Your damned if you do, your damned if you dont. Nice! Thanks Gaddis.

>>9440728
You are * do not*

It's about the introduction of a problem more than a solution. Do you have a better way to deal with it?

>>9440728
t. brainlet with the reading comprehension of a 5 year old

>>9440728
God I love this book. It's so beautiful and terrifying.

>>9442997
why is it terrifying?

>>9443009
I used to have nightmares about it chasing me through paris

>>9440728
>Damned if I do, if I don't (yuhhh)
>Goddamn us all if you won't (yuhhh)
>Damn, damn, damn, it's a goddamn shame
>You ain't frontline, get out the goddamn way

What did Gaddis mean by this?

>>9443009
Because I could recognize the feelings many characters had throughout the book in my own life; and because, while I could sympathize with Wyatt, I know I can't empathize with him. I can't feel the same way he does though I despair. I have felt the loss of my mother, the abandon of my father, searched for God, lost my way, then found a small place where I could live with purpose and then saw it dashed against the rocks. It's terrifying to know my life's been inscribed in another's imagination, in the nightmare of history.

>>9443222
i need to read this book