BRONTE - JANE EYRE
"I’ve attempted reading Jane Eyre before, but got stuck in the middle of it. I don’t know if is the length or the abundance of 'big words,' but I stopped in the middle and left it sitting on the shelf. I laugh as I say this because as a teacher, I’m always working to get my students to read harder material and books that seem 'long and have big words' in them. This time I finally managed to finish the book, but it took some strong will power and the ability to listen to it at times on my iPod that got me through it."
PLATO - PARMENIDES
"Plato. Socrates. Aristotle. Horace. Pythagoras. The list goes on.
On what do we base our fundamental understanding of everything in the world and universe? To whom do we award the holy zenith of knowledge and wisdom? From whom have we written over 2,000 years of philosophical footnotes, enquiring the nature of Nature, the stars, and the hidden galaxies stored within the mind? Apparently, these dead and ancient chiton-wearing, wine-drinking, child-touching, Greek speaking men who didn’t have much else to do with their spare time.
Are we to take it that their word and outlook is the single viewpoint to understand the world, forms and everything else I can’t bother mentioning? How do you explain wave and light particles in the terminology of the ancients? How do you expound the principles of Zen Buddhism in the language of Greek philosophy? Can you even speak Greek? Will there be subtitles?"
FITZGERALD - THE GREAT GATSBY
"Yeah I read this book for school cause I was forced to mother fucking teacher you know. Well it turned out pretty gay first then it got filthy gay. I was like what the fuck is this shit. Thats about all I can say about this shit."
CHAUCER - THE CANTERBURY TALES
"I hate Chaucer.
Reading any work by Chaucer is seemingly no more than a waste of time. In English class, we are supposed to do a huge project on Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' which is quite simply a whole book filled with nonsensical stories about people's lives and struggles in days gone by. I find it quite monotonous. That's why I decided to finally update my blog: I was bored with this stupid project in school, and I found out that Blogger is one of the few sites that isn't blocked!
As I sit here in the library, I realize how much I have missed writing. I love my ability to write all of this in the blink of an eye. Although I'm really talking about nothing, I love it so."
IRVING - RIP VAN WINKLE
"The universal reality of Washington Irving words describes the hardship of marriage upon the solitary nature of man. The matriarchal suppression upon man jeopardizes the very notion of man's nature. This notion is evident in all generations. The concept of how women 'suck the life out of men' is inherently true from the time of American Independence to modern day. Women of all ethnicities, colors, nationalities, social class have one common theme in relation to men—they want men to love them unconditionally. The very essence of women is to be cherishing and loving. And for all intensive purposes they are. But like men, women are needy, wanting, and dependent.
The needs of women are a complex to a simple man as rocket science. However, take the science out of the equation and the essential of women are revealed. The essentials are very common to the basic concept of child raising—eating, pooping, and lots of love. So much love in fact that it is a full time job to satisfy the loving need of a single woman. Thus, a reason why so many men fail in the love department. It's not so much organic sex that completely satisfies a woman but the other stuff that is so unnatural for a man. It’s the constant attention to details, the multi-taking, and the conditioning. Over time, women naturally domesticate men into their likely. The biblical phrase 'man was created in His image' is true from physical appear. Once a man become married, it's not His image that counts...it's Hers.
Wanting is not simply a woman's trait, but a man's as well. Both sexes want something from another. Women want love and constant attention. Men want love and to be left alone once and a while. It's not that men are solely solitary creature and women are socially progressive. It's that men have the wanting to find some peace in a little bite solitude. Where as women see the wanting for solitude as a means to avoid them. Interestingly that is so true, but only for a short amount of time. Men are like batteries, when just need time to recharge.
Dependency again is adherently characterized in both men and women. We are both emotionally dependent upon each other. Whether it’s a hard day at work or just the 'time of the month,' we are in some way supported by the opposite sex. Sometime the emotional support can be confusing to men. Men like to thing they can fix problems and for the most part when there is a problem that needs fixing logic takes over and the problem gets fixed. However, when a woman comes to her husband with a problem it’s not meant to be fixed. Women are searching for emotional support. Women want to be listened too and heard. They want to know they are right—that in some universe their conclusions they conjure are the right ones. The most important phrase a man can utter to his wife is 'YOU ARE RIGHT.'
Rip Van Winkle is a classical display of a happy man married to a wanting, needy, and dependent wife. In short, Rip Van Winkle was married to a woman."
GREER - THE FEMALE EUNUCH
"Your sick little CUNT your a fuckign bitch he did nothign wrong at all u insesitive fuckign whore, he did more for animals then anyone, and u say they had there revenger, well words to the wise, Steve Erwins fans will have there revenge BITCH"
"Get over yourself sweetheart
If you are a man.........man, man, man you will probably love this. If like me you are actually a Eunuch, then forget about it."
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Honoré de Balzac - Eugénie Grandet
"Another worthless, boring classic with all the minuses the classics have, and much more. I've read half of it."
"I have no idea, whatsoever, why would anyone read a whole book about an old guy being a dick(or another horrible story about 'innocent love', or 18th century 'business' and little tricks described in so much detail), and can't even start listing why it's a piece of crap. That would take, way too much time."
"I just thought either the way people in 18th century thought was too simple or the way we think is too complicated, because the characters happened to seem so predictable too me."
"This is my number 1 book for the Oscar 'Book to be avoided no matter what'."
"This is not great literature because it is out of date. It has nothing to say of relevance today"
"Balzac's Eugenie Grandet cannot be spoiled, but the copy that I am reviewing is utterly spoiled by putting a womans's name on the cover"
"how the topic overshades art!!
This book is a typical 19th century novel where the author writes how the cruelty of the system, the establishment and men in general, destroys the lifes of the idolized women. This book should have containd enought pathos to fill Balzac`s chest, but i`m afraid it did not, so I will restrain myself and others from reading further novels of such overdramatic, oversimplistic writing. Pardon me!"
"would it be published today?
Excessively long descriptive passages ... A famous novel is not always a great read."
"I have no idea, whatsoever, why would anyone read a whole book about an old guy being a dick(or another horrible story about 'innocent love', or 18th century 'business' and little tricks described in so much detail), and can't even start listing why it's a piece of crap. That would take, way too much time."
