/lit/ - Literature

>>13636148
Could you possibly go into more detail about what in particular makes it a masterpiece? I'm not disagreeing with you, as I think there are timeless elements that resonate, but I'm trying to learn about what in particular (You) liked about it.
>>13636217
Also, the way Injun Joe died really messed with me as a kid. Imagine slowly starving to death in near pitch black. Being forced to eat bats raw until there are no more bats, then you eat the candle wax, your only light source. Then, you slowly succumb to weakness while you are desperately trying to stab your way through a door to break into the light. Shit's horrifying.