Rec | GOOGLING QUESTIONS YOU HAVE MID-BOOK

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Searching up “why wouldnt amaranta marry pietro crespi?” mid-chapter because you need to know if anyone else has gossiped about literature before Loving if not liking A Hundred Years of Solitude, this family is crazy

@colinlrhoades

Jan 18, 2025

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@slowdazzle

I read this book last year and at some point I had to just let those question pass by me haha. Beautiful book though

Jan 18, 2025

@colinlrhoades

slowdazzle hahaha nearly halfway and may have to do the same

Jan 19, 2025

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treating circe like an accessory

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@gilbert

Feb 22, 2024

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lest the snake shall bite

so, i’m reading this book- “how to read literature like an english professor“ in preparation for this 4,000 word essay i’m writing. it’s about virginity, sex, and dicks- so of course when i stumble on the section concerning religion and religious symbolism, i read between the lines as if it was the new testament THE CHRIST FIGURE the definition of a “christ figure” is someone who is attempted, intended, or implied to be biblical to an extent and envelopes the hallmarks of jesus christ himself. however- as you will, in mere moments, see for yourself, such a list is anything but narrow. • (roughly) 33 • good with kids • sacrificial • miraculous • virtuous • last seen in a company of thieves ( i get the reference ) • good with bread • good with fish? • good at carpentry / fishing • humble ( especially economically ) • in agony • crucific wounds • wounds on the hands, sides, head and feet • outstretched arms • sent to redeem an environment • rejected by society • celibate • in some sort of wilderness, perhaps accosted by the devil woah! what a list. jeez, i know. so 22, why do christ figures exist in literature? really interestingly enough- mostly in an ironic way. it’s supposed to make a character who’s very grandiose look tiny. otherwise, it’s a pretty regular reason, and the reason authors do anything, to make parallels. to deepen a sacrifice, or explore and substantiate why a character needs to redeem himself; or just to make a text biblical in general. the point is more so that such a list is so extensive and applicable that any and all may be christ figures themselves. pull a character out of your head, and go back to the list, usually one will apply. off the top of MY head, Humbert Humbert. He is 1 ) good with children ( lol im joking ) 2 ) rejected by society 3 ) sacrificial ( tonally, in reference to how he portrays his story throughout his trial) 4 ) accosted by the devil ( implicitly argued ) 5) last seen in a company of thieves ( prison) 6 ) in agony now, no one here is arguing Humbert Humbert a “good” guy, or that he is in any way holy or similar to christ in his actions. that is the argument entirely. the requisites for a christ figure allow villains or just, bad people in general, to consist in the same realm, and that is the purpose entirely!!! i am a christ figure, as are you, and to see firsthand how so much of common intertextuality is rooted in the bible, which, let’s be fair, isnt the only religious work in circulation. so why? why the bible? why jesus? well, in literature, the bible interestingly enough is kind of just a storybook with the first explicit references to basic human themes love, hate good v evil forgiveness redemption betrayal power it’s also rich with metaphorical elements, like the garden of eden, the lions den, earth ITSELF! anyway, i was a hardcore hater of the bible and in its application i still kind of am, but it fucking rocks for literary analysis.