"I just thought either the way people in 18th century thought was too simple or the way we think is too complicated, because the characters happened to seem so predictable too me."
"This is my number 1 book for the Oscar 'Book to be avoided no matter what'."
"This is not great literature because it is out of date. It has nothing to say of relevance today"
"Balzac's Eugenie Grandet cannot be spoiled, but the copy that I am reviewing is utterly spoiled by putting a womans's name on the cover"
"how the topic overshades art!!
This book is a typical 19th century novel where the author writes how the cruelty of the system, the establishment and men in general, destroys the lifes of the idolized women. This book should have containd enought pathos to fill Balzac`s chest, but i`m afraid it did not, so I will restrain myself and others from reading further novels of such overdramatic, oversimplistic writing. Pardon me!"
"would it be published today?
Excessively long descriptive passages ... A famous novel is not always a great read."
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Germaine Greer - The Female Eunuch III
"Germain Greer What a total half wit
How can this person be respected as a a profesor?
who the Fuck is This brain dead bitter twisted old bat.
And how we can look forward to a generation of students educated with her vitriol toward life. what are the british education system thinking to allow someone with such a twisted and bitter outlook on life to pour her distain out under the guise of education to young people with a thirst for knowledge.wake up ship her out to Irac where her words will blend in,"
"Your a fucken stupid cow, keep the fuck away from Australia!"
"I hate you, your a rude fucked BITCH!!
GET FUCKED!"
"Germaine Greer….FUCK YOU you stupid fucking bitch. I hope you jump in a shark infested area and get ripped apart bone for bone."
"Germaine greer is probably some butch dyke that doesnt know what she is talking about. ... Hopefully the butch will read this and see my message…..GO FUCK YOURSELF CUNT!!!!!"
"Hey Germaine (the nazi, man-hating, fish-eating lesbian bitch) Greer. Fuck you and any fucked up asshole who looks like you. What have you done for this planet besides spew your diatribe all over it’s literary pages? Nothing. So shut the fuck up. I’m so sick of bitter, attention grabbing whores like you ... I’m not wasting another minute of my time on a dried up old twat like you, so do us all a favor and drive your fucking car over a cliff. At least I’ve got the balls to say this shit to you while you’re alive you fucking coward."
THIS PARAGON OF BRAVERY POSTED HIS MESSAGE ANONYMOUSLY ON THE COMMENTS SECTION OF A NEWS WEBSITE
"Is Germaine Greer an idiot?
Of course she is, like any feminist, but I wonder if any of these
stupid whores have considered that we are saturated with sexist
anti-male or degrading to men ads and we get one which is a bit of the
reverse, and they complain.
Sexist ads against male must outnumber sexist ads about women by about
50 to 1."
"your supposed intelligence and vision for womens rights are a farce and you are nothing more than a frigid, unintelligent, batty old feminist liberal that needs to find a way to get her name into the limelight. There is ZERO intelligence in the comments you made and you should not only be ashamed of yourself, but you should retire from thinking, talking, and possibly even breathing in the near future."
"One day you fucking mole u will get what is coming to you as we all die some day and what ppl will say then wont be very nice belive you me. Anyhow we can only hope that day is soon."
"ugly bitch....I want to see what her head looks like on a stick"
"Greer doesn't seem to like or respect people very much, male or female."
YEAH. FUCKING BAFFLING ISN'T IT
How can this person be respected as a a profesor?
who the Fuck is This brain dead bitter twisted old bat.
And how we can look forward to a generation of students educated with her vitriol toward life. what are the british education system thinking to allow someone with such a twisted and bitter outlook on life to pour her distain out under the guise of education to young people with a thirst for knowledge.wake up ship her out to Irac where her words will blend in,"
"Your a fucken stupid cow, keep the fuck away from Australia!"
"I hate you, your a rude fucked BITCH!!
GET FUCKED!"
"Germaine Greer….FUCK YOU you stupid fucking bitch. I hope you jump in a shark infested area and get ripped apart bone for bone."
"Germaine greer is probably some butch dyke that doesnt know what she is talking about. ... Hopefully the butch will read this and see my message…..GO FUCK YOURSELF CUNT!!!!!"
"Hey Germaine (the nazi, man-hating, fish-eating lesbian bitch) Greer. Fuck you and any fucked up asshole who looks like you. What have you done for this planet besides spew your diatribe all over it’s literary pages? Nothing. So shut the fuck up. I’m so sick of bitter, attention grabbing whores like you ... I’m not wasting another minute of my time on a dried up old twat like you, so do us all a favor and drive your fucking car over a cliff. At least I’ve got the balls to say this shit to you while you’re alive you fucking coward."
THIS PARAGON OF BRAVERY POSTED HIS MESSAGE ANONYMOUSLY ON THE COMMENTS SECTION OF A NEWS WEBSITE
"Is Germaine Greer an idiot?
Of course she is, like any feminist, but I wonder if any of these
stupid whores have considered that we are saturated with sexist
anti-male or degrading to men ads and we get one which is a bit of the
reverse, and they complain.
Sexist ads against male must outnumber sexist ads about women by about
50 to 1."
"your supposed intelligence and vision for womens rights are a farce and you are nothing more than a frigid, unintelligent, batty old feminist liberal that needs to find a way to get her name into the limelight. There is ZERO intelligence in the comments you made and you should not only be ashamed of yourself, but you should retire from thinking, talking, and possibly even breathing in the near future."
"One day you fucking mole u will get what is coming to you as we all die some day and what ppl will say then wont be very nice belive you me. Anyhow we can only hope that day is soon."
"ugly bitch....I want to see what her head looks like on a stick"
"Greer doesn't seem to like or respect people very much, male or female."
YEAH. FUCKING BAFFLING ISN'T IT
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Germaine Greer - The Female Eunuch II
"Get over yourself sweetheart
If you are a man.........man, man, man you will probably love this. If like me you are actually a Eunuch, then forget about it."
