/lit/ - Literature

OK, here's my reading of The Stranger. Meursalt truly did not see the value of various patterns on the social tapestry-- made-up rules of conduct, made-up "covenants" like marriage and funerals, and so on. Throughout the story there is something he really did care about-- his basic needs as a creature. Paraphrasing here: (of the funeral) "damn it's hot out here" "i'm hungry man" "the sun was blazing on my face!". The one "higher pleasure" that seemed to strike Meursalt was the fact that his mother had begun an intimate relationship with another occupant of the home, despite staring death in the face: the moment where she was ready to live it all over again. Well, when Meursalt was being put to death, he realized that he liked that one idea, that is, sincere readiness to live it all over again. This is apparently the only thing he valued aside from fulfilling basic bodily needs. So, it was in facing death that he saw the value of existence. It wasn't in the norms and rituals of his society, it wasn't in transient pleasures like travel or feigned friendship: it was in staring unflinchingly at death. Take it or leave it my friend.

>>3518564
>ITAOTS started as an inside joke

No it didn't you retard, it was popular even before /mu/ existed.

>>3518526
ITAOTS isn't an in-joke. People actually like it, and it's even popular outside of /mu/.

Best solution.

>>3517255
Oops, didn't see that.

>>3517217
Oops, I didn't know you had to do the outside too.

Here's the proper solution.

Wow y'all niggas are overthinking this.

I didn't like how this book was just a thinly veiled autobiography up until the narrator/author becomes an adult at which point he turns into a mary-sue and travels the world doing things the author was too much of a pussy to do in real life.

>>3507138
Also just google "hikikomori" and you'll find everything you're looking for and more.

>>3507123
Have you written about the origin of the term "waifu" yet?

>>3504336
There are, Elijah Wood is from Iowa.

>>3504334
I was just naming one off the top of my head because Punpun is better than pretty much any western comic I've ever read.

Here's some more:
>Akira
>Shingeki no Kyojin
>Planetes
>Welcome to the NHK
>Great Teacher Onizuka
>Kaiji
>Shamo

How many good comic books can you name that don't involve superheroes?

There are in Goblet of Fire at the Quidditch World Cup.

>>3504307
Oyasumi Punpun, just one example off the top of my head. It's a better piece of art than pretty much any comics to come out of the west.

Seriously, what are the best comics have to offer anyways? Watchmen? Transmetropolitan?

>begin relationship with David
>he moves in as your roommate
>your relationship starts out with him seeing you as the prime antagonist in his life, and you being wary of his suspicious behavior around your stuff, yet for some reason he chooses to tolerate you as a roommate, and you secretly want him to stay.
>slowly as the weeks pass, his contentious tolerance morphs into a hesitant but comfortable rapport with you. Soon he begins to laugh at your jokes
>The scene fades out and crossfades into a scene with the words "Six Months Later" written at the bottom of the screen, and with camera slowly craning into the window of your city apartment
>The camera comes upon you two sharing an intimate moment, sitting on the couch cuddling and watching a movie, both covered in a warm and large blanket
>the grandest of your dreams realized, the angst between you two diminished and transformed into a passionate love.
>the two of you kiss gently on the lips as the credits begin to roll
You then wake up from the dream dripping in sweat

>>3504085
A lot of people have a bias towards whatever they read first.

I don't though, and I think Ward's captures the feel of the original French version better.

>>3504072
Ward's translation is the better version, at least in my opinion.

>It's night time with a full moon
>You're in bed
>Suddenly the window opens and the curtains flap gently
>David Foster Wallace flutters down through the moonlight into your room and rests at the foot of your bed
>You blush and look away
>David sighs and says "Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it."
>He creeps closer and your lips are about to touch..
And then you wake up in a pool of sweat

>>3504037
Camus' views are irrelevant, post-structuralism and all that jazz.

OK, here's my reading of The Stranger. Meursalt truly did not see the value of various patterns on the social tapestry-- made-up rules of conduct, made-up "covenants" like marriage and funerals, and so on. Throughout the story there is something he really did care about-- his basic needs as a creature. Paraphrasing here: (of the funeral) "damn it's hot out here" "i'm hungry man" "the sun was blazing on my face!". The one "higher pleasure" that seemed to strike Meursalt was the fact that his mother had begun an intimate relationship with another occupant of the home, despite staring death in the face: the moment where she was ready to live it all over again. Well, when Meursalt was being put to death, he realized that he liked that one idea, that is, sincere readiness to live it all over again. This is apparently the only thing he valued aside from fulfilling basic bodily needs. So, it was in facing death that he saw the value of existence. It wasn't in the norms and rituals of his society, it wasn't in transient pleasures like travel or feigned friendship: it was in staring unflinchingly at death. Take it or leave it my friend. Cheers.

>>3504006
In case you haven't realized yet, all my threads are exclusively copypasta.

It's my schtick.

>>3503986
The thing to do with a degree in English is to move to either Japan or Korea and get a job as an English teacher there.

They're both in the top ten for highest teacher salaries in the world, and you're pretty much guaranteed a job. You could even do private English lessons for adults and college students and stuff for some extra cash (charging around $30 an hour).

>>3503982
lel