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18674091 No.18674091 [Reply] [Original]

>the greatest books are about everyday struggles and suffering
>"well if you think life is hard, why would you put a child to live through that?"
>"nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooo not my heckin sufferino, it's gooood!!!"


The duality and irrationality of man

>> No.18674101

>>18674091
>>the greatest books are about everyday struggles and suffering
Why is this, though? Is it some sort of "misery loves company" schadenfreude thing?

>> No.18674102

>>18674091
the greatest books are about finding a meaning through that suffering you stupid retard

>> No.18674104

>>18674102
>>18674102
That sound the definition of the word Cope

>> No.18674106

reminds of the bit in Jude the Obscure where Sue tells Jude's kid that life is suffering so he kills her children and then hangs himself.

>> No.18674114

>>18674106
What?

>> No.18674123

>>18674114
what don't you understand? the kid had the same conclusion as OP

>> No.18674145

>>18674123
I'm ESL, bro, so, sometimes I can't understand some phrases.

>> No.18674183

>>18674091
Literature isn't about real life, however much the world may furnish the imagination

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18674187

>>18674183
Cope

>> No.18674189

>>18674187
For what

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18674193

>the greatest books are about everyday struggles and suffering
[CITATION NEEDED]

>> No.18674233

>>18674189
>literature isn't about real life

>> No.18674238

>>18674193
https://thegreatestbooks.org

Here, bro.

>> No.18675075

>>18674091
people only have children for selfish reasons, usually to continue their legacy or to have someone take care of them when they get old

>> No.18675463

>>18674238
>madame bovary is better than Divine Comedy
Holy Jesus...

>> No.18675470

>>18674091
Life is great, anon. It is just people that are fucking annoying and love to complain all the time.

>> No.18675594

>>18674091
Should have called it "Every Womb is a Tomb"

>> No.18675627

>>18674102
>meaning
"If you don't want to suffer, then after death god will torture you for eternity"? Or "escape from suffering is bad because society need slaves"?

>> No.18676402

>>18674106
>because we were too menny
only thing in a book that's legitimately ever shocked me