/lit/ - Literature

Why didn't Mr. Owens (the restaurant owner who was shot by Black Jackson) just shut the fuck up and let the gang sit where they were? I'm not saying they were right to murder him but he should have easily been able to tell they were not reasonable people. He would still be alive if he wasn't so fucking autistic. Glanton even warned him there wasn't a chance in hell that they were going to change their seating arrangement.

Rereading Blood Meridian and more and more keeps unfolding before me. I noticed that in Chapter 2 the kid hears about Bexar from the cattle drovers and they tell the kid that Bexar has a reputation for whoring and drinking and sin. The kid immediately decides to head there next. Then, at the end of the book, the man hears about Griffin, a town with the same reputation, and immediately goes there too. What do you McCarthy meant by this? I think he was showing that the man hadn't really changed despite his experiences. His experiences as a witness to and participant in Glanton's gang may have scarred him, but it hardly changed his behavior. He seemed to be basically the same person, just shellshocked and with no more understanding of the world and its mysteries (also alluded to by the hermit in chapter 2). At most, he was able to sort of reject the judge in the end despite ultimately succumbing to him.

Blood Meridian thread.

Is the judge God, Satan, or just an ordinary man who found that the "thread of order" was guns and twelve year olds?

Why didn't Glanton piss with everyone else at the volcano? Tobin said he was the only one who didn't help make peepee bullets.

blood meridian thread

Cowboys and indians.

>He was just an average kid, looking for some adventure
>But when adventure finds him . . .
>*cuts to The Kid (played by Finn Wolfhard) getting woken up on his horse* Wait, what's going on?
>*Glanton (played by Adam Sandler) is shaking him "Wake up, lazy bones! We're gonna sack this village!"*
>*cuts to wide shot of the Gang approaching the village (which is notably white, so as not to anger the Native American market) as dramatic BWOMMMMS play*
>*Suddenly, the dramatic tension cuts as one of the villagers shoots an arrow at Glanton's crotch, causing him to cringe*
>*The Judge (played by The Rock in white-face, for some easily marketable controversy) winces and goes "Ooooh, right in the Toadvine!"*
>*Cormac McCarthy himself rides up on a little indian war pony to say "'Nuff said!"*
>. . . he's gonna need some friends along the way.
>THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
>This summer . . .
>*The kid yells "This desert is our home! We can't let the army take what's ours! Who's with me gang?" as everyone cheers*
>. . . the west . . .
>*shows The Kid and Toadvine (who is now played by Leslie Jones) beatboxing on their horses*
>. . . is gonna get . . .
>*shows the dancing bear beating up army goons as The Judge rides on his back with a rife*
>. . . wild!
>*music stops with a record scratch as The Judge twerks*
>*Glanton's jaw drops as The Kid goes "Awkwaaaaard"*
>BLOOD MERIDIAN, RATED PG-13 (accompanied by a cgi title screen and a guitar riff)
>*The scene cuts to black*
>*Suddenly, the scene cuts back to The Judge sitting in a saloon, when he hears a voice say "Hey Holden, I'm not through with you!"*
>*Camera turns around, showing an aged Javier Bardem reprising his role as Anton to set up the McCarthy Cinematic Universe*
>COMING JANUARY 2022

This really is not in the same league as Moby Dick. It feels very contrived, artificial. I have no problem with darker, cynical stuff, but this makes me want to laugh at times.

I guess having first hand experience of your subject matter makes all the difference. Or maybe cynicism is just lame these days.

Just finished it, what did I think?

What a violent and pointless piece of shit

>The horseman charged them and it was general chaos.
>The dogs ran beside horsehoof until they too were slaying Indian man and Indian child and biting at the necks of the Indian babies
>The dogs to two parts and they split with ropes of blood spraying the dogs in the back
>the dogs tore the baby in to two pieces, then in to 2 pieces again and it looked as if they were sharing a baby pie

tell me again why this is his magnum opus?

