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The fact that Blood Meridian is constantly posted on this board as an example of difficult literature is proof that it has a high school reading level.

It's only "challenging" because it makes you think about the prose a little more than not at all. Everything you need to understand what's happening is given to you directly by the text.

Maybe watch Star Wars instead.

>> No.18555041

K

>> No.18555045

>>18555011
Infinite Jest is constantly posted too though and it's an undisputed masterpiece

>> No.18555046

This is a sad thread

>> No.18555048

>>18555011
The language is archaic and the punctuation is idiosyncratic

>> No.18555053

>>18555011
>Blood Meridian is constantly posted on this board as an example of difficult literature
What board have you been on? It's usually posted as an introductory level book for people wanting to get into reading, or it's posted to discuss the bald white fag.

>> No.18555091

>>18555048

Archaic if you have a 10th grade education

>> No.18555117

>>18555045
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>> No.18555279
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18555279

This board cannot agree on whose writing DOESN'T suck?

Seems like EVERYONE sucks to /Lit/.

>> No.18555303

>>18555011
"challenge" is not the sole or even primary function of literature, and if you unironically think this you do not understand anything about literature

>> No.18555356

>>18555303
He did not say it was, or even remotely imply that. You might want to start challenging yourself and improving your reading comprehension.

>> No.18555373

>>18555011
Congrats on being retarded, I guess.

>> No.18555374

>>18555279
You’re on a website that has pretty high number of users and is known for attracting contrarians, of course if you just add up all of the negative opinions you see and pretend like they are from one unanimous body it will seem like everyone just hates everything.

>> No.18555397

>>18555374
I somewhat think that all these BM threads we have been having lately are that one anon who keeps trying to get it into the meme trilogy. There was a jump in BM threads at about the same time as he started up.

>> No.18555438

>>18555011
Cormac McCarthy's autistic writing style makes his books borderline unreadable. I feel like I'm looking at tweets whenever I read him due to the lack of punctuation. The flow gets completely ruined by him wanting to be a pseud.

>> No.18555654

>>18555011
faggot

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>>18555011
>Blood Meridian is constantly posted on this board as an example of difficult literature

>> No.18556105

I've only ever heard anyone discuss Henry James and Jonathan Franzen on this board. Reddit is that way.

>> No.18556175

>>18555374
While what you say is completely true, the negativity outweighs the positive comments 10:1

>> No.18556199

>>18555011
>>Blood Meridian is constantly posted on this board as an example of difficult literature
But nobody reads on /lit/.

>> No.18556258

>>18555117
filtered

>> No.18556640

>>18555011
>The fact that Blood Meridian is constantly posted on this board as an example of difficult literature
Some newfags posting =/= board opinion

>> No.18556656

>>18555397
Boy you haven't see 18/19 (even before perhaps). Not having at least 6 BM threads in the catalog is almost against board culture.

>> No.18556731

>>18555011
It really depends on what you've read. The book is certainly harder than other classics and your typical novel, but it isn't so hard that most couldn't read it with some effort

>> No.18556849

>>18555011
The fact that so many 4chan posts still call blood meridian the greatest, or most significant, or most influential work of 20th century american literature, still shows you how far the western genre is from being a serious art. Psychology majors have long recognised that Dostoevsky and Hugo are the best in their fields, despite not being the most famous or the most well paid. Romance critics rank the highly controversial Tolstoy over other more popular writers who pleased courts around Europe. Western critics are still blinded by archaic prose, desolate landscapes, and commercial success.

>> No.18556939

>>18555279
McFarty doesn't suck,in fact he's very good, he just isn't the second coming of Chr*st for literature like he's made out to be. His gimmicky prose blinds people tothe vacuity of his writing

>> No.18556985

>>18556849
Your mother. You fucking clown.

>> No.18556995

>>18556939
Corncob Beancarthy is okay, he's not good though

He writes edgy cowboy capeshit, no literary merit to be found

>> No.18557049

>>18556995
I like when the cowboys spit. Reminds me of you and your cynical, downtrodden, don't fuck with me attitude.

>> No.18557054

go away no1curr

>> No.18557056

>>18556849
> psychology majors bla bla bla
actually false have you ever talked to an modern psychology major they aren’t telling their clients about Dostoevsky

>> No.18557091

>>18556939
>>18556995
I beginning to suspect that Chad McCarthy might have shagged the mothers of these posters (and their ilk that have been ranting about him for the past 3 days).
Proust is trash btw.