"I took a casual glance at my bookshelf of classics and it was noticeable that many female authors are coming in a similar genre eg vindictaion of womens rights, city of ladies, to name two. It's difficult to see whether the books released are done so from a patriarchal or matriarchal perspective, but there is a definate omission of this type of male literature. Of course, sexism is stoked by provoking resentment in people and males could undoubtedly resent the plethora of 'feminist' goods that are pumped out lest they see through this provocation. Maybe we need to get a few out there to counter the imbalance of the last 40 yrs or so."
"I have never come across a more one sided, embittered author who clearly has issues for which she should receive counselling. I agree that the real freedom and equality of the sexes came with the Judeao/Christian influence. I believe that Miss Greer should read Warren Farrell's bestseller -'The Myth of Male Power'. If she reads it with an open mind (if she has one) then she will see that there are many areas in society where men are oppressed. I must deduce that Ms Greer is a very embittered woman!!"
"Having been told this was a book all men should read I did my duty. I then read a bio of her life. Sadly much of what GG says has little to do with the real world and most of her arguments are easily refuted.
Knowing we are all affected and sculpted by our personal experiences, GG herself was one of the first liberated women and cannot understand that her own choices as a sexually 'liberated' woman in Australia-Cambridge Uni when 80-90% of the universities were full of men led her down this road. When her reputation got around is there litle wonder she attracted men interested mainly in her for some sex. As you sow so shall you reap.
I would think we could all benefit if warhorses like GG could explain why if men really have it so good, why is it men die off so much earlier than women and the mortality gap is greatest in the most 'advanced' western countries. Before the Industrial Revolution and (taking out deaths from wars and childbirth) men and women died at about the same age. The trouble is such facts have to be ignored because they show how much more stressed the average male is.
Of course having made herself immensely wealthy, though personally unsatisfied, GG can hardly turn around and say I was wrong, though I suspect if she did she'd end up with even more money simply by being even more controversial. This book is for those who wish to wade in bitterness and pretend they're a victim. Most young women today find this boring though it may appeal to women who are in their 50s and 60s who wish to remember the past. The arguments are as old as reliving the Vietnam War"
"Germaine Greer is a woman, allegedly a doctor (though I could not find of what. I would guess proctology, but that usually entails extracting things from the butt, not lodging your own head firmly up it), and has been a virulent feminist most of her life. During my research I found the reason Dr. Greer originally entered the field of feminism is because her clitoris is shaped like a male penis and the trauma of being teased for it since she was sexually active at the age of 12 drove her into the insanity. Interesting to say the least.
On a completely different note, 'Dr.' Greer wrote her millionth article in a row this week on the topic of 'things I shouldn’t even be fucking talking about' for The Guardian.
...
As she is a woman, I find it humourous that 'Dr.' Greer — who I would simply just refer to as The Cunt for the remainder of this article, but my man-prudence prohibits me from doing so — even relies on the word 'sympathy' as a part of her female feminist vocabulary. It is not. These female feminists are the same creatures who fabricate most rape allegations in the hopes of making a stab at some mythical patriarchy.
Does that sound like sympathy to you?
There’s no such thing as a patriarchy, Dr. Greer, you stupid cunt.
...
all feminists are insensitive cunts who have no family for that exact reason. They embarrass and shame their parents until they’re ostracized. They embarrass their friends until wallowing into the self-loathing circles of hags who will accompany them through menopause. They have no children because no man in his right mind would fuck a feminist and even if one was drugged into it, Jesus would step in and perform the world’s first immaculate abortion.
Feminists have no right to families. They are horrid and miserable abortions of women and they will rot in hell. Not the biblical one. I’m talking about the one women enter when they hit 35 and don’t have children."
If you are a man.........man, man, man you will probably love this. If like me you are actually a Eunuch, then forget about it."
"I took a casual glance at my bookshelf of classics and it was noticeable that many female authors are coming in a similar genre eg vindictaion of womens rights, city of ladies, to name two. It's difficult to see whether the books released are done so from a patriarchal or matriarchal perspective, but there is a definate omission of this type of male literature. Of course, sexism is stoked by provoking resentment in people and males could undoubtedly resent the plethora of 'feminist' goods that are pumped out lest they see through this provocation. Maybe we need to get a few out there to counter the imbalance of the last 40 yrs or so."
"I have never come across a more one sided, embittered author who clearly has issues for which she should receive counselling. I agree that the real freedom and equality of the sexes came with the Judeao/Christian influence. I believe that Miss Greer should read Warren Farrell's bestseller -'The Myth of Male Power'. If she reads it with an open mind (if she has one) then she will see that there are many areas in society where men are oppressed. I must deduce that Ms Greer is a very embittered woman!!"
"Having been told this was a book all men should read I did my duty. I then read a bio of her life. Sadly much of what GG says has little to do with the real world and most of her arguments are easily refuted.
Knowing we are all affected and sculpted by our personal experiences, GG herself was one of the first liberated women and cannot understand that her own choices as a sexually 'liberated' woman in Australia-Cambridge Uni when 80-90% of the universities were full of men led her down this road. When her reputation got around is there litle wonder she attracted men interested mainly in her for some sex. As you sow so shall you reap.
I would think we could all benefit if warhorses like GG could explain why if men really have it so good, why is it men die off so much earlier than women and the mortality gap is greatest in the most 'advanced' western countries. Before the Industrial Revolution and (taking out deaths from wars and childbirth) men and women died at about the same age. The trouble is such facts have to be ignored because they show how much more stressed the average male is.
Of course having made herself immensely wealthy, though personally unsatisfied, GG can hardly turn around and say I was wrong, though I suspect if she did she'd end up with even more money simply by being even more controversial. This book is for those who wish to wade in bitterness and pretend they're a victim. Most young women today find this boring though it may appeal to women who are in their 50s and 60s who wish to remember the past. The arguments are as old as reliving the Vietnam War"
"Germaine Greer is a woman, allegedly a doctor (though I could not find of what. I would guess proctology, but that usually entails extracting things from the butt, not lodging your own head firmly up it), and has been a virulent feminist most of her life. During my research I found the reason Dr. Greer originally entered the field of feminism is because her clitoris is shaped like a male penis and the trauma of being teased for it since she was sexually active at the age of 12 drove her into the insanity. Interesting to say the least.
On a completely different note, 'Dr.' Greer wrote her millionth article in a row this week on the topic of 'things I shouldn’t even be fucking talking about' for The Guardian.
