[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature


View post   

File: 111 KB, 1282x1967, 61+X1z+AlPL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
16104891 No.16104891 [Reply] [Original]

do you have to be a depressed psychotic to relate to this book? I did not understand the main character's motivations at all. just be rational bro

>> No.16104934

>>16104891
No, because everyone that reads that book quickly finds out they're a little bit like the Underground Man. It's meant for self reflection.

>> No.16104949

>>16104891

When you grow up and work a wagie job for 10+ years you'll understand.

>> No.16104966

> Friction with boss (he fired a lot of my friends and loves small power moves)
> Decide to interview for a promotion
> Turn up in killer suit
> "Nice watch, bro!"
> It was the same Casio digital I'd been wearing for the past six years
> Seethe
> Don't get the job

>> No.16106128

>>16104966
fuck bosses

>> No.16106142

>>16104949
If I get paid well for my wagie job I would be happy desu

>> No.16106374

wasnt the writer a ryssa?

>> No.16106432

I unironically wish I could scorn a whore the way he did

>> No.16106467

>>16104891
So, was the Underground Man mentally ill? And if so, what do you think he suffered from?

>> No.16106481

>>16106467
>what do you think he suffered from?
He lived in a society

>> No.16106520
File: 18 KB, 282x252, disappointed pepe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
16106520

>>16104891
Neither did I, but then I finished the fucking book and I did you uncultured retard.

>> No.16106810

>>16106432
this

>> No.16106818

>>16104891
Doubt I'll even read it. C&P was so tiresome. Guy clearly had no editor and just sperged out for maximum length to sell serializations.

>> No.16106820

>>16104891
self-sabotage is existentialist/absurdist praxis take it from a pro..

>> No.16106822

Makes a bit more sense with crime and punishment