itt we absolutely devastate materialism
>Atoms can't be conscious
>The brain is made of atoms
>Therefore the brain cannot be conscious
QED faggots
>atoms are tiny
>objects are made of atoms
>therefore all objects are tiny
atomic theory BTFO
>>7477602
>objects are made of atoms
who claimed this?
>>7477602
If you tell a physicist that something is small or large, they'll answer "compared to what?" Atoms are minuscule compared to the awesomeness of our God, so I'd say atomic theory has at least one gaping hole in it.
Stoner did nothing wrong
Edith did nothing wrong
Grace did nothing wrong
Ms. Driscoll did nothing wrong
Lomax did nothing wrong
Charles Walker did nothing wrong
Chris Walker is a complete fucking cunt. I hate that crippled nigger.
They all did something wrong except Edith and Grace
>it's possible to do things """wrong"""
Holy spookz
Do you identify with him?
>>7476960
No, I don't rape my sister, phoebe.
>>7476960I used toand I still do to an extent, cause think about it, some of his anger is pretty universal and rational, I think that one writer, whoever it was, explained it really well
I used to. What >>7476965 said is true too.
Holden is a whiny bitch, but goddamn if he doesn't have at least some valid points.
its boring desu
pynchon on ambien
Some people are just born plebeian.
It's better than Gravity's Rainbow
Comfy/10 masterpiece
>>7476674
It's for grown-ups who aren't obsessed with drugs. My grandmother's halfway through Mason & Dixon and is already asking what of Pynchon she should read next.
books that don't have stories in them are stupid and should be hitler burned. poltiics is for gays too.
>>7476508
anime should be burned
>>7476509
BURN YOU
>>7476519
Wrong answer
>tfw have to finish every book I start, no matter what
anyone else know this feel?
>>7475750
I always follow Nabokov's suggestions so I never read bad books.
>>7475809
>I always follow Nabokov's suggestions so I never read bad books.
>I tell myself I don't read shit book. But then again, I am a pedophile and don't know good from bad to begin with.
>>7475809
Why bother thinking for yourself when other people can decide for you?
Will art ever transcend the current post-postmodern/internet-meme era? Or is it doomed to decline to its absolute termination?
>>7461214
post-modernism is like capitalism or the han chinese, it integrates any opposition it comes across.
uhh art is still being created for arts sake, its just not commercialized mainstream shit.
were not post anything, just stuck in dystopian but comfortable consumerlandia
>>7461221
post modernism *is* capitalism
For those who've read "A la Recherché..." in French:
For how long were you learning French before you could read it, and is it written in an experimental or oblique way?
>>7478230
>how long
a long ass time.
>experimental
yes, but not in a way that makes it harder to read, imo. it still can be challenging though
Hey, actual French so I couldn't tell you how long I had to learn french sorry.
However, about the "experimental" aspects of A la recherche du temps perdu, it is what we call in lit studies a Méta Roman, which is a novel that gives the reader matter to think about the very process of writing.
It's accessible though and easily understandable, it just covers a wide range of philosophical and other wide and open-ended interrogations about life and what creation is all about.
Hope it helped, needless to say that I encourage you to read this book, one of the best of the 20th century in my opinion.
>>7478242
Would you say that Proust is one of those authors who loses more than most other French writers in translation?
why live if you are going to die anyway and nothing really matters?
>>7477148
Why die if you're going to live anyway and nothing really matters?
Why not?
the moral law obliges you to preserve your own life
>it was made after the 1970s
>>7477131
Just like you
has a colourful cover
>>7477131
>it was written before 1945
Who's the saddest qt grill in all of literature?
Alyosha's gf.
Has to be Plath.
Pizarnik, in some pics.
Obviously adults who read YA books are the lowest of the low, but are teenagers allowed to read them? I have sisters aged 14 and 16, and for Christmas I was thinking about buying them 'The Alchemist' and 'Looking For Alaska' because they're both keen readers and it's exactly the sort of shit that they'll love to read.
However, I am worried that if I encourage them to read YA books now, I might inadvertently lead them into a lifetime of being plebs. So my second option is to buy them Ulysses and Infinite Jest.
What should I do /lit/?
>>7474723
Yes, if you have bad taste once, you will always have bad taste.
You're allowed to like pseud shit like Marx or Nietzsche as a teenager though.
Buy them something between your two extremes, idiot.
There is plenty of good fiction for teenagers.
What are they interested in?
It's pretty hard to into lit if you're a teen girl. Be careful what seeds you sow unless you want to reap lesbians, because this is how you grow lesbians, do you want a family of lesbians anon?
What do you think this W.H. Auden poem is about?
HUNTING SEASON
"A shot from crag to crag,
The tell-tale echoes trundle;
Some feathered he-or-she
Is now a lifeless bundle
And, proud into a kitchen, some
Example of our tribe will come.
Down in the startled valley
Two lovers break apart:
He hears the roaring oven
Of a witch's heart:
Behind his murmers of her name
She sees a marksman taking aim.
Reminded of the hour
And that his chair is hard,
A deathless verse half done,
One interrupted bard
Postpones his dying with a dish
Of several suffocated fish."
Do
Your
Own
Homework
>>7474078
Oh, I'm 42 years old. I can assure you, this isn't homework. It's merely curiosity.
Just ordered the meme triology off amazon.
What should I do to prepare myself before they arrive?
Start with the greeks? Like, seriously, you won't understand jack shit from Ulysses if you don't.
Infinite Jest is just a bunch of text. You CAN understand GR but you mostly read it for the experience.
That's the old meme trilogy
>>7466690
Should I do anything special to enhance my reading experience? Maybe a special diet?
So, today is my birthday and I've just turned 18. In spite of that, what book should I start to read today? Here's my list:
>Steppenwolf
>Ulysses
>Our Ancestors
>The Death of Ivan Ilich
>Canterbury Tales
>The Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man
Also, I've got some money to spare and I'm keen to listen to your literary recommendations for a freshman into adulthood :^)
poor babby
Read the sticky. Your list is fine.
that better be an original spelling edition of canterbury tales with footnotes, faggot