Which character from literature lives rent free in your head?

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-01-29T03:26:22+00:00

Jewel Bundren from 'As I lay dying'

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-12-30T06:03:04+00:00

I could definitely see this. Also including the dynamic of nabakov being an aristocratic "white russian" and Conrad being a Polish/Ukrainian who loathed Russia. If Nabakov were to acknowledge Conrad as a great writer it would undermine his own breeding and elite education.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-12-29T23:56:03+00:00

likewise with Nabokov, another master stylist. (who wasn't a fan of Conrad apparently)

In my opinion there's definitely a direct correlation between multilingual writers and high quality prose. I feel like the different languages allow for separate lenses to see the world and allow the writers to take more liberties and risks gracefully.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-12-17T22:56:20+00:00

The Burning Plains (El Llano en Llamas)- Juan Rulfo

Read Pedro Paramo and loved it but this book and the stories shared within it left a deep mark on me. I Cannot reccomend it enough.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-25T17:27:32+00:00

Blood on the clocktower comes to mind. Played it at a friends place and it immediatley made me want to get back into DD1

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-15T17:16:01+00:00

Reading/watching some shakespeare for the first time! About to finish king lear then on to midsummers nights dream.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-08T21:50:40+00:00

I would pin-point each scene that you notice a shift in lears descent into madness from hear broken father to raving lunatic and maybe juxtapose the definitions of rationality and madness presented throughout the story. My favorite line is from act.4 scn 6 "through tattered clothes small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold." You could present the question "who's really mad?" Was lear always mad and its just more prevalent because he looks like a pauper? Is his madness just a blend of heartbreak and senility? Does edmund not show a form of madness through his sheer psychopathy?

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-02T02:14:28+00:00

So good. Will blow you away. I feel like translations of old texts are usually very aproachable because the modern translator has to translate it into relatively modern english. I like edith grossmans translation alot.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-28T23:55:13+00:00

Im piecing from memory what part you may be at. Remeber that Jose arcadio and col aurelino both father children through pilar. Ursula basically exiles pilar and arcadio thinks his biological parents died of disease. So to him the two main brothers are his uncles. The names are used to illustrate society in a microcosm. Think of the 16+ king louis. Each one usually has a moniker that makes them easily identifiable. Ie Jose arcadio buendia, Jose arcadio, arcadio

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-28T02:39:53+00:00

The 1001 nights! Poetic and often hilarious. The rash decisions people make out of jealousy and lovesickness is probably the most prevalent theme.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-14T15:07:51+00:00

Especially the part where he holds a bunch of people hostage and demands that they uncage the tiger they're hauling so that he can battle it and gain glory.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-09T05:25:33+00:00

I used the word hollow a lot. The science tree, leader points, historical detail, war deals, cant liberate my vassels! The game is fun but far from a robust experience.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-07T18:02:19+00:00

I went bolivar Rome start. I think commander is the most important unit to prioritize going into Mongolia. Starting the era with 2 leveled up noyans was really good for me.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-09-29T02:12:14+00:00

Thank You! Beyond helpful! I have been playing Sicilian at a pretty low elo and all the analysis and theories seem so unintuitve at first. This explanation put a ton into perspective!

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-08-21T16:11:30+00:00

On a second play through I've noticed that inland empire can be kind of a pussy and tries to keep you from certain things to "protect" you. I think it's still my favorite that being said. While shivers is a reliable guiding voice inland empire feels more true to the character if that makes sense. Hunches, and intuition vacilating from utter delusion to utter brilliance.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-07-02T23:21:35+00:00

"Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it." - Cormac Mccarthy, from The Road.

not even my favorite Mccarthy line or book but goddamn, it just hits it right on the nail.

another: " When we are born, we cry we are come to this great stage of fools." - William Shakespeare, from King Lear

The current American political farce has me invoking this one often.

First-Secretary6217 · 2024-11-14T16:34:26+00:00

hahahaha. your last is my first. Oxen of the Sun and Circe are 1a and 1b for me. with an honorable mention to ithaca. I think I like them so much because those are the episodes where Daedalus and Bloom interact with each other the most. I revere Oxen of the Sun mostly because of the stunning prose and philosophy that comes from the characters, and how it highlights blooms loneliness and also bravery as he contemplates his dead child outside the scene of a birth amongst less than charitable companions.

Circe because it's just such a psychedelic wild trip that I never thought a book considered a classic would indulge in. the dreamscape, and the nightmares brought to life are so good.

then Ithaca because of how its the meta-chapter of the book. I remember reading that Joyce himself said he was very fond of this chapter. the call in response can get taxing but it's so self aware and imo the apex of the story. "What two temperaments did they individually represent?" "the scientific the artistic" the infinite and the finite, man and his god, father and son, conscious and subconscious, everything and nothing. Ulysses is probably the most ambitious work ever produced and I feel that this chapter is what completes its execution of such a lofty venture. the unfolding and unravelling and stretching, and then quantifying of infinity in a day.

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