>> No.18557099

>>18555011
True, after lurking and not reading for pretty much my whole life, the first book I got was BM and even I thought it was simple enough.

>> No.18557106

t. Filtered European.

Sorry...Your country will never be relevant again. :(

>> No.18557110

>>18556849
>Psychology majors have long recognised that Dostoevsky and Hugo are the best in their fields, despite not being the most famous or the most well paid. Romance critics rank the highly controversial Tolstoy over other more popular writers who pleased courts around Europe.
Holy shit! Pseuds have no fucking idea about anything but still feel the need to blabber. Go out of this board and read something other than parroted claims.
>Western critics are still blinded by archaic prose, desolate landscapes, and commercial success.
Commercial success? Lmao. Retard zoomers are fucking mentally ill.

>> No.18557120

>>18557091
Not really bro I've only criticized McSharty on one instance before and that was in the thread about prose yesterday

>> No.18557148

>>18557120
>I've only criticized McSharty on one instance before and that was in the thread about prose yesterday
Yep. You are included bro. Sorry to learn an 80 year old man shagged your mama.

>> No.18557156

>>18557148
>noooo you can't just make one funny comment about my boyfriend

>> No.18557162

>>18557156
>nooo let me get my frustrations out by spamming the same shit every thread
>WAAAH! DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME. DON NOT CRITICIZE ME.
Embarrassing desu.

>> No.18557164

>>18557162
>two (2) posts is spam
a janny in making I see

>> No.18557170

>>18555011
>as an example of difficult reading
[citation needed]

What the fuck are you even on about? It’s posted as an example of excellent writing. How bout you take a class of internet forum reading comperhension for seniors?

>> No.18557175

>>18557164
If you are recognizable then yes it is.

>> No.18557179

>>18557175
>you're being a meanie because I found you in two threads with similar subjects

>> No.18557198

>>18557179
I don't care for being a "meanie" (lmao). You can do it as much you want. Just don't be a lil bitch and start crying if people are not generous in their replies.
Your humor sucks btw, in case you think it was funny

>> No.18557201

>>18557179
mccarthy's fans are some of the most blind and vicious in the realm if literature. anyone that isn't flicking their bean to le baby rape tortilla man must be a pleb, remember

>> No.18557203

>>18557201
Another one of these>>18557091

>> No.18557212

>>18557201
>OMG Judge raped a poor widdle babberino book bad author bad!
this is how you sound

>> No.18557228

>>18557201
>Shit the thread up with retarded shit you know fuck all about
>>18556995
>>18556939
>"NOOO WHY ARE HIS FANS MAKING FUN OF US. THEY ARE SHEEP I TELL YOU. STOP INSULTING ME. IT HURTS"
I know anti-mccarthy fags have historically been retards. But they were ironic retards. You guys are unironic retards.
>anyone that isn't flicking their bean to le baby rape tortilla man must be a pleb, remember
Yessir you got that right. And that's the only irony you ever got right.

>> No.18557236

>>18557110
>he doesn't get the boomer meme
pseud zoomer detected

>> No.18557261

it's hard to read because it's reddit cringe

>> No.18557265

>>18555011
>Blood Meridian is constantly posted on this board as an example of difficult literature
no

>> No.18557271
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18557271

Why the fuck don’t we have an art board? I love Blood Meridian inspired artwork.

>> No.18557358

>>18557261
>filled to the brim with racist characters saying nigger and zero women besides prostitutes
>muh reddit cringe
Why can't dumbasses even shitpost well?

>> No.18557371

Blood Meridian is good because i think it's one of the books that really encompasses what it is to be an american, what american culture at it's core really is, free from all the moral huffing and puffing associated with it in modernity

Americans, to themselves and to others, are either the judge or the kid.

>> No.18557375

That is to say, every american is either some survivor of some heinous shit or the one responsible for a lifetime of heinous shit

>> No.18557396

these threads are a battleground between /lit/ autists that only read the most difficult books so they can say that they did and feel better than other people and people that actually enjoy reading and liked blood meridian

>> No.18557399

>>18555279
Idk I think they're something of a consensus here that my writing is pretty good. Ask any anon on here and he'll tell you that.

>> No.18557402

>>18557358
woah this book is fuckin based and redpilled because it has racism and no women and guns?

why didnt ya say so? i can now happily overlook the absolute lack of any literary talent because pwning the libs epic style is more important than good art.

