/lit/ - Literature

you have to be the poet soldier or the Cultured thug. thats what women want.

You need to synthesize the jock and the nerd

The five-paragraph essay is flawed because it forces learners to conform to a certain rigid format that isn't necessarily the best for conveying their ideas. It has many limitations as a method for structuring an essay within educational settings. The paragraph length within each group is constrained, and the mechanics of writing are simplified by the expected format of an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Rather than focusing on their overall purpose and effectively formulating a thesis statement, learners are often distracted by the limitations of a particular format based around a strict set of guidelines.

It's flawed because it encourages students to write simply for the sake of writing, rather than writing with an actual purpose in mind. The process becomes mechanical as opposed to thoughtful. The fact that it's still taught in public schools shows how little is understood about the importance of creativity in writing.

>>13926489
>it's a stealth /sci/x/ thread on /lit/ episide

>replying to obvious bait
STOP SHITTING THE THREAD

>>12669914
no u sily

>I want to take out Infinite Jest
>so does another guy
>now we have to joust
Any tips guys? I've never even ridden a horse before

>>11949825
>claims people can't tell the difference between ebonics and someone who is retarded
>in a post where he points out that every one and their mother noticed that the Wardine passage doesn't pass as ebonics
Wow anon that was a very smart post

>>11418665
>Same object.

>>10511938
>if you criticise something it just means you're weak and want to justify that weakness
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
>there could never be a deep or true reason for the critique, it's just will-to-power from a point of weakness
>everyone wants the feeling of will-to-power
>no exceptions
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
>meanwhile Dionysus is rotting in his bed asking over and over, 'but what if Socrates really was corrupting the youth?'
>in no way could this eternal recurrence of a shitty question be ressentiment replacing Plato with irrational modernity
>because MUH FEELINZ OF POWWA!
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
>it's okay when I do it
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
>but what if he really was corrupting the youth tho?
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
>and, just a coincidence surely, every follower asks himself eternally 'what if gommunism/fascism really is gorrupting tha youthz?'
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
>MUH OVERMAN FEELZ
>!!!BOOM DIONYSUS EXPLODES!!! gEt WrEkT nUbZ
Powerful stuff.
>>10499966

>>10277776
>too educate yourself

>>10266323
>Jordan Memerson says anything with a political purpose in it can't be art
>cites Dostoevsky as one of his favorite authors
The Brothers Karamazov literally features an entire chapter where Ivan argues with a liberal (the actual definition of liberal, not the American buzzword for the brainlets who browse this board and don't actually read) about how the separation of church and state is an inherently flawed concept and if ecclesiastical courts took over society would objectively be better

So I want to start reading, I've started Two books throughout the last year or so (Gatsby, Musashi) Never finished them because the stories just don't hook me, I guess.

I completely despise books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, that doesn't really add value and it's just a bunch of imaginary geek shit.

>be me
>smart boy
>look at letters
>brain hurt

You do anything?

>He reads books

i liek post-irony moar than meta-irony