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lepusdomesticus

I suggest you move to a country that has adopted the Code Napoleon

Jun 14, 2010 18:43

Introduction

Paragraph the First, in which I begin with a tangent: We (and I can only speak for Americans here, though I think this is certainly true for all Western English-speaking nations, and many other nations as well, though perhaps in slightly different ways) live in a sick and twisted society.( Part One: Harry Was Just A Patsy )

criticism, harry potter, feminism, e m forster, i reject the patriarchy, jane austen, books, bigotry

Comments 3

ivyprairiedawn June 21 2010, 13:10:21 UTC

I have come around to your way of thinking about Forster though I haven't read "Maurice" and I've only done "Howard's End" and "A Room with a View" once, "Passage to India" twice. I adored both "Howard" and "Room" and totally agree with Forster's philosophy ... and the quality of doom that goes with its necessary misunderstanding by those unwilling/unable to place the Inner above the Outer life.

Furthermore, I'm disgusted by my love of the earlier HP books after the horrors of the latter. I have not picked up (other than for dusting purposes) any of the books since I slammed shut the last one. That (*&$# author ruined a perfectly good hobby by dropping the real thread of the story somewhere around book 5. Back to Tolkien!

Oh, and, just as in so many qualities of the beloved late 18th century, there is nothing like Hamiltonian vanity piqueing for getting your affections and letter writing style all wound up.

lepusdomesticus June 21 2010, 22:29:42 UTC

Elmo sent me a great Forster quote today: He said that given the choice between choosing his friend and choosing his country, he hoped he'd be brave enough to choose his friend. That's it in a nutshell. :) Also, I know how much DOOM appeals to you. ;)

(I actually didn't like Maurice as much as the others, since I found the title character pretty unlikeable throughout the first 1/2 or 3/4 of the book. But it got better by the end, and there was plenty of the usual wry narrator humor.)

Every time I think of HP, I want to rant about it to someone. It's been three years almost since I read one. I'm sorry to say, I haven't really missed them, the last one left such a bad taste.

Vanity piqueing in my new favorite phrase. :) <3

lepusdomesticus June 21 2010, 22:30:25 UTC

*is* my new favorite phrase. Darn it. Why isn't there an easy way to edit comments?