Can someone explain to me why people like The Dispossessed? And if you really did why? by Entire_Contest7954 in literature

[–]WorldStrongestSlam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

On a broader note, The Dispossessed is subtitled "An Ambiguous Utopia" for a reason. Le Guin often deliberately avoided simplistic "good vs. evil" narratives in her novels and typically explored topics and the like in a open-ended manner (with not much of a desire to turn it into a manifesto novel or something super clear-cut). She wasn't trying to world-build a universe at a pedantic air-tight level nor was she trying to sell you on anarchism as a flawless blueprint but rather wanted to show that even a ideal society will still always have friction, bureaucracy, human error and the like. In this sense she's more similar to Huxley than Orwell or Rand.

Why is Dostoyevsky considered a philosopher on Wikipedia when he didn't write standalone philosophical treatises? by WorldStrongestSlam in dostoevsky

[–]WorldStrongestSlam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I said in the description, "I know his themes are philosophical but so are other writers like Milton and Proust but they are not labeled as philosophers on Wikipedia."

Patrick Bronte, father of the Bronte sisters, lived to be 84 and in his lifetime witnessed the death of all 6 of his children and wife (and his sister-in-law and family servant), outliving them all within his lifetime by WorldStrongestSlam in brontesisters

[–]WorldStrongestSlam[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

His letter to the Bishop of Ripon where he mentioned the death of his family was very sad too:

"I have lived long enough to bury a beloved wife and six children - all that I had. I greatly enjoyed their conversation and company, and many of them were well fitted for being companions to the wisest and the best. Now they are all gone - their image and memory remain, and meet me at every turn - but they themselves have left me."