/lit/ - Literature

>>8187393
I liked the general theme and last sentence ended it pretty nicely. Something also about him being seated there waiting for execution. I saw the pic multiple times on /lit/ and never got that vibe from it so I was surprised.

I'm new to real books
>Last read
The Stranger (Camus)
The first half of Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Nietzche)
>Currently reading
The Jungle (Sinclair)
>Next Reading
Discipline & punish by foucault (if I'm not too much of a pleb)
Batman: Year One (Miller)
The Gay Science (Nietzsche)

>Halfway through Thus Spoke Zarathustra
>Running out of steam, not sure what he's talking about sometimes and don't understand significance of some conclusions but enjoy specific parts of what I've read
Should I take a step back and read Plato?
I think I have comprehension on most of what he's saying, the writing itself isn't difficult, like I know from what part of the book >>7992960 comes and understood what he said at the time. I just wonder if I should gain more perspective before continuing