mild rant about english literature teaching
amazon suggested I buy a copy of the old man and the sea and it reminded me how much I fucking hated that section of my english lit class
the book's fine, story of a bloke fighting a fish, kinda wanted the fish to win but whatever, good book
what I hated was the constant "THIS IS A CHRIST ANALOGY"
mild rant about english literature teaching
@troubleMoney this is basically the same plot as moby dick
mild rant about english literature teaching
@a_breakin_glass omats didn't have the "fuck this specific fish" themes, it was just "I wanna fish" but yeah, lots of sitting on a boat involved with both
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@troubleMoney Bad lit teachers are annoying fanpersons with authority for pushing their headcanons on their students...
mild rant about english literature teaching
@troubleMoney Not everything is a fucking allegory there, teach
mild rant about english literature teaching
@troubleMoney Kind of a "the curtains were fucking blue" deal, right? >.>
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@Jo @troubleMoney Is that like "THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!"?
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@Anke @troubleMoney Hah 
I'm referring to this meme, though.
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/what-the-author-meant.jpg
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@Jo @troubleMoney Ah, thanks. Not sure I'd seen that before
@troubleMoney@computerfairi.es Fuck literature.
mild rant about english literature teaching
@troubleMoney I didn't know that. I just remember it was super boring.
mild rant about english literature teaching
bloke carries the mast of the boat over his shoulders teach goes "JUST LIKE CHRIST ON THE CROSS!", no teach, that's just how you carry a fucking mast, how the fuck else are you going to carry the fucker?
he's out there for three days, teach goes "JUST LIKE CHRIST DID!", no, that's clearly not a direct correlation, this dude is trying to catch a fish and jesus fucked off on a long weekend, that's the full extent of the similarity here