/lit/ - Literature

How many of you dream of being a published author, work towards that goal, and still pirate books? How do you justify it?

>>2440212

I've read it. I get it. A man can't be defeated, only killed. It's a metaphor for his life, writing career, yadda yadda yadda. I'm not saying you can't have a theme when using the iceberg theory, just that having only subtle references to a character's past gives you very little reason to care about them or their plight. Why should I give a shit about the old man? What about Jake in The Sun Also Rises? I get it, he's in love with Brett and his dick doesn't work. Why should I give a shit? The best part of that book was when they weren't shitting all over Robert Cohn for being a jew.