/lit/ - Literature

>>21270113
When I was 14 I read Slaughterhouse 5 and it completely changed the way I saw life and suffering. Not the only book to leave a mark on me but it was the first to really do so.

The KJV

>>21270113
I read Atlas Shrugged as a teenager and it unironically saved my life. It was my first time consuming an ideological screed that was so ridiculous that I could not internalize it, and so I learned discernment. I shudder to think how awful my life would be today if I hadn't read it.

>>21270140
I've read the synopsis and I think I'll enjoy reading this book thanks for the contribution

>>21270173
Have fun! It's worth a read if only for how baffling it is.

Democracy in America sent me down the right path.

>>21270140
>>21270179
I had the exact same experience with this book. Her philosophy and worldview were so bewildering to me, it served as a catalyst for my resentment of individualism/materialism and I owe her a lot for this. If anything Ayn Rand presented me with the true face of evil when I needed most, and I will forever be grateful for it.

>>21270185
How so?

>>21270113
Bible definitely had the greatest impact.

>>21270433
Honest question. Are people on 4chan/lit ironically Christian or for real. It's for me hard to believe that there would be a lot of christians or muslim on this godforsaken website. Frequently see some posts about religious folks talking about how amazing quran or bible is but I fail to see if it's ironic or for real. It's been a long time I used to visit 4chan boards so I feel out of touch am i missing some inside joke ?

>>21270113
Progress and Religion by Christopher Dawson

>>21270113
The Jungle

>>21270140
This happened to me while watching Cats&Dogs

>>21270113
read Thus Spoke Zarathustra as an edgy teen and realized I could create my own values

>>21270508
There is a lot of Christians. What I mostly saw was American protestant and evangelicals, but in the last year or two I see a lot of Catholics (such as myself). I'm not sure how you're surprised with this, 4chan is mostly a right wing site. 4chan isn't even that bad as you say really. Twitter is actually terrible now. I don't think /lit/ is as religious as other boards tho, but I see christians post daily usually orthodox and catholic literature (haha protestants have no literature)

>>21270508
Ignore them, anon, they're looking for abuse by doing and saying the most outlandish shit so they can claim to be persecuted dindu nuffins.

>>21270140
>I read Atlas Shrugged as a teenager and it unironically saved my life
That is... sad. I can't imagine how a person would-
>It was my first time consuming an ideological screed that was so ridiculous that I could not internalize it, and so I learned discernment. I shudder to think how awful my life would be today if I hadn't read it.
OH, that was a skillful curve-ball.

>>21270130
Cheers, anon, I feel the same - would you share a cup of bleach with me?! I won't drink mine but...


>>21270113
>Which books had the greatest impact on your life.
Probably a close tie between Marcus Valerius Martialis and Emperor Julians AGAINST THE GALILEANS..... I tend to come back to them both every few months. Martial, because it's grounding, Iulianos because it's apt on virtually every subject I find myself dealing with.

>>21270433
>>21270130
"may those ['former'-christcucks] who, after being freed from [the self-defeating errors of] those by-ways [which had led them to nothing but enmity toward their fellow-man], rejoice [at having been] snatched from a grave illness"
Galerius Valerius Maximinus

>>21270552
>I see a lot of Catholics (such as myself). I'm not sure how you're surprised with this, 4chan is mostly a right wing site.
Then what're you doing here? Shouldn't you child-molesters and men in dresses cutting off your balls with your fantasy non-science based ideology be like completely at home in the mainsteam culture of today?

>>21270557
You sound angry and confused, friend. I suggest you quit browsing the internet and reevaluate your worldview. Everything is going to be ok. God loves you.

>>21270557
>Then what're you doing here? Shouldn't you child-molesters and men in dresses cutting off your balls with your fantasy non-science based ideology be like completely at home in the mainsteam culture of today?

>>21270565
He just trolling, confused and angry man wouldn't talk like that. He knows exactly what he is doing

>>21270565
>You sound angry and confused, friend. I suggest you quit browsing the internet and reevaluate your worldview. Everything is going to be ok. God loves you.

>>21270566
>(You)

>>21270570
Yeah well, trolling is not something people at peace with themselves do, generally speaking.

>>21270594
>>21270565
>leave the internet
lol

Ridiculous response.

>>21270570
Book of Titus, motherfucker. I'm rebuking him sharply for he professes to know God but by his actions he denies him; he is good for nothing and is despicable.

I mean this of his religious sect, obviously.