...
As she is a woman, I find it humourous that 'Dr.' Greer — who I would simply just refer to as The Cunt for the remainder of this article, but my man-prudence prohibits me from doing so — even relies on the word 'sympathy' as a part of her female feminist vocabulary. It is not. These female feminists are the same creatures who fabricate most rape allegations in the hopes of making a stab at some mythical patriarchy.
Does that sound like sympathy to you?
There’s no such thing as a patriarchy, Dr. Greer, you stupid cunt.
...
all feminists are insensitive cunts who have no family for that exact reason. They embarrass and shame their parents until they’re ostracized. They embarrass their friends until wallowing into the self-loathing circles of hags who will accompany them through menopause. They have no children because no man in his right mind would fuck a feminist and even if one was drugged into it, Jesus would step in and perform the world’s first immaculate abortion.
Feminists have no right to families. They are horrid and miserable abortions of women and they will rot in hell. Not the biblical one. I’m talking about the one women enter when they hit 35 and don’t have children."
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Germaine Greer - The Female Eunuch
"Alas! I cannot go through anymore feminism prose."
"I refuse to let Germaine Greer ruin feminism for me."
"Equality is good, but she DOES write like a high school bully; very crude, rude, and self-centered; threw it in the garbage, 10-minutes into the second night I picked it up. Low-class trash, don't waste your time!"
"I struggled getting through this book. It was just so boring. The way it was written was boring and the subject was outdated. I'm sure it was a big hit and kind of helpful to the women liberation in the 70's, and parts of it was interesting just as a way to find out what it was like back then, but for me today it was a bit boring. I'm all for feminism, but this was over the top"
"I gave it 150 pages, then quit. Not only did she not have anything new to say, what she said was said poorly. Sorry, Greer. I'll just have to be a feminist without you."
"It would never fly today: heavily anecdotal, sweeping generalizations with no backup data, no citations to anyone or anything."
"Germaine Greer is annoying
Having read Germaine Greer's book i am amazed people see her a feminist, she just seems like a slapper pretending that being a slapper makes you a feminist. I think sexual equality is good. Woman should have equal rights for jobs education etc: But that has nothing to do with saying all men have to pretend that they don't mind it if someone they are going out with is a bit of a slag who sleeps around. I used to be a fan of Mrs Greer until i found out what see actually beleives. I am fed up with the way that see seems to regard men ... She is extremely irritating. She talks the language of a high school bully when she is on tv calling people wimps or nerds, and deciding this is a reason to dislike people. As someone who was bullied at school for being a wimp I find her a nasty old woman, she is one of these irritating older woman who says she does not like new men because she finds them boring because there too nice and bland, well how would she no it's hardly as if any man under the age of 50 would be intersed in her."
"In her defense, it is not her fault; she is simply the product of our male dominated culture. She attacks others because she is trying to emulate the male power model and rise above the positions of servitude the vast majority of women in our world are still relegated into. Another sad comment."
"Hatred is not a good way to try to get back in the lime light. Read your books, saw your picture, and now I understand why you took such extreme tactics to get attention. Get some talent."
DEAR READERS: THIS WEEK WE'RE COVERING GERMAINE GREER'S 1970 MASTERPIECE OF SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND ONE OF THE FUNNIEST BOOKS OF PHILOSOPHY EVER WRITTEN, THE FEMALE EUNUCH. THE QUOTES ABOVE ARE PRETTY BLAND AND MOSTLY AMUSING FOR THEIR HISTORICAL ILLITERACY/BLATANT FALSIFICATIONS/SMUG ASSHOLERY. THE USUAL STUFF. BUT FROM HERE ON OUT IT'S GOING TO GET PRETTY GROSS.
A LOT OF THE QUOTES THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN CULLED FROM THE VERY LOWEST CIRCLES OF INTERNET HELL (TABLOID NEWS COMMENT SECTIONS, BODY-BUILDING FORUMS AND MEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS) AND ARE IGNORANT, UNCOMPREHENDING RESPONSES TO GREER AS A WOMAN RATHER THAN TO HER BOOK. AS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, GREER DRAWS A LOT OF FIRE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM FUCKING STUPID.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECORD THEM ANYWAY, FIRSTLY BECAUSE THE RESPONSES CONFIRM A LOT OF GREER'S MAIN THESES BY THEIR TONE AND CONTENT AND ARE THUS SELF-DEFEATING, SECONDLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT AND EXPOSE THE DEEP CURRENTS OF WOMAN-HATRED IN OUR SOCIETY WHEN THEY SWELL SO OBVIOUSLY AND HIDEOUSLY TO THE SURFACE. MUCH OF THIS BILGE IS HILARIOUS IN ITS IMPOTENCE AND HELPLESS, BLUBBERING RAGE. HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE TRULY NASTY AND DISTURBING IN A WAY THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED ON THIS BLOG BEFORE, SO I'M WRITING THIS MESSAGE AS A CAUTION. THERE WILL BE TWO MORE POSTS ON GREER, ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THEY WILL CONTAIN SOME VERY VIOLENT THREATS AND A LOT OF HORRIBLE SLURS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
"Look at her. She became a femi-Nazi so she could say she's doing something with her life."
"Modern Day Feminism=An external outlet for homely women who can't get laid to speak out about nothing at all and feel that much better about themselves for it."
"Germaine Greer,
You are a the most vile, repulsive, narrow minded, bitchy, useless, stupid, insensitive, not to mention, as ugly as a bucket of smashed crabs. The world would be a better place with you not in it. Are you completely retarded? Do you honestly believe what you are saying are the thoughts and sentiments of other Australians. I would thank you to speak only for yourself as I for one don’t want a whore bag like yourself speaking for me. Although the words I use to describe you are terrible they are not terrible enough and I wish I had your email address to contact you directly. Why don’t you supply a contact email for feedback, you gutless wench. You don’t deserve to walk this beautiful earth and do us all a favour and stay in England, or drop dead. The later would be preferred."
