/lit/ - Literature

I wish i could know what goes on in the mind of far right people
It's astonishing how completely unaware they are of their stupidity
very simple minded imbeciles

Are epicureanism and stoicism mutually exclusive?

Could anyone help me recall a short story I read some years ago? From what I remember its fairly well known. I'll try to recount the generality of the plot
>Open with scene of family in kitchen, discussing their upcoming picnic.
>Father is reading a newspaper and talking about how awful the world is, son and daughter are eating breakfast, mother is in the kitchen, grandma is just kind of there.
>Next they're driving. They eventually break down or are stopped by some men
>The men hold everyone hostage at gunpoint. This is where the bulk of the story is
>The men are gangsters or something. There's conversation between them and the family. The family is trying to bargain for their lives
>The leader of the men kills off the family members one by one
>The story ends.
I recall there being some mention of Florida and oranges quite often, maybe something to do with somewhere the grandmother went when she was younger? But that's all I've got.
Thanks in advance.

>>9166058
So I'm currently watching the vid, almost done, and I have a question.
Was post-modernism ever, at the very least, well intentioned? Because although it certainly has spiraled out of control, its strikes me that in some ways it began as a deconstruction of old systems.
Don't misunderstand. I have no love for post-modernism and dislike the way it disregards progress and convention. I'd go so far as to say I hate it in a lot of ways.
I'm just not very familiar with movement outside of literature, and even then not so much.

>>8735927
>>8742499
Its interesting. I wouldn't say bad, but there's not much to latch onto except for the obvious imagery and vague emotions. I don't really get anything out of the poem.
The imagery is pleasant. A blend of red/orange fall descriptions oddly contrasted by the idea of a forest fire, which should match but clashes nicely in my mind. Mountains glowing and subdued by smoke which flows in ribbons on a wind. A lonely narrator troubled by the scene.
I sense the obvious melancholy and frustration, but there's also envy somewhere in the emotion of the piece, I think? Not yours which seems obvious from the first few lines but overshadowed by the somber mood of the rest of the poem. Still, it feels significant, more than is said.
Sort of presents a problem that is causing the speaker trouble, but they feel trapped, unable to deal with it, either because they don't know how or they are totally unable even despite their understanding of the situation. Their hands are bound.
I dunno. Its hard to interpret the meaning of the piece because the emotions and story are vague. The imagery is very nice though. I would say maybe write something more apparent. Its good to obscure meanings with metaphor, but don't go too far or you'll lose people. The visuals are all that really kept me reading, that and a desire to know what it means, but its frustrating when you can't know. Maybe try mixing the pleasant scenery with a clearer narrative or objective.
Perhaps I'm just dense. But that's my opinion. Overall it feels like you're trying to describe something, but without ever really saying what it is or could maybe be. Ironically, this plays to the feelings of confusion and gentle frustration from the narrator, leaving me just as perplexed as he seems to be.
Not bad.