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>David Foster Wallace played by Jeff Daniels
>David Lipsky played by Jim Carrey

>DFW played by the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
>David Lipsky played by the orangutan from 'Every Which Way But Loose'

>David Foster Wallace played by Burt Reynolds
>David Lipsky played by Cher

Looks like he's taken a few in the fanny. Removed from my backlog.

Thanks, OP.

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>>7398507

Me honestly. I may not be famous but I blow that faggot out the water in the looks department

sometimes jokes work better in the native language. Sometimes it doesn't matter.

>>7398445
i learned english just to shitpost here.

>>7398445
I'm learning French primarily to read Proust. I'll let you know if it's worth it once I progress a little more.

I don't think a reader's guide is worth it. Realistically its a fairly simple book. Just requires multiple reads.

Totally unnecessary, like yeah there's a few cool Borges references here or there but it's not complicated prose (for the most part, certain segments on math or in vernacular can be a little tough but nothing that would ruin a first-read through). Guides pretty much just feed you trivial information which is only cool to know if it becomes your favorite book or something.

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It's the most clearly written book you'll ever read besides The Stranger. You just have to get past the early-ish ebonics chapters. It's just long. There are no tricks to it.

>>7398289
qt

>>7398301
thx

I thought her legs were a dick at first
but alas it was even worse
they were the legs of a grill
"Ew! You're like a brother to me!"
*hits me with her purse*

>Should I really study for an English degree?

Not if you want your life to go anywhere. What are you good at?

>>7398263
Start with the Greeks.

>worthless
Sure is spooky in here

It's actually very inspiring, you normie pleb-shit

>>7398191
can't it be both?

>>7398182
I got about half way through before dismissing it as unrepentant edgelordism.

Also am I wrong to kinda not trust modern translations and even the king James version? I feel like there could be outside forces that wanted to translate them how they wanted.

>>7398114
For the Qur'an, Sayyid Hossein Nasr recently released a Study Qur'an that's supposedly very good and will be used as a standard by Western academics. Basically intro stuff from what I've read about it. No Arabic is within it but it's better to listen to the Arabic than attempt to read it or its transliteration if you don't know Arabic.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Study-Quran-Translation-Commentary/dp/0061125865

>>7398139
Thanks. Anyone recommend any other religious books that I should read also?

The Book Of Mormon?

kek
>life decisions

>>7398071
I've also given it some thought purely for the economic security aspect of teaching. From what I understand you get in, join the union and from then on so long as you don't hit or molest a kid you've got a reasonably well paid job for the rest of your life.
I've been poor and it sucks arse, being a teacher might not be so bad.

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before you become a secondary school teacher, listen to every song This Is Serious Mum ever wrote. most of the guys in that band were secondary school teachers, and their hatred for teenagers drips from every note.

>Australian teachers are some of the highest paid teachers in the world


that's like saying "Australian homeless are some of the highest paid homeless in the world"

> Plus I love Literature, so being able to focus on that, but teaching at a high school level (ain't rocket science) would be good for me.

you know what? go for it. dive right in.

just don't say we didn't warn you.

Animals gon' animal.

>>7397961
you need a
>still pay for the abortion
for this joke to work.

>>7397961
>FSAD ROG

I worked on learning German for a few months this summer. Got a lot of the grammar fundamentals down bc of 1337 teacher but my vocab is weak. I decided I didn't want to do German philosophy for a PhD so I gave up, but I could feel my grasp of the language coming. Probably if you spend a whole year going hardcore for a couple hours a day you will be conversational. But if you don't stick with it it fades, so I am wondering what is the point, other than 'looking good' on applications

Ehh i taught myself american sign language back when i was 13 and 14. my friend knew some so we had some convos in it. Eventually stopped using it and i literally forgot EVERYTHING. i cant even remember the alphabet. So i think you really need to study it a lot and use it as much as you can. Anyhow i'm trying to learn Russian now. Its a lot harder since its a whole knew alphabet. You can try duolingo if you haven't heard about it already

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>>7397862
>My resources are the internet, Rosetta Stone, a a native French speaker I've made friends with at university.
>immersion is the best way to learn
>quiz myself at vocabulary
>until i start worrying about grammar.

HOW THE FUCK DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD BE DOING

dat sum peter singer?

No.

Damn that was easy. Pitch me another one OP.

>>7397844
Well, Peter Singer does believe some animals are persons, most notable chimps, I believe.

Start with the Greeks

>>7397804
This went right over my head friend.

I don't know what else really I could or am asking with this thread but okay.

Read tons of short stories. It's actually a great type of writing to be interested in because you can practice it much more easily than you can with novels.

Suggestions:
>Lorrie Moore - Like Life
>Tao Lin - Bed: Stories
>Tolstoy - Death of Ivan Ilych and other stories
>DFW - Oblivion

>>7397666

War and Peace

This one, degenerate

http://www.amazon.com/No-Need-Weed-Understanding-Dependency/dp/095576260X

>>7397666
The Savage Detectives

>>7397590
McDuff or Avsey.

>>7397590
>translations

>>7397590
P&V is my go-to. As a Russian, you can usually make out what Dostoevsky wrote, although perfect translations are impossible.

Even the title Dream of a Ridiculous Man cannot be translated well because literally it would be "funny man". If you want true Dostoevksy, you gotta learn Russian.