fuck haman and his dumbass hat long live jews
Oh snap
That coffee mug just fell from my hand from that hot take
Has anyone read IWWV ? I've been considering reading it but I've heard it's a bad rip off of TSH... Answers will be appreciated.
Just got up at 4:30am in order to go to a march that demands returning war hostages.
I know it's a good cause but my dear brothers in Christ why FOUR THIRTY AM šš¦
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The girl who bought the perfect condition 'war and peace' book? We'll, JUST BLOCKED ME OUT OF NOWHERE
I write my poetry in Hebrew and it's so sad I can't show it to you all š
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An aspect I personally really like in Tartt's writing style is how she manipulates the readers. How a reader reads TSH is similar to how an audience acts in a magic show - we know it's a bluff. We know there is a trick here, an angle, some would say a lie, but we disregard it for the more comfortable "truth" - the coin had to appear behind my ear mystically... Right?
Richard demonstrated multiple times how good of a liar he is. He managed to steal money for a car he didn't own, no one (apart from arguably Henry) from the group noticed his middle class background throughout the book, and multiple times the way he tells the readers the timeline of events they don't add - up. Somehow as a fandom we accept this fact when it comes to the mountain lion for example, but rarely when it comes to Bunny.
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Richard is (obviously) still very much infatuated with the picturesque, so it is no surprise that when he 'writes' (in cannon) TSH he wants to make his beloved Greek group seem desirable.
It's not very desirable to kill an annoying classmate.
On the other hand, if he can make Bunny out to be this obnoxious, self centered, racist twat who sucks money out of his tragically beautiful friends and isn't even gifted academically... Well, that's way more understandable.
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Bunny was torn apart from the bacchanal. On the one hand his friends seem to be murderers. His best friend in the entire world cold heatedly took the life of a farmer. On the other hand they are his friends. As a result of this back and forth bunny goes insane. He is frantically talking about the murder in the news to try and get some answers from his friends who leave him in the dark constantly, he tries to distract himself with the second trip with Henry. He is on the brink of insanity until finally he cracks. And he writes Julian the letter.
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Do I believe bunny was racist, homophobic, sexist, and overall an unpleasant person? Yes. Do I believe Richard exaggerated there traits to make Bunny out a worse person and get sympathy from the readers, while disregarding Bunny's mental state? Absolutely.
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not to be a henry winter apologist but every time i reread the book i canāt help but feel like bunny deserved it
like he somehow managed to hit the trifecta of being a homophobe, a racist and an asshole
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AS A PERSON MAJORING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT --
This is a really good observation! Haven't thought of it myself but it makes sense. Eve is also blamed throughout Genesis for the original sin heavily, whole people don't take into account Adam's autonomy in consuming the fruit. I actually think their roles are opposite - Camilla resembles Adam way more than Eve and Charles is similar to Eve. Charles is way more vocal and active in the group's activities while Camilla is very much a part of the bacchanal and such but is more reserved and manipulative. Camilla is also hinted to blame Charles behind his back to Henry for multitudes of things, which correspondences with Adam blaming Eve for the original sin.
Sorry if my English is rusty, I read Genesis in Hebrew so maybe my texts are different from the translations.
Bruhāam I stupid, did everyone catch this or am I smart? Idfk, butā¦Charles ļæ¼ and Camilla⦠prettttyyy sure theyāre symbolic of Adam and Eve. The orphanedāāparentlessāāincestuous twins makes sense now. Thanks philosophy and religious studies.
(Eve is made from the rib of Adam=sort of like the ātwin of himā. Explains some of her nature too.)
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* Me phoning my best friend *
Her : MAY I PLEASE INFODUMP ON ALBERT CAMUS TO YOU
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"Here it comes, a better version of me" -Fionaš an artist | she/her | Jewish | majoring in the old testament
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