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The Literary Appreciation Thread

 
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otis



Joined: 02 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:06 pm    Post subject: The Literary Appreciation Thread Reply with quote

I've decided to play Uncle Remus and learn you children a little about literature.

The first novel I will discuss is The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

This is a novel loved by feminists and homosexuals the world over.

Why? It repudiates everything sacred about the family.

The novel revolves around a selfish woman living in Grand Isle, Louisiana. I live about an hour from Grand Isle.

Anyway, this chick has a husband, children, money, a swanky house, etc. But that's not enough for her. Oh, no. See, Endna--that's the protagonist's name--isn't getting it enough. Because her husband has to work and isn't laying around the house to give it to her three or four times a day, this wanton sex-addict imagines that she is in a loveless marriage.

Edna forgets that, after men reach a certain age, three or four times a day is a little out the reach. Hell, my wife is lucky if she gets it three or four times a week. Very lucky.

Anyway, the lesbian feminist crowd loves this theme of no sexual pleasure in marriage. And why wouldn't they since the majority suffer from *beep* envy to begin with?

Homosexual men enjoy this theme because such a candid view of sex is considered shocking to most middle-of-the-road people.

As the novel wears on, Edna becomes more and more depressed due to her sexual frustration. Perhaps if batteries had been invented back then, her mood would have been much rosier.

In the end, Edna decides to throw it all away. She forsakes her children and husband. She walks into the Gulf of Mexico and never returns.

This suicide is very famous in the circles of all lesbian feminists. They see it as a complete repudiation of the family. And family is something they absolutely loathe.

My prediction for this novel: It will have a very long life provided American universities stay infested with leftists, Communists, feminists, and lesbians.

Personally, I can read a Hustler and find more artistic merit. But what do I know about literature?

Stay tuned tomorrow when I'll be discussing Richard Wright's Native Son.


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Dan The Chainsawman



Joined: 05 May 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr. Suess's Cat in a hat owns your pitiful literary masterbation.
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And all this time I thought you were a backwoods hillbilly from the Bayou... lol^^
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otis



Joined: 02 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gather 'round, chilren. Today we is gonna talk about Richard Wright's Native Son.

This is a novel which is dear to the heart of the self-loathing white liberal community.

The protagonist's name is Bigger. He is working for a rich white family. On his days off, he goes to the movies with his friend, and they each masturbate to images of white women. So be it. It's a hobby, right?

Anyway, bigger accidentally kills the daughter of the family he is working for. After that, he sticks her body in a furnace to get rid of the evidence. Bigger is caught and rightfully executed. He feels absolutely no regrets or remorse about his actions. He goes to meet his maker with a clean conscience.

As previously stated, white self-loathing liberals love this novel. They read it and get to beat up on themselves.

They get to say things like this:

Do you like the white man now? Well, do you, punk?

These people say this, of course, while looking in the mirror.

They get to feel guilty about driving a Lexus or a Hummer while the poor black man is tooling around in a hoopte. Of course, these white libs all live in white lib neighborhoods because they don't want the poor oppressed black man to steal their Lexus or their Hummer.

Wright never talks about the plight of poor white people or poor Asian folks or poor Hispanics, etc. No. That might let whitey off the hook.

Despite this, Native Son is a great novel filled with hatred. Richard Wright utterly despises whitey. The novel's hate is so powerful that I can almost hear Mr. Wright talking to me. He says this:

Kevin, I hate your f-ing white guts. Even though I'm an acclaimed novelist and could buy and sell you two times over, you better never let me catch you in a dark alley. If I do, I will punch you right in the nose and steal your wallet.

Believe it or not, this hate actually helps make the book better. See, if Wright actually liked white people, then the book would come across as preachy.

So what's my final analysis? This is a damn fine piece of work. I really love it. And as long as our universities are populated with self-hating white libs, it will continue to be read.

Perhaps tomorrow or the next day, we will discuss T.S. Elliots The Wasteland.
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ChopChaeJoe



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This thread sucks.
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laogaiguk



Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holy cow, I didn't know Otis could read!!!
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happeningthang



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it wasn't for Otis I would have never heard of these books.
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ChopChaeJoe



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This thread still sucks.
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death from above



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol
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WorldWide



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This crap is what americans consider literature. #1 best seller for whatever idiot reason:

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happeningthang



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WorldWide wrote:
This crap is what americans consider literature. #1 best seller for whatever idiot reason:



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death from above



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

do wasteland do wasteland!!
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Bronski



Joined: 17 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To borrow a term from Jinju, Coulter's TF is off the charts.
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krats1976



Joined: 14 May 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WorldWide wrote:
This crap is what americans consider literature. #1 best seller for whatever idiot reason:


Hey now... don't stereotype!
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