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2016-03-26 01:21:08 Post No. 7852070
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2016-03-26 01:21:08
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I am so jealous of English majors.
In another life, I would have been an English major instead of a philosophy major (I can't remember the last time I read something by Popper or Kant, or even Russell for that matter.) - a large part of my time is dedicated to reading books like Gravity's Rainbow or IJ.
I've always hated writing and loved reading. Reading novels with complex themes has always been really intuitive for me. But I just can't stand writing essays or any kind of analysis. I've always felt like essays are mostly worthless for distilling the meaning of a book. I could easily capture the meaning of a book in a few bullet points segmented under several competing thesi. The worst part about essay writing is that in school, they force you to have one overarching thesis or idea. I don't necessarily agree with that. Sometimes the interplay between certain elements of the book require a kind of multi-pronged thesis statement.
I'd rather just write a short story that responds in a similar manner to the book that I've read instead of an essay, desu.
I think it was Emerson who said that in another life that he was most naturally a reader and should have never been a writer in the presence of natural writers.
What do you think, /lit/? Am I a pleb who chose the wrong major?
>inb4 philosophy majors have to write essays too
yeah but philosophy essays are much more intuitive for me: it has to do with the clear structure of an argument vs. the subtleties in a novel.
>inb4 pleb status needs to read more books.
Come on /lit/, you've answered worse shitposts. At least this one isn't completely ironic, is it?
