/lit/ - Literature

Dosto really humbles you, doesn't he?

>>16250342
>It's scary how fucking close to home this hits
if you're anywhere near as petty as the glavnii giroi in notes then you really need to sort yourself out
no amount of quirky or deprecating self-awareness can redeem that type of behavior, get motivated to do something that helps you redeem yourself

>>16250342
That was autobiographical 100%.

>>16250415
Not really. I would argue White Nights is. On the surface the two main characters are really alike, but the underground man has all the bitterness and retarded ideologies on top of him.

>>16250342
The underground man was based

>>16250415
Dosto was way more successful than that guy though, and from an early age. The character in Humiliated and Insulted is a bit like him

>>16250377
shut the FUCK up or I'll fucking walk into you

>>16250342
it really baffles me to this day how he could write something so authentic without being a social outcast himself.

It's scary how fucking close to home this hits

>>16250687
U gay? U a tiny little slant-eyed chink faggot?

>Oh. My. God. This book is so meee! Talk about relatable!
Remind me how you guys are any different from women reading ya novels, other than the books themselves. You read for the same reasons

>>16250741
sure but why are you mad about it

>>16250741
and why do you read anon?

>>16250741
Name one women novel that calls you a piece of shit in your face and makes you cringe looking at the mirror.

>>16250786
I have no desire to just see myself reflected in a book, I read to see things that I’m not yet aware of
>>16251132
All of them. They just don’t realize it

>>16251417
we are still monkeys anon, with no real sense of empathy. if the book you are reading has absolutely no relevance to your life, you'll soon forget it as if you've never even read it. i still remember the chilling effect it had on me when i read it for the first time.

>>16251533
Nice post, stupid

>challenges you to a duel

>>16251417
>I have no desire to see myself in a book
The quest towards better self knowledge is worth it.
>I read to see things that nit yet aware of
Apparently you don't, because you have the arrogance to make the assumotion that you completely know yourself. This is too sad.

>>16250342

Only thing i can't relate to is him having sex but whatever i guess

its scary how fucking close to the >current year this is