Now that the dust has settled, can we agree that reading for

>>8360576
No one reads just for prose. Reading has multiple dimensions, prose is one group of dimensions

What's it called when you look at something in context of the whole, rather than just at the part it is?

>>8360576
>prose is one group of dimensions

Yes, and it's also the most plebian demension.

>can we all follow one single opinion on something

That's the most pleb thing going on here. Get out of here you herd animal, back to your own kind!

>>8360909
I doubt you've ever read a book in your life
Prose is to a book like hair to a qt girl
From behind looks great, and it's always an addition to a pretty face, but would you fuck a bald person? Or an ugly person with L'oreal hair?
This thread inspired me unto writing my next book
''The plebeian Condition''

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>>8360576
seeing as reading for prose is literally the only reason why anyone reads this guy

pleb:
>reading for the plot

normal:
>reading for the characters

pseudo-patrician:
>reading for the prose

patrician:
>reading for the themes

genuinely insightful readers:
>realizing that all of the above have an important part working together to create a enjoyable, beautiful, and thought provoking work of literature