/lit/ - Literature

>>14186363

You can read all your stoic books, self help books etc, but if you don't apply those ideas in the real world, then you won't cure shit.

In the end you'll probably always be a little anxious, but when you push through it you'll notice you now handle the situation a lot more better every time.

>>13324781
Just fucking drop (((Christianity))) already if you're going this deep into the Greeks and pagan theurgy.

stop masturbating.

>>10196178
You're such a pseud, go jack off to Varg. I bet you think anyone south of Germany is a nigger.

>>10196189
top kek

>>9881989
>Racine in translation

>>9628414
>>9628434
>>9628538
First off, yes, Pynchon is worth it. Most of the people complaining that Pynchon has trivial references or that he's just trying to seem clever have not bothered to read his works or are not capable of reading his works. If you're anything like I was, Pynchon is going to be a challenge. You need to go in expecting to be pushed to your limits and you need to be determined to put in effort and make progress every day. Just like many things in life the effort you put into it is proportional to what you get from it.

If I remember correctly, chapter 3 is was one of the most difficult in the book. In chapter 3 you are actually (as the title of the chapter implies) reading from Stencils perspective as he is playing out characters and scenarios in his mind using the evidence he has collected and some educated guesswork to piece together. From the wiki: "The title is a hint as to how this chapter is to be understood: Stencil imagines each of the eight viewpoints as he reconstructs — we do not know on how much knowledge and how much conjecture — this episode."

USE SECONDARY MATERIAL. The internet has plenty of great resources for reading Pynchon; try out the Pynchon wiki annotations or chapter summaries. Stick with it and I promise you wont regret it. You will feel a great sense of accomplishment when you finish.

Stop with these bait thread.

>>9352103
Nice pasta.

Littérature is the weapon to elevate the pleb to patrician.

If you are reading, you are improving yourself, thus making the world a better place.

Stop being such an arrogant asshole prick about your favorite hobby.

This is for everyone and everyone is at a different state of learning.

And also, kys.

>>19760
>look how comfortable I am with my masculinity! I'm snowballing my wife's lover's load right now
>what? do you feel insecure about this?