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I agree sheer egoism is a valid purpose as he described it. But I believe Orwell's true beauty was with another purpose he listed, political writing. His first published poem, "Awake Young Men of...

I enjoyed the writing style, especially the multiple instances of dialogue at the same time :).

Hello, I recently wrote a paper on Orwell's poetry and its direct correlation with his life. I'm now extending this paper and adjusting it for another purpose... I'm looking for further insight into...

So Music if I jump straight into the air, will the earth move under me?

Seriously...

In Gore Vidal's "Washington D.C." Freud was mentioned numerous times, along with Cicero and a few other Roman political leaders/philosophers.

I would search for books in the 'Notes on:" or "Analysis of"<your book> and 'Notes on:" <your book2> area. Pull more information from those resources, and then, when looking for connections, look for...

Haha yeah, I want to read Life of Johnson, but its size is very intimidating. Maybe if I go to prison or if I'm stuck on a desert island with a library.

I dare you to read Life of Johnson cover to cover

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is good though :>

A bit off topic here (relates to Glass family though), has anyone read Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction? I read Raise High... no prob, but Seymour an introduction I...

Thanks for the suggestions, I can't believe I forgot about A Clockwork Orange... I've watched the movie, but I'll definitely have to check into the book. The movie showed quite a bit of psychological...

I have :)

I like Raymond Carver's simplistic writing style. Detail is nice (Bradbury for example), but a truly great work will shine through regardless. To be honest, I get bored sometimes when detail is too...

I finished reading this novel a few weeks ago and found it very interesting. Although the book lacked in key literature departments, the ideas suggested by the book are very creative (legalization of...

Hello, I'm new also, I think they have a writing section, so you may want a mod to move this there for you :).

Haha, thanks for the input, I only began checking into Freud's writings after remembering some chat about him in my Intro to Psychology class a long time ago, and I recently finished Gore Vidal's...

I've recently finished reading Freud's Psychopathology of Everyday Life in a collection of his writings. So far, basically, every somatic/linguistic failure possible has been attributed to an...