"Your sick little CUNT your a fuckign bitch he did nothign wrong at all u insesitive fuckign whore, he did more for animals then anyone, and u say they had there revenger, well words to the wise, Steve Erwins fans will have there revenge BITCH"
"I refuse to let Germaine Greer ruin feminism for me."
"Equality is good, but she DOES write like a high school bully; very crude, rude, and self-centered; threw it in the garbage, 10-minutes into the second night I picked it up. Low-class trash, don't waste your time!"
"I struggled getting through this book. It was just so boring. The way it was written was boring and the subject was outdated. I'm sure it was a big hit and kind of helpful to the women liberation in the 70's, and parts of it was interesting just as a way to find out what it was like back then, but for me today it was a bit boring. I'm all for feminism, but this was over the top"
"I gave it 150 pages, then quit. Not only did she not have anything new to say, what she said was said poorly. Sorry, Greer. I'll just have to be a feminist without you."
"It would never fly today: heavily anecdotal, sweeping generalizations with no backup data, no citations to anyone or anything."
"Germaine Greer is annoying
Having read Germaine Greer's book i am amazed people see her a feminist, she just seems like a slapper pretending that being a slapper makes you a feminist. I think sexual equality is good. Woman should have equal rights for jobs education etc: But that has nothing to do with saying all men have to pretend that they don't mind it if someone they are going out with is a bit of a slag who sleeps around. I used to be a fan of Mrs Greer until i found out what see actually beleives. I am fed up with the way that see seems to regard men ... She is extremely irritating. She talks the language of a high school bully when she is on tv calling people wimps or nerds, and deciding this is a reason to dislike people. As someone who was bullied at school for being a wimp I find her a nasty old woman, she is one of these irritating older woman who says she does not like new men because she finds them boring because there too nice and bland, well how would she no it's hardly as if any man under the age of 50 would be intersed in her."
"In her defense, it is not her fault; she is simply the product of our male dominated culture. She attacks others because she is trying to emulate the male power model and rise above the positions of servitude the vast majority of women in our world are still relegated into. Another sad comment."
"Hatred is not a good way to try to get back in the lime light. Read your books, saw your picture, and now I understand why you took such extreme tactics to get attention. Get some talent."
DEAR READERS: THIS WEEK WE'RE COVERING GERMAINE GREER'S 1970 MASTERPIECE OF SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND ONE OF THE FUNNIEST BOOKS OF PHILOSOPHY EVER WRITTEN, THE FEMALE EUNUCH. THE QUOTES ABOVE ARE PRETTY BLAND AND MOSTLY AMUSING FOR THEIR HISTORICAL ILLITERACY/BLATANT FALSIFICATIONS/SMUG ASSHOLERY. THE USUAL STUFF. BUT FROM HERE ON OUT IT'S GOING TO GET PRETTY GROSS.
A LOT OF THE QUOTES THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN CULLED FROM THE VERY LOWEST CIRCLES OF INTERNET HELL (TABLOID NEWS COMMENT SECTIONS, BODY-BUILDING FORUMS AND MEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS) AND ARE IGNORANT, UNCOMPREHENDING RESPONSES TO GREER AS A WOMAN RATHER THAN TO HER BOOK. AS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, GREER DRAWS A LOT OF FIRE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM FUCKING STUPID.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECORD THEM ANYWAY, FIRSTLY BECAUSE THE RESPONSES CONFIRM A LOT OF GREER'S MAIN THESES BY THEIR TONE AND CONTENT AND ARE THUS SELF-DEFEATING, SECONDLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT AND EXPOSE THE DEEP CURRENTS OF WOMAN-HATRED IN OUR SOCIETY WHEN THEY SWELL SO OBVIOUSLY AND HIDEOUSLY TO THE SURFACE. MUCH OF THIS BILGE IS HILARIOUS IN ITS IMPOTENCE AND HELPLESS, BLUBBERING RAGE. HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE TRULY NASTY AND DISTURBING IN A WAY THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED ON THIS BLOG BEFORE, SO I'M WRITING THIS MESSAGE AS A CAUTION. THERE WILL BE TWO MORE POSTS ON GREER, ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THEY WILL CONTAIN SOME VERY VIOLENT THREATS AND A LOT OF HORRIBLE SLURS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
"Look at her. She became a femi-Nazi so she could say she's doing something with her life."
"Modern Day Feminism=An external outlet for homely women who can't get laid to speak out about nothing at all and feel that much better about themselves for it."
"Germaine Greer,
You are a the most vile, repulsive, narrow minded, bitchy, useless, stupid, insensitive, not to mention, as ugly as a bucket of smashed crabs. The world would be a better place with you not in it. Are you completely retarded? Do you honestly believe what you are saying are the thoughts and sentiments of other Australians. I would thank you to speak only for yourself as I for one don’t want a whore bag like yourself speaking for me. Although the words I use to describe you are terrible they are not terrible enough and I wish I had your email address to contact you directly. Why don’t you supply a contact email for feedback, you gutless wench. You don’t deserve to walk this beautiful earth and do us all a favour and stay in England, or drop dead. The later would be preferred."
"Your sick little CUNT your a fuckign bitch he did nothign wrong at all u insesitive fuckign whore, he did more for animals then anyone, and u say they had there revenger, well words to the wise, Steve Erwins fans will have there revenge BITCH"
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Washington Irving - Rip Van Winkle
"I didn't realize just how basic the story is. Besides the basic story of Rip Van Winkle falling asleep and waking up after the Revolutionary War, there isn't really much else to the story. Besides that, the old language as well as the adult themes (his shrew of a wife, him falling asleep after drinking too much booze, etc.) seem too adult ... I think a re-telling of the story would be better than actually reading the story."
"I didn't see the purpose of the story and it seemed to have no point for the reader."
"When I read the title , I wondered whether a such weird and ( allow me to say ) uncanny title would stand as a name of a character or a place ! I heard of it before but never did i have the guts to read it ! ... i couldn't put it down , well I LITERALLY couldn't put it down coz i just downloaded it as an e-book ."
"The are lots of long and unusual words that will prove frustrating ... the momentum of the story will be lost by the time you stop and explain the meaning of so many words."
