/lit/ - Literature

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607432]

>walking down the street today and accidentally bump into a girl
>her things drop (notebook and an apple and shit)
>oh god i'm sorry let me help you!
>it's pissing it down so i grab her things and run with her into a little cafe to escape the rain
>she laughs the incident off and as i'm giving her her stuff back asks me if i want to stay and have coffee
>i say sure but i dont drink coffee so i'll have one of those milkshake things they make
>she has a coffee i have one of those
>we sit down and i'm sorting her stuff out for her
>notice she has a copy of The Great Gatsby
>ask her if she enjoyed it
>she says she loved it coz Nick is such a reliable narrator it made it really interesting
>i stare at her blankly wondering if this is some kind of joke
>i try and explain my opinion that no narrator can be seen as 'reliable' in extremis.
>she looks annoyed and i ask what else she thought about the book
>she said she felt really sorry for Daisy
>i stared blankly again and felt like i wanted to leave
>she explains that all her friends hated Daisy but she was probably a good mother and they shouldn't be so hard on her
>i ask her what she thought of it's portrayal of the American Dream
>she said she didn't really get what the author was trying to say
>i finish my milkshake (FUCK WHY DID I ORDER IT WITH CREAM ON TOP TOO?) and make my excuses
>she walks out with me leaving half her coffee
>ask her which way she's going and say im going the other way
>gives me her number, name and a hug, while she's next to my head she whispers 'text me alright?'
>feel confused as i get the bus home, throw her number away because she was so dumb.

So, Great Gatsby general? it's one of my fav's and i think it's pretty much essential /lit/ reading, what did you all think about it?
pic related it's the book (though not my edition)

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607435]

pic related it's what she looked like only prettier and less slutty

[Fab !!GXZe+d0RTva No.1607439]

you're gonna get b& into oblivion

[Anonymous No.1607440]

/lit/ is dead.

[Tom Harper !6FMElt5n.U!!YEOb/BUS8vw No.1607442]

Didn't even fucking bother reading
Fuck you.
LOL /LIT/ RELATED

[Stagolee !0Pey/QLK3E No.1607448]

you need new material
not like you had any to begin with though

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607452]

>>1607448
>>1607448
are you annoyed that everyone forgot about you?

[Anonymous No.1607455]

inb4 OP samefags 98 posts that appear to be other people buying this bullshit

[Tom Harper !6FMElt5n.U!!YEOb/BUS8vw No.1607456]

Brownbear, I hope your dynamic IP is eventually reset to a previous one and then you can never post on /lit/ again

[Anonymous No.1607459]

Well, here's my day:
>trying to find cover from the rain
>fat idiot walks into me
>the force of his weight cause me to drop my things to stop myself falling
>guy gets his sweaty, fat paws all over my stuff
>I tell him to just let me sort it out, and I go to the nearest café
>the fat creeper has followed me
>I get a black coffee (tired from studying all day) and sit down out of the way for some light reading (Gatsby)
>fatty comes over with a glass of cream or something, and asks me about what I enjoyed
>I look annoyed, and give him a curt answer about the social commentary and the lost generation
>he starts muttering some high school crap about narrator reliability
>I tell him that's cool, and get back to reading, hoping he'll go away
>I can hear his mouth breathing getting louder, and the rain has brought out his sweaty dog smell, so I leave
>fat fido chases after me. He tries to grab me and asks for my number, but I just get away as quickly as possible

Fuck's sake. I quite liked that café too.

[Anonymous No.1607460]

>>1607432
today's story is too long;
tripfriends have very short attention span

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1607461]

>>1607456
lol.

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607467]

>>1607455
>>1607455
please stop trolling and discuss The Great Gatsby

>>1607459
>>1607459
i'll admit it
i lol'd

[Anonymous No.1607470]

I had a trip on this board when moot first created it. I don't remember any of you guys. Newfags, all of you

[The Master !oKVZQzhloE No.1607472]

Did anyone else finish the novel wishing that Tom would have beaten the shit out of Mr. Gatsby? I'm pretty sure he could have. He seemed like a very fit individual.

[Tom Harper !6FMElt5n.U!!YEOb/BUS8vw No.1607473]

>>1607470
I love Richter.
His exhibition in Edinburgh was pretty inspiring.

[Anonymous No.1607475]

>>1607472
I wish it was Tom in the swimming pool.

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607476]

>>1607472
>>1607472
i did a little, Tom seemed pretty athletic in a more bulked way, like he had a lot of weight behind him. I didn't want him to kick the shit outta Gatsby though, i just wanted Nick to be mad at him instead of pussying out.

tom pic is for u

>>1607470
>>1607470
sure thing bro!

