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Okay, this was shit.
And i read somewhere that this is considered a comedy book, but it deppressed me. The whole third act is sad as fuck.
>The whole third act is sad as fuck.
Refresh my memory; what was the third act?
>it depressed me
Hit a little too close to home didn't it?
>>7814841
Daily reminder there is nothing wrong with Ignatius, and he is better than nearly every character in this book
>>7814841
What is empathy
>>7814853
Empathy is impossible without experience.
>>7814867
You read the book right?
>its shit because its sad
what did he mean by this?
>>7814847
*Tips hunting cap*
>>7814886
I read it in 2013, and I only remember some scenes, passages, and elements that really struck me.
I can't for the life of me remember what brought everything to Mancuso finding the porno cards in the safe though. Him escaping with the college gf seemed like a great way to end it. I don't remember feeling sad in the third act, so I'm confused about your feelings and would like to hear why you felt that way.
i saw some first editions (the british and the american ones) at a book festival last Sunday. p neat
>>7814893
Lol, where the fuck did i imply that.
>>7814910
I felt really bad for his gf. I thought she seemed like an insufferable cunt, but I don't think she deserves to deal with Ignatius again.
>>7814923
i got it from the extremely scant "criticism" in your OP
>>7814924
Oh Ok. I get that.
My takeaway was this:
She was an insufferable cunt (and so was IJR), and she saw the light in him when they'd been in college. She was the only person who cared enough about him to sacrafice her time to willingly embrace him to make a functional person out of him, be his friend.
kek yeah maybe that is a little sad. But it's also very sweet.
Maybe Toole wanted someone like that, although I've read that he was nothing like Ignatius.
I recall finding it quite interesting that IJR used almost every situation for personal gain in some fashion.
>>7814755
toole was a prophet