>>21270631
I'm merely saying this website obviously has a deleterious effect on your psyche. If you're not trolling (which is already pathological behavior) then you're unhinged. Which is worse. Seek help

>>21270553
I've quickly glanced over some marcus valerius martialis. I'm pleased. I'll indulge myself in some roman literature in the coming time

>>21270640
>I'm merely saying this website obviously has a deleterious effect on your psyche. If you're not trolling (which is already pathological behavior) then you're unhinged.
You're just gas-lighting at this point; 'actual' trolling, christian-anon. You're fully aware of at least, this bit:
>Shouldn't you child-molesters and men in dresses cutting off your balls with your fantasy non-science based ideology be like completely at home in the mainsteam culture of today?
if not, I suggest you educate yourself on the on-going contemporary and historical crimes of your newly adopted heathen cult shack, you LARPing fucking Westerner.

I'd have more respect if you weren't playing-acting as a catholic in modern times, given that every english language speaking country already banned you animals and that there is no grounds to claim any kind of handed-down culture about this.

>>21270691
>in the coming time
I hope you're being literal.

If you keyword scan for Zoilus (the freedman) and read each of those, that's probably the funniest place to start; mocking a former slave for being overly gaudy and viceful in his conduct.

Same as every angsty teenager, I guess (no particular order):
-Steppenwolf
-La Nausée
-Ka
-Extraordinary Tales
-Benito Cereno
-Catcher in the rye
-le petit prince

>>21270590
>>21270566

>>21270566
>>21270590
>>21270767
samefag

>>21270763
>-Catcher in the rye
What was this book even about? It's one of those I always heard people talking about, as if I was supposed to have read it in college or somewhere.

I imagined it were the story of a little man hiding in malt barn throwing bits of rye at people and hiding and giggling when they turned to see what was happening. And there were like t'other boy who caught the bits of rye one day and they become friends or sumat.

The Sublime Object of Ideology cured me of my oneitis and lifted me out of depression. Completely serious.

>>21270113
Too many to list but Nietzsche and Henry Miller are at the top

>>21270780
It's about a guy who gets raped and then rapes in beautiful New York City

>>21270789
i were close

>>21270774
no YOU

>>21270767
cute!

>>21270113

I bought a copy of Plato's dialogues when I was 16
Reading it I was struck by how people were talking and thinking in similar ways to how we talk today, honestly before then I didn't even know people were writing things down
It was in particular symposium that really made me feel that I was getting a glimpse through time to real people
Ever since I have read history and 'old' texts when previously I had no interest in history beyond watching some guy on youtube talk about how the Sherman was the best tank and that the Bismarck was an amazing ship

>>21270774
(you)

>>21270113
pic rel back in my late teenage years.

>>21270780
I don't really remember the plot, but I guess it came to me at the right moment. It has some 'catchy' reflections on life, I guess

The Stranger by Albert Camus was pretty good. Made me think if I was some animalistic being simply detached from reality acting on impulses. Gave some perspective to examine my own life.

>>21270113
Book of the Long Sun. I will give no further detail.

not a book in particular but this nigga really sticks in your head. much more relevant than a lot of those dead guys. im pretty much opposite of a lot of his recent politics but his views on software are worth looking into.

Chuck Palahniuk books when I was a teenager because they made me feel edgy and showed me perspectives different from the trad place I was living in.

Back to Tolkien in adult life to remove the edge and understand the good aspects of traditions.

Yeah, I am quite a mainstream anon.

>>21270113
Bhagavad Gita. It reassured me about my place in this great play we call life.

https://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/setting-the-scene
Read that^ first

then just hop right in:
https://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/1

Don't worry about the commentary on the Gita, you can read that later. Just read the contents of it. It's pretty short as well, you could read it in a day easy. In fact, it can be recited in less than 3 hours! https://mega.nz/file/TnQyXSqZ#j4VkyaWNOzrv5OPo42Z8upyH2FOB62CsfXL1G1e9JJ8
Here is a beautiful reading of the Gita with some background information explained as well.

1984 heh. Read it as an early teen. It triggered an interest in politics and strengthened passion in history and literature.

dune

>>21270113
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima.

>>21273106
So incredibly real

>>21270113

The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Ranchor Prime. It opened my eyes to a whole new way of looking at the world.

>>21272775

There is also a nice public domain translation available from Project Gutenberg, here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2388

>>21273849
Never heard of Ranchor Prime, according to Wikipedia he was a disciple of based Prabhupada. Big if true. I will read his translation as well.

Emerson, Pound's non-literary works, Porphyry & Plotinus,

>>21273718
Wut

>>21270552
What is "Bondage Of The Will" and "Paradise Lost" cathlicuck?

>>21272751
Choke was painful to read