff that bores the shit out of you until you level up, then give it another go. It's just like exercise but for your brain.
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>>8714969
Which book was your cherry-popper?
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>>8714983
No idea, I've been reading since before you were conceived.