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4223438 No.4223438 [Reply] [Original]

>people who read books for the story

>> No.4223452

>people who read books for the metaphors

>> No.4223458

>people who read books based on the amount of pages

>> No.4223465

>people who read.

>> No.4223463

>people who read books for the representation of minorities

>> No.4223477

>people who read books for the prose

>> No.4223478

>people

>> No.4223481

>people who AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFUCKFUCKFUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

>> No.4223773

>reading books with a story

>> No.4223796

>me

>> No.4223804

>perception

>> No.4223805

>books

>> No.4223808

>either being or nothingness

>> No.4223813

>holism

>> No.4223846

reading it for the prose is juvenile. i hope you're trolling when you say you read for prose.

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4223924

>people who read books for the combination of story and prose.

>> No.4223936

>reading for prose

way to miss the entire point, it's just as bad as reading solely for the excitement of the plat

>> No.4223950

>>4223438
>reading

>> No.4223971

>>4223481
nerd detected

>> No.4223973

>>4223846
wat
sci fi neckbeard detected

>> No.4223975

>>4223973
12 year old who's read lolita and iz da best ting eva, translations are shiggy diggy, reliable narrator? into the trash xDdd detected

>> No.4223977

> People who only read books for the story/prose/characters/style/their position in western canon

>> No.4223994

>>4223846
Reading is juvenile.

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4224746

>not reading just for the story

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1974/1974-h/1974-h.htm

>> No.4224770

>

>> No.4225043

>>4223846
stephen king fan pls go

>> No.4225052

>people who think they actually know why they read

>> No.4225055

>>4223846
reading for the prose is stupid, and reading for the plot is stupid

reading to see the art of it (the aesthetic, i.e. how it is as a piece of art) is the true way

>> No.4225056
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4225056

>people who think they can be literary and not be virgins at the same time

>> No.4225059

>posting in greentext metathreads

>> No.4225058

>>4225056
wait wut. you're doing it wrong, dummy.

>> No.4225060

>people who read

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4225063

>>4223438
Reading books and at the same time complaining for what reason other people read their books.

You have a lot to learn OP.

>> No.4225065

reading a book for its story is like playing a video game because you like the controller

>> No.4225111

wow you guys are faggots

>> No.4225115

>>4225111
Leave us alone, bully.

>> No.4225116

>>4225115
sorry

>> No.4225175

>>4223438
I'd take someone who reads a book for the story over someone who cbf reading at all anyday..

>> No.4225182

>>4223438
What do you read a book for?