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What does /lit/ think of this piece of shit ? I was given this to read as a work assignment by a retarded, feminist teacher at Uni. This is probably the worst book I've ever read. I feel sad for someone to have such literary culture to consider this even a decent novel. It now appears clear to me women can't write for shit.
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>>7302128 Not a fan, and not a feminist, either, but it has nothing to do with the idea that "Women can't write for shit."
That sounds like something to be said by somebody who has never read Virginia Woolf.
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>>7302145 You're probably right. And I must "confess" I consider Simone Weil the greatest thinker of the 20th century. I was saying this out of hatred for this cunt.
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Well at least I can be glad that only a few people got to go through such a piece of shit.
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Are short stories worth anything
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>>7300168 Joyce would be the man to turn to
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better than novels or poetry tbh
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they're great if you're looking for a story, but not a long one
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>>7300155 Yes, I didn't realize how hard they are to write until I went to do it. I approach them like I would a novel, which is sort of bad.
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>>7300994 we need a great answer
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Sup il/lit/erates,
I want all these books (
https://storybundle.com/nano ) but I don't want to pay $25. Can anyone either point me to somewhere that I can acquire them otherwise, or host the download on one of the above-alluded-to acquisition websites?
Thanks
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Who /stupidprofessor/ here?>mfw he called Plato "the first Gnostic" >mfw he calls literally everything he doesn't like or doesn't understand "Gnostic" or "Calvinist" or even once "Gnostic Calvinism."
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>>7302019 >elderly criminology professor (sociology mandatory elective) >spends the entire semester on community policing theory (engaging the community in positive interactions in order to improve relations between the public and law enforcement as well as improve efficacy of department) >towards end of semester brings in local police captain to discuss community policing in practice >town of uni is known for draconian use of speed laws to terrorize populous >get pulled over going 35 in a 36, arrested for endangering the public going 45 in a 35, students are often pulled over in questionable traffic stops for search >students all ask questions based on community policing principles pointing out the use of traffic laws to terrorize the community, harass students, and raise revenue for the town is pretty much the opposite of community policing. >10 years later I feel almost bad for the officer tbh, class was pretty on point and using citations and really kinda made him look bad >professor screams at us next session for being rude to a guest and disrespecting law enforcement >fails nearly half of our papers >i dont know anyone who got above a C in the class Honestly as Ive gotten older I have found almost all teachers and professors are either failures who couldnt make money doing a real job, or are so autistic about their subject that they are painted with bias.
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>>7302244 >Honestly as Ive gotten older I have found almost all teachers and professors are either failures who couldnt make money doing a real job, or are so autistic about their subject that they are painted with bias. Liberal arts breh.
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>>7302253 True, I would be stupid to paint a professor at a Medical School or an industry professional teaching chemistry with the same brush.
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my professor, who is ruthless with our essays, when we discussed The Wasteland:>this first section is in iambic pentameter >eliot stole chaucers opening word for word
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>/lit/ is for the discussion of literature.
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Most of them are so stubborn and dogmatic.
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>>7302026 >not being a paladin of faith >reaching for anything less than martyrdom Anonymous
>>7302168 Go fuck yourself goat fucker. Traditional catholic is the truth.
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>>7302191 I truly pity you, you're going to burn in hell for all eternity if you don't accept the truth. You can still reconcile with Ar Rahim, for he is the most merciful.
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>>7301962 It is, it's just not as visible for obvious reasons. However, kids and teenagers of Muslim parents are more likely to become atheist than any other religion.
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>>7302141 >In 90% of cases atheists lack any form of solid philosophical, theological and historical culture Same with most Christians tbh
Anonymous
When someone says "I'm a nihilist", what does such a person commonly believe?
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>>7299587 That world has no meaning.
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>>7301175 so something wouldn't exist if it didn't exist?
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>>7301753 He's saying that objective value does not exist.
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>>7301756 >values >somehow ever objective Not sure how this happened really, but values are obviously held by subjects.
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They welcome contradictions
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What is the ideal length for a book?
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Somewhere between 0 and 2500 pages.
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>>7301948 Font size is arbitrary though.
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~300 pages, assuming you're not using a retarded font size.
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>>7301904 700 - 800 pages or basically something you can finish in a day or two. Anything bigger risks to get too tedious to read. Besides, it's unlikely that the reader would appreciate your awesome foreshadowing on page four if the book has two thousands pages.
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Have any of you guys successfully rejected all knowledge?
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I did that once, but then had to reject that I had rejected all knowledge, which made me accidentally remember everything and I nearly died.
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>seek wisdom not knowledge XD!
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I couldn't reject all of it. Some things were left.
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I might have
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>oh man this is literally the greatest book of all time it's so deep >puns and fart humor
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>>7301698 Dubliners is very conventional, and a bit boring aside from occasional good prose. If you don't care about Dublin and the time period you won't get much out of most stories.
Joyce has noticeably evolved in Portrait and experiments a bit more, but it's still almost normal and incomparably easier than Ulysses.
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>>7301199 Even if you don't like the book, you have to be a complete simpleton to not be able to recognize that there is something there.
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>>7301462 >"most difficult reads" I'm sorry, some of us here have an IQ in the triple digits.
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Hello, I have been watching movies about older men and younger girls/women relationships/friendships and wondering if there were any books on the topic. please
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Just use the pedolit thread from last week.
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>this thread again
