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>> No.5612370 [View]

>>5612292
http://www.inspiracy.com/black/abolition/abolitionofwork.html

>> No.5612102 [View]

>>5612077
easy for brooklyn, idk about upper manhattan
>>5612087
direct your anger away from the bourgeoisie, young monk -- you know where it must be placed

>> No.5612067 [View]

>>5611974
>>5612017
lets all hang in upper manhattan, anons

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>>5610462
>azw
>buying ebooks

>> No.5609138 [View]

>>5608290
i like you be my friend

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have fun getting murdered by the MAN

>> No.5531785 [View]

>>5531710
who are these people, besides the beloved towel in?

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>> No.4631285 [View]

>>4630912
this > metamorphosis

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>>4626444

>> No.4626422 [View]

>>4626381
Oh yeah, DVDASA too

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>>4626003
Family Hour
Hardcore History / Common Sense

>> No.4626210 [View]

>>4626201
>>4626204

Holden was the child of innocence, free from the burden of seeing war atrocities, yet possessed the adult view that Salinger had. To the average, popular media-consuming, modern child, Holden's going to appear 'edgy' at a surface glance. But he really shouldn't to someone who understands that he's not supposed to be a normal child; he's one who carries the emotional baggage of someone who has seen too much horror and pain, yet has the child-like innocence to not understand where his outlook comes from. He's supposed to encapsulate two extremes, and does so perfectly.

>> No.4626204 [View]

>>4626201

Salinger didn't just get PTSD when he returned, he had depression and a misanthropic outlook. He was traumatised by how such seemingly innocent children could turn into such adult monsters that were capable of burning women and children alive. He said 'the sound of a burning child's screams will never leave my ears.' He had to integrate back into society, but couldn't do it. He couldn't sit back and worry about celebrity culture, the charade of politics, or other distractions that seemed forever trivial to him. So he started writing.

His first piece was about a suicide. This, he said, was expressing his own desire to kill himself, but writing it down was a way of coping. He never managed to tackle his disenfranchisement and growing resentment towards society, so create the ultimate character to express himself; Holden Caulfield.

>> No.4626201 [View]

It's an evocative, emotional piece about the loss of love and innocence in death. It's easily one of the most subtle, profound human tragedies ever written. Holden Caulfield's characterization is flawless and the novel's tonality nears perfection.

Salinger thought it would be easy. He thought America was 'good,' and he would just go and defeat the bad guys. Nothing prepared him for the limbs that would rip from his platoon, the thick red blood of his friends that would stick to his eyeballs and blind him, the nights spent shaking and crying after sticking his finger into someone's bullet hole to prevent the bleeding only to have the guy die while his fingers were still inside his chest.

>> No.4626184 [View]

I'm with you, anon. Also looking for something to learn how to play, I have free time and I really want to get into it. Inspired for free improvisation(al jazz) and quasi-symmetrically structured pieces. Taking an intro music theory class now and i'm really into it.

>>4626103
>>4626160
Cool suggestion, I'll check it out as well, thanks.

>> No.4625950 [View]

>>4625873
>sex
list is already fucked up, boy-o

>> No.4624996 [View]

>>4624988
I actually have a copy via my university library, I asked McElroy to inform me if a reprint happens and he said he would so i'm not sure. You can always contact him through his official website.

>> No.4624991 [View]

>>4624980
Didn't get that deep, I brought up Bloom's name and he looked at me and said something like "Yeah well he is about to die soon, have you seen recent photos of him? Horrible" all in a pissy tone haha. Perhaps he wants more recognition for his work, we talked about DeLillo too and though they are friends he said "Well I'm smarter than him."

It was pretty great.

>> No.4624981 [View]

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

Mark 8:36

#RNS

>> No.4624975 [View]

>>4624967
Smuggler's Bible, Canonball, Actress in the House, Plus, and 600 pages in Women and Men now.

Got to meet and chat with him for a while, humble guy with major resentment toward Bloom it was great.

>> No.4624959 [View]

Pinecone
Kafka
DeLillo
McElroy
McCarthy

>> No.4621663 [View]

>>4621649
Beowulf and shit, nigga

>> No.4619134 [View]

>>4617863
>just as good
Nah, close though.

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