[Anonymous No.1607480]

i lol'd pretty hard at your story, this pretty much describes lit. probably the only chance you're had at pussy in awhile, and you blew it cause your a Moran

[Anonymous No.1607484]

Oh, it's Brownbear.

[Anonymous No.1607491]

>>1607484

[Anonymous No.1607494]

I love these threads so much. Your stories are so fun, and everyone hating on tripfags makes me just positively glow.

[Anonymous No.1607523]

YOUR MOTHER SUCKS COCKS IN HELL

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607526]

>>1607491
>>1607491
tomharper finally gets caught out at being a samefag!
forgot your name and trip this time bro

[Anonymous No.1607527]

I urge all anons browsing lit at this moment to report this thread (and all Brownbear greentext threads).

Keep reporting, he will get banned.

[The Master !oKVZQzhloE No.1607545]

>>1607527


This thread is clearly /lit/ related anon. And also, brownbear is cool. :)

[Anonymous No.1607550]

>>1607545

[Anonymous No.1607555]

>>1607545
Brownbear, stop samefagging.
Jesus.

[Anonymous No.1607560]

She feels sorry for Daisy ? That says a lot about her own character.
Is Nick reliable as a narrator ? I suppose, but we really don't have a frame of reference outside his POV to judge by - what does he take away from it, is he going to use the lesson of Jay's futile reaching and stop beating on against the current, drop out of the rat race etc., or is he giving up and saying that this is inevitably the human condition ? I have to think Nick is fatalistic.
Does it have to be just about American Dream ? Nah, I think it's Fitzgerald's observations about the privilege of carelessness that the old money class afford themselves, and the nouveau riche of any country which aspires to delusions of equality with them and fails - this may be even more pertinent in English society than American. The trappings of upper class is not in the mansion or parties or source of income or even pedigree (real or invented) - it's in the ability and willingness to run little people over and not give a second thought.
I guess as an American Dream novel, though, it's the green light across the water that keeps that going.

Hey, wait - maybe that chick was waiting for you to challenge her. Oh shit dude, you shouldn't have lost her number regardless. Fuck.

[Anonymous No.1607575]

LOL EPIC WIN OP!

[Anonymous No.1607585]

THERE. ARE. FOUR. GREEN. LIGHTS!

[Anonymous No.1607587]

>>1607560
Hey BB.

[Fab !!GXZe+d0RTva No.1607588]

>>1607585
explain

[Anonymous No.1607593]

Don't scroll by this thread again without reporting it!

Bump for more reports!!!1

[Anonymous No.1607595]

>this whole thread

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607642]

>>1607560
>>1607560
this is really good thanks for actually posting relating to literature!

yeah i found her feeling sorry for Daisy to be fucking retarded, she's vain and full of herself and imo has no endearing qualities.

i was focusing more on the point that in reality NO narrators ca be classified as reliable, even if they're oniscient 3rd person narrators.

I felt a little bit wearisome of Nick at the end, he still seems to be a part of the rate race and i really wanted him to just up and leave his job and house and just...get away. But i feel like he wouldn't as a character, that he got too caught up in everything even though he tried not to.
And that even if he did get out someone else would just take his place.
You're totally right about the trappings of the 'old money' it's not the actual money that gets you there, it's the brutish yet civilised life style (tom anyone?) compared to Gatsby who was nice as fuck but could never really make it.

i really loved this novel, definately one of my fav's.

also i don't think she wanted me to challenge her, i think she was just a bit slow.

[Anonymous No.1607662]

>>1607642

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607691]

does anyone else wanna discuss TGG?

[Anonymous No.1607693]

>>1607691

TGIG

[Anonymous No.1607695]

>>1607691
Not really man, you can leave this thread to die now

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607700]

>>1607693
>>1607693
sorry what?

>>1607695
>>1607695
why sage a /lit/ related thread?
is the great gatsby too difficult for you to read?

[Anonymous No.1607702]

>>1607700

Thank Goodness it's Gatsby!

I'm going to kill myself now.

[Anonymous No.1607717]

[Anonymous No.1607722]

>>1607700
I'm not reading it because you told me the ending BB. ;_;

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607731]

>>1607702
>>1607702
sorry i don't get it D:

>>1607722
>>1607722
don't be so silly!

[Rangaha !KJKZ7n2h3I No.1607735]

[Anonymous No.1607761]

I find The Great Gatsby rather elementary.

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607793]

>>1607761
>>1607761
well that's like, your opinion, man.

care to expand?

[Anonymous No.1607807]

>>1607432

I would have raged hardcore. Gatsby is mandatory /lit/ reading. People who don't get Gatsby are either retards, faggots or both.