>He was just an average kid, looking for some adventure
>But when adventure finds him . . .
>*cuts to The Kid (played by Finn Wolfhard) getting woken up on his horse* Wait, what's going on?
>*Glanton (played by Adam Sandler) is shaking him "Wake up, lazy bones! We're gonna sack this village!"*
>*cuts to wide shot of the Gang approaching the village (which is notably white, so as not to anger the Native American market) as dramatic BWOMMMMS play*
>*Suddenly, the dramatic tension cuts as one of the villagers shoots an arrow at Glanton's crotch, causing him to cringe*
>*The Judge (played by The Rock in white-face, for some easily marketable controversy) winces and goes "Ooooh, right in the Toadvine!"*
>*Cormac McCarthy himself shows up to say "'Nuff said!"*
>. . . he's gonna need some friends along the way.
>THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
>This summer . . .
>*The kid yells "This desert is our home! We can't let the army take what's ours! Who's with me gang?" as everyone cheers*
>. . . the west . . .
>*shows The Kid and Toadvine (who is now played by Leslie Jones) beatboxing on their horses*
>. . . is gonna get . . .
>*shows the dancing bear beating up army goons as The Judge rides on his back with a rife*
>. . . wild!
>*music stops with a record scratch as The Judge twerks*
>*Glanton's jaw drops as The Kid goes "Awkwaaaaard"*
>BLOOD MERIDIAN, RATED PG-13 (accompanied by a cgi title screen and a guitar riff)
>*The scene cuts to black*
>*Suddenly, the scene cuts back to The Judge sitting in a saloon, when he hears a voice say "Hey Holden, I'm not through with you!"*
>*Camera turns around, showing an aged Javier Bardem reprising his role as Anton to set up the McCarthy Cinematic Universe*
>COMING JANUARY 2022

>>16864359
nothing will prepare you for this op

>>16667058
Look no further than pic related. I implore you to read this absolute masterpiece anon, you won't regret it.

This sucked

Was I supposed to grow bored and unaffected by the violence?

>He was just an average kid, looking for some adventure
>But when adventure finds him . . .
>*cuts to The Kid (played by Finn Wolfhard) getting woken up on his horse* Wait, what's going on?
>*Glanton (played by Adam Sandler) is shaking him "Wake up, lazy bones! We're gonna sack this village!"*
>*cuts to wide shot of the Gang approaching the village (which is notably white, so as not to anger the Native American market) as dramatic BWOMMMMS play*
>*Suddenly, the dramatic tension cuts as one of the villagers shoots an arrow at Glanton's crotch, causing him to cringe*
>*The Judge (played by The Rock in white-face, for some easily marketable controversy) winces and goes "Ooooh, right in the Toadvine!"*
>*Cormac McCarthy himself shows up to say "'Nuff said!"*
>. . . he's gonna need some friends along the way.
>THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
>This summer . . .
>*The kid yells "This desert is our home! We can't let the army take what's ours! Who's with me gang?" as everyone cheers*
>. . . the west . . .
>*shows The Kid and Toadvine (who is now played by Leslie Jones) beatboxing on their horses*
>. . . is gonna get . . .
>*shows the dancing bear beating up army goons as The Judge rides on his back with a rife*
>. . . wild!
>*music stops with a record scratch as The Judge twerks*
>*Glanton's jaw drops as The Kid goes "Awkwaaaaard"*
>BLOOD MERIDIAN, RATED PG-13 (accompanied by a cgi title screen and a guitar riff)
>*The scene cuts to black*
>*Suddenly, the scene cuts back to The Judge sitting in a saloon, when he hears a voice say "Hey Holden, I'm not through with you!"*
>*Camera turns around, showing an aged Javier Bardem reprising his role as Anton to set up the McCarthy Cinematic Universe*
>COMING JANUARY 2022

Thoughts on this book?

>>15702431
always found this one quite dank

I dropped it halfway through. I just got too bored. McCormac's complicated prose just isn't pleasant enough to force myself to grind through and I just didn't find the story compelling enough to justify finishing the book.

This book is so overrated, I dropped it halfway through. Boring as fuck

Post other overrated books that /lit/ likes to shill

>>15040416
wat
>>15040414
>>15040515
>>15040529
this. yes.

still though, mccarthy is a worthy contender

Am I retarded ?
I just marathoned the first chapter of this and I didn't understand anything except the judge/priest scene and that fight which apparently started because that dude stole the kids boots.

It feels like a written action movie where you don't have time to think with 100 cuts every minute.

>>14853123
Is this one of those "Anti-Westerns" that requires a familiarity with Gnosticism?