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ITT: Books that capture how you view the world.

>> No.1156076

Not a book, but Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol. You see, I am the missing heir to the spanish throne.

>> No.1156081
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>> No.1156087

Crime and Punishment.
I've never killed anyone, but Raskolnikov captured my ideas on ethics and morality perfectly.

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>> No.1156086
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The Stranger and The Catcher in the Rye.

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>> No.1156108

As uncultured as this will sound: Choke by Palahniuk. Victor's emotions and thought process really resonated with me.

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This book was an amazing study in philosophy for people who are searching.

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>> No.1156126

Yep, Cathcher in the Rye. My english teacher was a legend and gave me all his personal faves to read over summer. He placed this book in front of me one day and just said 'reminds me of you'. I think that was when i realised i only had a lifetime of mental illness to look forward to. Good book.

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Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey

>> No.1156383

>>1156126
Are you the Wallflower?

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Re-read this in late '08, mostly because of the recession.

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>>1156089
fucken brofist

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>>1156423
>>1156089

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Fucking libertardians.

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Legends of the Fall

also A Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.1156476

>>1156086
yeah pretty much

>> No.1156480

"Let Freedom Ring"
>>1151145

"My parents were killed by Stonewall when they were children."

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It's all a big show, niggers. Pelevin puts it nicely in this one.

Also, everyone who used Catcher in the Rye is a faggot.

Everyone can, to some degree, identify with H.C., thus the popularity of the book. Grats on your safe choice, you lame fucks.

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pretty much

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>>1156451
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd3CTDKrqBA

>> No.1156502

>>1156482
Some girls in one of my classes were raving about this book. What's the deal?

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>>1156064

>> No.1156522

>>1156502
It's hipster garbage; ignore them

>> No.1156542

>>1156493
>>1156521
You kids are my heroes.

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>> No.1156546

>>1156521
WOULD THIS BE A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY?

I LOVED CAMUS' THE PLAGUE AND THE STRANGER.

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We're already there.

>> No.1156555

do plays count? if so; the Zoo Story

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>>1156546

It's frequently criticised for being an erratic fanfare of ideas, however Camus writes so concisely that the concepts he proposes are quite easy to grasp.

If you were enthralled by The Outsider, then yes it is.

>> No.1156565

>>1156558
I'LL READ THIS AFTER I FINISH THE MEEK ONE BY DOSTOEVSKY, OR TOMORROW AT UNIVERSITY.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY OTHER SHORT WORKS THAT ARE OF THIS QUALITY AND MAGNITUDE?

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>>1156542

Can´t really tell if you are being serious or just an underdeveloped douche - I'm gonna assume the first because you sound stupid and stupid folk like you need people to look up to.

As to why I chose Faust, I read it first when I was about eleven (no big feat considering I´m from Germany)and read it countless times since and I can safely say that Goethes somewhat cynical view of religion and government has influenced "how I view the world".

>> No.1156651

>>1156086
Wasn't Catcher in the Rye a criticism of that angsty view of the world?