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>character in book said x
>therefore author believes x
is this true?

>> No.18080451

>>18080449
This how Reddit thinks books work.

>> No.18080466

People on /a/ unironically make this argument and it drives me nuts.

>> No.18080467

>>18080451
Why would you even want to write a book about a sexist? You're obviously hiding something

>> No.18080470

>>18080449
I don't know, I never think about the author when reading, he might as well be nonexistent.

>> No.18080475

>>18080470
This is equally wrong

>> No.18080477

It's right to an extent. Having a "morally bad" or "villanous" character frees the writer up to get away with saying controversial or politically incorrect things he otherwise could not say. And if questioned, he could just say "That was the character who said that shit about the Jews, not me." It's actually a brilliant loophole.

>> No.18080479

>>18080467
>Why would you even want to write a book about a sexist?
To understand how they think.

>> No.18080481

>>18080470
Really? You never once think 'that cheeky cunt', when you read certain passages?
I'm not judging.

>> No.18080484

>>18080477
Wew, then I guess Shakespeare hated Moors.

>> No.18080497

>>18080479
Slippery slope

>> No.18080503

>>18080484
I think he is talking about Merchant of Venice specifically.

>> No.18080507

>>18080497
Why not read a book about a sexist?

>> No.18080542

>>18080449
No. But I would like the author to examine the idea if he raises the issue, and not just throwing it out there for no reason.

>> No.18080730

Then what sense would characters arguing conflicting viewpoints make? Their books have the authors opinions scattered throughout in different ways, but not necessarily blatantly verbatim in character dialog

>> No.18080790

>>18080449
No

>> No.18080900

>>18080449
Well the character in Mein Kampf was absolutely insane and quite hateful towards Jews and others when we all know Hitler was in fact a very warm and receptive man to people of all walks of life.

>> No.18080953

>>18080900
>Women can't paint, women can't write
Wow, Virginia Woolf must've really hated women going off what her characters said in To the Lighthouse.

>> No.18080991

>>18080900
>acknowledged black athletes 80 years before the white house did
oh no fdr bros I don't feel so good

>> No.18080999

>>18080449
Sometimes

>> No.18081074

Not necessarily, that's the whole point of fiction

>> No.18081313

>>18080449
Always, without exception.