I can honestly say that not a single book or story I read in so left me with any impression whatsoever. I just learned that literature teachers of all languages are waaay too absorbed in their own circle jerks.
Could I possibly be missing the intended message or callously drifting through life without ever genuinely empathasizing and connecting with the highs and lows of the human experience?
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No, it’s the entire history of human storytelling that must be wrong.
See, that’s what I meant by circle jerk. You simply can’t accept that other people don’t care about your hobby.
Instead you insult them, proving that you in fact are the low of the human experience you’re talking about.
Lmao, bruh, I didn’t insult you, I pointed out how unselfreflective what you said was using satire.
It’s meant to prompt self reflection, not to insult, though for some, self reflection is inherently insulting.
I won’t comment on the circle jerk thing, but I mostly agree with the first sentence (Great Expectations being the lone exception for me for some reason). I’ve just never enjoyed reading, it just doesn’t do it for me. In fact I recently found a 20 year old high school report card and apparently I took a Humanities class that year and completely forgot about it. But then I also didn’t remember taking AP Econ that year either.
Imagine actually admitting this
Now imagine somehow bragging about it
It boggles the mind
Imagine not even being capable of thinking other people might think differently than yourself.
Imagine taking a statement that doesn’t contain any value judgement about the writer and misinterpreting it for bragging.
Imagine being so self absorbed, that you don’t only misinterpret intention so drastically, but doing that with the intent of defending literature interpretation.
Think differently from me… hmm. The opinion I’m defending is that books can move you. No, I will not entertain the notion that books can’t be moving.
I also didn’t say you made any value judgments about anything. I said you bragged, because your statement indeed comes across as an attempt to brag. Not a good one, though, of course.
Also, im not “defending literature interpretation”.