"The universal reality of Washington Irving words describes the hardship of marriage upon the solitary nature of man. The matriarchal suppression upon man jeopardizes the very notion of man's nature. This notion is evident in all generations. The concept of how women 'suck the life out of men' is inherently true from the time of American Independence to modern day. Women of all ethnicities, colors, nationalities, social class have one common theme in relation to men—they want men to love them unconditionally. The very essence of women is to be cherishing and loving. And for all intensive purposes they are. But like men, women are needy, wanting, and dependent.
The needs of women are a complex to a simple man as rocket science. However, take the science out of the equation and the essential of women are revealed. The essentials are very common to the basic concept of child raising—eating, pooping, and lots of love. So much love in fact that it is a full time job to satisfy the loving need of a single woman. Thus, a reason why so many men fail in the love department. It's not so much organic sex that completely satisfies a woman but the other stuff that is so unnatural for a man. It’s the constant attention to details, the multi-taking, and the conditioning. Over time, women naturally domesticate men into their likely. The biblical phrase 'man was created in His image' is true from physical appear. Once a man become married, it's not His image that counts...it's Hers.
Wanting is not simply a woman's trait, but a man's as well. Both sexes want something from another. Women want love and constant attention. Men want love and to be left alone once and a while. It's not that men are solely solitary creature and women are socially progressive. It's that men have the wanting to find some peace in a little bite solitude. Where as women see the wanting for solitude as a means to avoid them. Interestingly that is so true, but only for a short amount of time. Men are like batteries, when just need time to recharge.
Dependency again is adherently characterized in both men and women. We are both emotionally dependent upon each other. Whether it’s a hard day at work or just the 'time of the month,' we are in some way supported by the opposite sex. Sometime the emotional support can be confusing to men. Men like to thing they can fix problems and for the most part when there is a problem that needs fixing logic takes over and the problem gets fixed. However, when a woman comes to her husband with a problem it’s not meant to be fixed. Women are searching for emotional support. Women want to be listened too and heard. They want to know they are right—that in some universe their conclusions they conjure are the right ones. The most important phrase a man can utter to his wife is 'YOU ARE RIGHT.'
Rip Van Winkle is a classical display of a happy man married to a wanting, needy, and dependent wife. In short, Rip Van Winkle was married to a woman."
"I didn't see the purpose of the story and it seemed to have no point for the reader."
"When I read the title , I wondered whether a such weird and ( allow me to say ) uncanny title would stand as a name of a character or a place ! I heard of it before but never did i have the guts to read it ! ... i couldn't put it down , well I LITERALLY couldn't put it down coz i just downloaded it as an e-book ."
"The are lots of long and unusual words that will prove frustrating ... the momentum of the story will be lost by the time you stop and explain the meaning of so many words."
"The universal reality of Washington Irving words describes the hardship of marriage upon the solitary nature of man. The matriarchal suppression upon man jeopardizes the very notion of man's nature. This notion is evident in all generations. The concept of how women 'suck the life out of men' is inherently true from the time of American Independence to modern day. Women of all ethnicities, colors, nationalities, social class have one common theme in relation to men—they want men to love them unconditionally. The very essence of women is to be cherishing and loving. And for all intensive purposes they are. But like men, women are needy, wanting, and dependent.
The needs of women are a complex to a simple man as rocket science. However, take the science out of the equation and the essential of women are revealed. The essentials are very common to the basic concept of child raising—eating, pooping, and lots of love. So much love in fact that it is a full time job to satisfy the loving need of a single woman. Thus, a reason why so many men fail in the love department. It's not so much organic sex that completely satisfies a woman but the other stuff that is so unnatural for a man. It’s the constant attention to details, the multi-taking, and the conditioning. Over time, women naturally domesticate men into their likely. The biblical phrase 'man was created in His image' is true from physical appear. Once a man become married, it's not His image that counts...it's Hers.
Wanting is not simply a woman's trait, but a man's as well. Both sexes want something from another. Women want love and constant attention. Men want love and to be left alone once and a while. It's not that men are solely solitary creature and women are socially progressive. It's that men have the wanting to find some peace in a little bite solitude. Where as women see the wanting for solitude as a means to avoid them. Interestingly that is so true, but only for a short amount of time. Men are like batteries, when just need time to recharge.
Dependency again is adherently characterized in both men and women. We are both emotionally dependent upon each other. Whether it’s a hard day at work or just the 'time of the month,' we are in some way supported by the opposite sex. Sometime the emotional support can be confusing to men. Men like to thing they can fix problems and for the most part when there is a problem that needs fixing logic takes over and the problem gets fixed. However, when a woman comes to her husband with a problem it’s not meant to be fixed. Women are searching for emotional support. Women want to be listened too and heard. They want to know they are right—that in some universe their conclusions they conjure are the right ones. The most important phrase a man can utter to his wife is 'YOU ARE RIGHT.'
Rip Van Winkle is a classical display of a happy man married to a wanting, needy, and dependent wife. In short, Rip Van Winkle was married to a woman."
Friday, January 18, 2013
Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales II
"I hate Chaucer.
Reading any work by Chaucer is seemingly no more than a waste of time. In English class, we are supposed to do a huge project on Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' which is quite simply a whole book filled with nonsensical stories about people's lives and struggles in days gone by. I find it quite monotonous. That's why I decided to finally update my blog: I was bored with this stupid project in school, and I found out that Blogger is one of the few sites that isn't blocked!
As I sit here in the library, I realize how much I have missed writing. I love my ability to write all of this in the blink of an eye. Although I'm really talking about nothing, I love it so."
"Right now i am reading this in my Englsih class, and it seems it is like Lord of the Rings. I jsut got done with The Pardoner's Tale.
Almost nothing but imagery, and it is even worse than Tolkien."
"A classic, so of course it's dull."
"I don't care about the fact that this book is supposed to be symbolic and meaningful or not, I think it's weird. I mean come on, there was one story in which three people ran around a dark room, taking turns sleeping together. What? Yeah, I really doubt pilgrims back then were that perverted. Next book!"
"This book is horrid. I think of it as mind-numbing. Its verse is stilted, its subject vile. Anyone thinking of reading this book be warned: it is terribly over-rated. People who know nothing of literature have boasted of reading this book."