>> No.18557407

>>18557056
>>18557110
>>18556985
>being this much of a new faggot

>> No.18557455

>>18557402
>i can now happily overlook the absolute lack of any literary talent because pwning the libs epic style is more important than good art.
You are too stupid to notice it. Saying so would not change it.

>> No.18557460

>>18557407
>"I just want a piece of this"
Better to shut up when you can't improve silence

>> No.18557468

>>18557396
>these threads are a battleground between /lit/ autists that only read the most difficult books so they can say that they did and feel better
Fairly sure no one criticizing it here has ever read any doorstopper.

>> No.18557483

>>18557402
>i can now happily overlook the absolute lack of any literary talent
You can't overlook something that you are already too dumb to notice.

>> No.18557518

>>18557455
>>18557483
>le 2deep4u xd
Lmao

>> No.18557529

>>18557518
Unironically true in your case, filthy ESL.

>> No.18557626

>>18557198
you're posting in an anti-McCarthy thread. You came here to moan about people not liking him. We live rent free in your tiny heads

>> No.18557631

>>18557358
Anything which is full of itself is Reddit cringe, doesn't matter if it's a thesis on why troons should be allowed in female bathrooms or muh based nigger book

>> No.18557634

>>18557626
>You came here to moan about people not liking him
I came here to make fun of dumb shitters like you which i am doing. The board is slow as fuck.
>live in your tiny heads
Lmao. I am not the one constantly scouting out anti-mccarthy threads to shit out the same complaints, am I? McCarthy is living in your head rent free, bro. Every mention of his on this board makes you seethe. I can tell that much.

>> No.18557638

>>18557631
Literature is reddit then. Congrats on figuring it out. You may go back now.

>> No.18557640

>>18557634
>n-no you're seething
lol bro you need some cream for that asshurt?

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>>18557640
Pass me the one you have been apllying to your ass all these days. It's always fun to shit on dumbshitters like you. Now watch you be butthurt and show up with your tiny pee pee in every McCarthy related thread on this board.

>> No.18557657

>>18557358
>white men doing a heckin ultraviolence and saying the dreaded n-word?
sounds like Trump's America

>> No.18557663

>>18557646
sorry boo I can't spend all day educating McShartycels lol

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>>18557663
To educate anybody you need to be literate firat brother. Too bad that will never be. It's Ok. Pic related will be your frens

>> No.18557681

>>18557670
>be literate firat
lmao this is the McShartycel calling people uneducated

>> No.18557687

>>18557681
>retard can't into sarcasm
>boo for bro
Hey, I was just trying to make you feel at home.
In case you did not notice, i wrote apllying not applying.
It's like you are bent on proving that you are a retard.

>> No.18557691

>>18557687
it's okay boo you need some cream for that hymen tear?

>> No.18557693

>>18557691
Your mom says no. Ask her, it is her puss after all.

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>>18557691
Also
>cream for a hymen tear
Way to prove you are virgin retard.

>> No.18557703

>>18557693
>>18557697
>waaaa my pussy hurts from big anti-McSharty cock

>> No.18557705

>>18557703
Said your mother lmao. >>18557091 proven right

>> No.18557709

>>18557705
it's true. McCarthy is my daddy which is why I make posts defending him and sucking his dick on threads criticizing him
t.a fellow McCarthy appreciator

>> No.18557718

>>18557709
On the right track
>in a thread criticizing him
Ehh.. besides 3-4 retards who are getting shat on rightfully, it's alright. Everybody's a fren.

>> No.18557724

>>18557709
>(((on))) threads criticizing him
Kek. This is the retard denying he isn't illiterate. No wonder McCarthy filters your ESL ass.

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>>18557724
>Kek. This is the retard denying he isn't illiterate. No wonder McCarthy filters your ESL ass.

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18557745

>>18557735
>"hmmmm th-that will show him"

>> No.18557750

>>18555011
>prose
Pros? What does "pros"? I don't think about pros, I just read.

>> No.18557759

>>18557745
looking good, bro

>> No.18557767

>>18557759
Of course, you always like people who look like you. You look like a cuck though>>18557735

>> No.18557776

anyway McCarthybros let's just ignore all these chuds and get back to discussing our favorite Marvel movies

>> No.18557781

>>18557776
>get back to discussing
When was the "went ahead"?

>> No.18557890

>>18555011
People on /lit/ can't correctly read Catcher in the Rye because of:
1) unreliable narrator
2) elision
3) needing basic psychiatric and therapeutic knowledge to read for repression.