[Anonymous No.1607811]

I actually found Daisy to be quite a tragic and sympathetic character. Sure, she's totally horrible, cold and terribly irritating, but there's more to her than that. There's this thing she says, something like "The best thing for a girl to be is a pretty little fool"
That in itself is very telling of Daisy's character. It's hard to be an intelligent beautiful woman because people always have a preconception about you: You're beautiful so you must be stupid. You must be shallow. You must be materialistic. la la la etc etc. Daisy uses this to her advantage, and even enjoys it. But she does break down. That scene where she bursts into tears because of Gatsby's letter tugs on your heartstrings quite a bit. She seems to love this man, but her desire for the materialistic, for a better life, restricts this love and so she must close herself off. I see her as a very strong, yet cruel woman.

Nick pisses me off though. Best character was Owl-Eyes.

[No.1607818]

i minus these threads

you can too

it makes for a better /lit/ community if you don't respond to this shit

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1607929]

>>1607818
>>1607818
this shit being a thread about the great gatsby?
please stop being retarded


>>1607811
>>1607811
i see where you're coming from but to me she came across more as vain and shallow than a sympathetic character.

i also hated Jordan. Wilson was one of the best characters :3

[Anonymous No.1607937]

ITT: 11th graders who just finished their summer reading.

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1608025]

>>1607937
>>1607937
>just finished their summer reading
>march

[Anonymous No.1608082]

my reaction to the book...

[Anonymous No.1608130]

lol, we must tell Gatsby of this post!

[Anonymous No.1608174]

Why is it so fucking hard for you to just ignore these assholes?
You are the ones who give them their fucking attention, then wonder why they keep coming back with this shit.

Fuck y'all

[Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR No.1608220]

>>1608174
>>1608174
oh you

[Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ No.1608256]

>meet a friend of a friend from college for coffee
>holy christ, she's beautiful
>conversation starts well enough; she's into literature and is working towards a PhD
>asks me if I'm well-read. I say sure
>her favourite author is some guy called Humberto Echo or something
>try talking about Nabokov or Orwell but her eyes glaze over like I'm talking about the weather
>she wants my number anyway but I drop the pen as I'm about to write it down
>reach down for it and see the contents of her satchel
>The Dismemberment Of Orpheus, Foucault's Pendulum, Molloy, Dialectic of Enlightenment
>Jesus christ
>sweating, eyes tear up. Start mumbling and excuse myself to go to the bathroom
>someone finds me 5 hours later unconscious in a cubicle after battering myself unconscious with the underside of the toilet seat

[Anonymous No.1608285]

>>1608256

reported

[Anonymous No.1608343]

>at local independent cafe, sitting outside
>reading nietzsche
>tilt book up so everyone can see i'm reading nietzsche
>put book down face down so the cover still shows on the table
>play idly with beard, contemplate deep thoughts, smoke cigarette
>young woman asks if she can share table with me, as there are three chairs but i'm the only one there
>i say sure
>she tells me she also likes nietzsche
>tell her that nietzsche is an entry level play-romp for eroticists, mystics and other bumbling pseudo-apes who either willfully ignore the awful truth or still have the wool pulled over their eyes
>she asks me what the hell i'm talking about
>i pull my pants down past my ass, start fondling myself and declare my masturbation a heroic testament to the idiocy and pretense of civilized society
>she is shocked but in a matter of seconds yells "Finally! Someone who understands!"
>she strips off her clothes and runs in circles around me, chanting gibberish
>after jizzing all over my paperback edition of thus spake zarathustra, i light the book on fire with my zippo and watch with curious intensity at how the semen fizzles in the heat
>she gives me her number
>i call it the next day, it's halliburton's customer service

[Anonymous No.1608390]

>>1608343
Not 100% sure, but this may be one of the best things I've read on 4chan.

[Imam Oreo !!peQoYBwPn7U No.1608407]

BB you're such a liar

[Anonymous No.1608457]

>>1608256
i'll be honest: i had to google all the references. then i smiled hard.

nice work as always, D&E

[Anonymous No.1608466]

I love this thread because it reminds me of Catch 22. Except unlike Yossarian who tore the woman's number up because of his 'masculinity', you have op who discarded the number out of 'intellectuality'. In both cases, they act quite silly.

[Anonymous No.1608480]

>>1608343

Kill Bronbaer....this post president now

[Anonymous No.1608520]

>in ancient islamic empire class
>girl raises hand almost every class period, seems to think this is a 1-on-1 between prof and her
>prof: "and the umayyad imported north african slaves to grow sugar along the tigris"
>girl: "they grew sugar cane in iraq?"
>professor: "Yes." (very sarcastic/emphatically, he was clearly annoyed)
>me and this girl will never have an awkward meeting at a cafe

[♥onionring♥ !Rrxa7zePwI No.1608527]

>>1608343