FIVE STARS FROM THIS GUY, HOWEVER, FOR SINS OF THE HIGHLANDER: AN EROTIC HIGHLAND ROMANCE
"The worst part of being an English major is having this afflicted on me in multiple courses. The 3rd, 4th, hundredth, whatever, reading of this doesn't make me appreciate it more. Its not good literature."
Reading any work by Chaucer is seemingly no more than a waste of time. In English class, we are supposed to do a huge project on Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' which is quite simply a whole book filled with nonsensical stories about people's lives and struggles in days gone by. I find it quite monotonous. That's why I decided to finally update my blog: I was bored with this stupid project in school, and I found out that Blogger is one of the few sites that isn't blocked!
As I sit here in the library, I realize how much I have missed writing. I love my ability to write all of this in the blink of an eye. Although I'm really talking about nothing, I love it so."
"Right now i am reading this in my Englsih class, and it seems it is like Lord of the Rings. I jsut got done with The Pardoner's Tale.
Almost nothing but imagery, and it is even worse than Tolkien."
"A classic, so of course it's dull."
"I don't care about the fact that this book is supposed to be symbolic and meaningful or not, I think it's weird. I mean come on, there was one story in which three people ran around a dark room, taking turns sleeping together. What? Yeah, I really doubt pilgrims back then were that perverted. Next book!"
"This book is horrid. I think of it as mind-numbing. Its verse is stilted, its subject vile. Anyone thinking of reading this book be warned: it is terribly over-rated. People who know nothing of literature have boasted of reading this book."
FIVE STARS FROM THIS GUY, HOWEVER, FOR SINS OF THE HIGHLANDER: AN EROTIC HIGHLAND ROMANCE
"The worst part of being an English major is having this afflicted on me in multiple courses. The 3rd, 4th, hundredth, whatever, reading of this doesn't make me appreciate it more. Its not good literature."
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Njal's Saga
"Ever wonder why Icelandic literature never made it big? Answer: IT BLOWS."
"Very long and very hard to follow. There's zillions of names tracing back many generations and it's just so confusing"
"all i've got to say is that if someone tells you that you should read this book because it is an amazing and you can't put it down once you start reading it, you should punch them in the gut for lying to you. the only reason i didn't put it down is because i fell asleep with it in my hand after five minutes. so to quickly summarize: THIS BOOK SUCKS!!!"
"Very long and very hard to follow. There's zillions of names tracing back many generations and it's just so confusing"
"all i've got to say is that if someone tells you that you should read this book because it is an amazing and you can't put it down once you start reading it, you should punch them in the gut for lying to you. the only reason i didn't put it down is because i fell asleep with it in my hand after five minutes. so to quickly summarize: THIS BOOK SUCKS!!!"
Monday, January 14, 2013
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby VI
"Bored the living crap outta me. How can a book be so long and nothing happens?"
"I still don't get the point of the story. So he died for a beautiful girl? What else did he accomplish, what was the point?"
"i found this book a little hard to get into. right from the start it jumps you straight into the middle of this setting and its very scarcely described. you are imediatly introduced to an aray of new charecters, and it is hard to understand who is doing what and what did that someone say. then further throughout this book it describes the settings in a wierd way the actions of others are hard to follow as the description becomes scarce and the dialouge jumps back an forth. to me it was a very strange book and i had a hard time enjoying it."
"Okay, I'm an English teacher and I'm supposed to LOVE and ADORE this book, but guess what? I don't. I find Fitzgerald to be a bit nauseating. I hate the protagonist, Nick, who really isn't much of a strong protagonist, so one could argue Gatsby is the protagonist, but he's pretty flat too. But literally, this is a book where... NOTHING happens until the end. BLECK. This is the book where maybe 20% of my students think it's 'ok' and about 5% who 'love it', but the remaining claim it's these classics that really make them hate reading. I don't blame them. In high school, I would dislike it too. I'm an adult and dislike it - after reading it many times. Sure, I get the literary 'worth' of the novel and how it's a metaphor for society at the time and the downfall of wealth and the robber baron era. Wonderful. And I sure can appreciate it. But much like some people look at great works of art that cost thousands of dollars and go 'UGH.. that's ugly'.. that's how I feel about Gatsby. I get it. I appreciate it. I wouldn't pay for it."
"A suprising amount of my students list this as their favourite book, and I'm always like 'Really?!?'"
"Bad. Very Bad. Lethargic and aimless. What was he point? The only decent character was Tom B. His boisterous nonsense made me laugh. Everyone else was death on two legs. The most worthless people ever. Daisy is hands down the most loathsome female character of all time and I say female because Gatsby take ls the overall crown. All she did throughout the entire story was complain about how hot it was and whisper weird nonsense into people's ears. I wanted Nick to strangle her right in front of everyone! The worst. The absolute worst. And Fitzgerald from a structural point of view didn't follow one single guideline in how to plot a book and it shows. I want my money back from the Fitzgerald estate like now."
THE NAZI AND HIS BOISTEROUS NONSENSE MADE ME LAUGH
"There are no redeeming qualities or good messages in this book. It sucks, end of."
"The gay Gatsby ... I can understand why, as a sort of general piece of the 1920s, that stands out as a good example of that general kind of writing, it is an important and critical literary piece, but really, there are hundreds of books from the same period that would be of much more interest to the children... THink of the children!"
"Modern editors would have destroyed it."
"Yeah I read this book for school cause I was forced to mother fucking teacher you know. Well it turned out pretty gay first then it got filthy gay. I was like what the fuck is this shit. Thats about all I can say about this shit."
"I still don't get the point of the story. So he died for a beautiful girl? What else did he accomplish, what was the point?"
"i found this book a little hard to get into. right from the start it jumps you straight into the middle of this setting and its very scarcely described. you are imediatly introduced to an aray of new charecters, and it is hard to understand who is doing what and what did that someone say. then further throughout this book it describes the settings in a wierd way the actions of others are hard to follow as the description becomes scarce and the dialouge jumps back an forth. to me it was a very strange book and i had a hard time enjoying it."
