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Steal this book

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:39 pm
by lkwalker
http://www.macobo.com/essays/epdf/CAMUS ... ranger.pdf

Steal this book. Especially the Royal and the Itai

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:41 pm
by Egg
Great book. Why for Royal and Itai, especially?

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:18 pm
by lkwalker
Because they are my special loves.

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:49 pm
by IndicusMaximus
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.

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:51 pm
by IndicusMaximus
In otherwords, the guy seemed in action a perfectly normal everyday fellow.

But in psychological terms, he seemed kind of dimly sociopathic.

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:49 am
by Royal
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.

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:46 am
by Egg
Existentialism at its best.

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:46 am
by IndicusMaximus
Written by assholes.

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:26 pm
by itai
lkwalker wrote:Because they are my special loves.
DAWWHH I FEEL SPECIAL :)


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

Re: Steal this book

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:27 pm
by itai
as long as its not about a numb-handed masturbation session