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Steal this book

Post by lkwalker » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:39 pm

http://www.macobo.com/essays/epdf/CAMUS ... ranger.pdf

Steal this book. Especially the Royal and the Itai
"If you don't think to good, don't think too much." Yogi

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Re: Steal this book

Post by Egg » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:41 pm

Great book. Why for Royal and Itai, especially?


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Re: Steal this book

Post by lkwalker » Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:18 pm

Because they are my special loves.
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Post by IndicusMaximus » Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:49 pm

I'm halfway through the book. What struck me about the first half was this searing nothingness that seemed to populate this person's personality.
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Post by IndicusMaximus » Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:51 pm

In otherwords, the guy seemed in action a perfectly normal everyday fellow.

But in psychological terms, he seemed kind of dimly sociopathic.
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Re: Steal this book

Post by Royal » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:49 am

Thank you for this story. The most prominent feeling I have after reading was a disgust for the indifference's he had toward events in his life that ultimately lead him to prison. It wasn't so much the indifference he has during his mother's funeral (because death is natural at an old age) but key events in his control like marriage and agreeing with his friend to go along with a destructive plan. It all reminds me of the muck I see in media.

At the same time, the protagonist comes off as very normal and just "human". At times, his emotions may seem radical, but nothing appears to be premeditated. When his friend wanted to shoot the arab, he talked against it. Which makes me believe the series of emotionally charged events shaped his mind and catapulted the event that lead to his extraction from society.

One can write pages about this story.

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Re: Steal this book

Post by Egg » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:46 am

Existentialism at its best.


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Post by IndicusMaximus » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:46 am

Written by assholes.
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Re: Steal this book

Post by itai » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:26 pm

lkwalker wrote:Because they are my special loves.
DAWWHH I FEEL SPECIAL :)


consider it stolen, when I finish it i will add my cents

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Re: Steal this book

Post by itai » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:27 pm

as long as its not about a numb-handed masturbation session

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