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3092511 No.3092511[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

>character in a novel is holding an object longer in length than in width
>"AS YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM THIS QUOTATION, THE AUTHOR MEANT THE OBJECT TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS A PHALLIC SYMBOL. THEREFORE, THIS PROVES FREUD WAS RIGHT YET AGAIN"

>> No.3092519

oh god that reminds me in Snow Country that I tried to argue that the trains are representative of major character changes

>> No.3092526

I've never had a teacher claim something was a phallic symbol based solely on the object...

>> No.3092529

>WEAPONS ARE PHALLUSES FREUD WAS RIGHT

>> No.3092538

>>3092526
I've had a teacher imply something like that only when it's obvious. eg "manly" character throwing package of meat at wife.

>> No.3092547

>>3092538
oh come one, can't a fella throw a steak at his bitch without it taking on some sort of sexual context anymore?

>> No.3092557

>>3092547
>implying your life is worth anything outside of the interpretations I slap onto it

lol I have an English degree, nig

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>>3092547

>> No.3092590
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>>3092547

>> No.3092595

Freudists think everything is a phallus. I'm sure this post could be interpreted as a phallus somehow.

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>>3092628

>> No.3092633

DICKS

>> No.3092635

>>3092633

give it her

descartes.png

>> No.3092640

sometimes a cigar is just a long, brown, odd-smelling thing you put in your mouth and suck on until you choke.

>> No.3092642

>>3092640
u meen z zighar?