"Okay, I'm an English teacher and I'm supposed to LOVE and ADORE this book, but guess what? I don't. I find Fitzgerald to be a bit nauseating. I hate the protagonist, Nick, who really isn't much of a strong protagonist, so one could argue Gatsby is the protagonist, but he's pretty flat too. But literally, this is a book where... NOTHING happens until the end. BLECK. This is the book where maybe 20% of my students think it's 'ok' and about 5% who 'love it', but the remaining claim it's these classics that really make them hate reading. I don't blame them. In high school, I would dislike it too. I'm an adult and dislike it - after reading it many times. Sure, I get the literary 'worth' of the novel and how it's a metaphor for society at the time and the downfall of wealth and the robber baron era. Wonderful. And I sure can appreciate it. But much like some people look at great works of art that cost thousands of dollars and go 'UGH.. that's ugly'.. that's how I feel about Gatsby. I get it. I appreciate it. I wouldn't pay for it."
"A suprising amount of my students list this as their favourite book, and I'm always like 'Really?!?'"
"Bad. Very Bad. Lethargic and aimless. What was he point? The only decent character was Tom B. His boisterous nonsense made me laugh. Everyone else was death on two legs. The most worthless people ever. Daisy is hands down the most loathsome female character of all time and I say female because Gatsby take ls the overall crown. All she did throughout the entire story was complain about how hot it was and whisper weird nonsense into people's ears. I wanted Nick to strangle her right in front of everyone! The worst. The absolute worst. And Fitzgerald from a structural point of view didn't follow one single guideline in how to plot a book and it shows. I want my money back from the Fitzgerald estate like now."
THE NAZI AND HIS BOISTEROUS NONSENSE MADE ME LAUGH
"There are no redeeming qualities or good messages in this book. It sucks, end of."
"The gay Gatsby ... I can understand why, as a sort of general piece of the 1920s, that stands out as a good example of that general kind of writing, it is an important and critical literary piece, but really, there are hundreds of books from the same period that would be of much more interest to the children... THink of the children!"
"Modern editors would have destroyed it."
"Yeah I read this book for school cause I was forced to mother fucking teacher you know. Well it turned out pretty gay first then it got filthy gay. I was like what the fuck is this shit. Thats about all I can say about this shit."
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Plato - Parmenides
"Seriously, I can’t even believe this shit. I have never seen so much contradiction on a subject in one book."
"Plato. Socrates. Aristotle. Horace. Pythagoras. The list goes on.
On what do we base our fundamental understanding of everything in the world and universe? To whom do we award the holy zenith of knowledge and wisdom? From whom have we written over 2,000 years of philosophical footnotes, enquiring the nature of Nature, the stars, and the hidden galaxies stored within the mind? Apparently, these dead and ancient chiton-wearing, wine-drinking, child-touching, Greek speaking men who didn’t have much else to do with their spare time.
Are we to take it that their word and outlook is the single viewpoint to understand the world, forms and everything else I can’t bother mentioning? How do you explain wave and light particles in the terminology of the ancients? How do you expound the principles of Zen Buddhism in the language of Greek philosophy? Can you even speak Greek? Will there be subtitles?"
"Oh Aristotle, Plato, Socrates!
A for effort
But the attempt
Was just so vain
A student needs not be asked
The genius in us asks the question
You’re not the means
Of revelation
Or the soul’s long
Lost thinkers
So leave your thoughts
In Ancient Greece
And allow
The cave-dwellers
To come out"
"ARISTOTLE IS A TWAT PLATO TAKES IT UP THE ASS
there, DONE."
"Plato. Socrates. Aristotle. Horace. Pythagoras. The list goes on.
On what do we base our fundamental understanding of everything in the world and universe? To whom do we award the holy zenith of knowledge and wisdom? From whom have we written over 2,000 years of philosophical footnotes, enquiring the nature of Nature, the stars, and the hidden galaxies stored within the mind? Apparently, these dead and ancient chiton-wearing, wine-drinking, child-touching, Greek speaking men who didn’t have much else to do with their spare time.
Are we to take it that their word and outlook is the single viewpoint to understand the world, forms and everything else I can’t bother mentioning? How do you explain wave and light particles in the terminology of the ancients? How do you expound the principles of Zen Buddhism in the language of Greek philosophy? Can you even speak Greek? Will there be subtitles?"
"Oh Aristotle, Plato, Socrates!
A for effort
But the attempt
Was just so vain
A student needs not be asked
The genius in us asks the question
You’re not the means
Of revelation
Or the soul’s long
Lost thinkers
So leave your thoughts
In Ancient Greece
And allow
The cave-dwellers
To come out"
"ARISTOTLE IS A TWAT PLATO TAKES IT UP THE ASS
there, DONE."
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre IV
"No one cares about the romantic struggles of a fake character. This is basically the chick flick of books. I honestly believe this is the worst book I've ever read. I encourage everyone with a Y chromosome to stay as far away from this book as possible."
"I do not understand why high schools make people read these types of books. Nobody wants to read the book because it is not interesting to a teenager. Yeah, maybe it's a classic, but give us something interesting to read! The book is written in like old English, so I feel that when I'm done reading I have an accent when I speak! So basically if you have to ready this book, I'm so sorry because it is the worst book I have ever read!"
"This book stinks. Who writes this stuff? Come on, who cares about the 1800's, much less the stale, stifled personalities in them?"
"I have a couple thoughts -- Mr. Rochester is soo old and he proposed to Jane. There is a 20 year age difference and that is just really, really weird to me!!! I don't think I would/could marry someone who was over 50...SERIOUSLY! Second thought -- his engagement/proposal came out of NOWHERE. Granted they spent time together talking, but it was strange to me. VERY STRANGE. I only have 160 more pages to go...and too be honest, this is the FIRST book that I've ever had a mental countdown 'til the end...SERIOUSLY! I will be thrilled when this is over with and I can go about my normal business of not reading this!!!"
"If you sent JANE EYRE to a publisher today, the response would be, in fancy wording, 'Um, sorry, this is too long and too weird. Boring. Sorry, please try again.' I'm 13,"
"I’ve attempted reading Jane Eyre before, but got stuck in the middle of it. I don’t know if is the length or the abundance of 'big words,' but I stopped in the middle and left it sitting on the shelf. I laugh as I say this because as a teacher, I’m always working to get my students to read harder material and books that seem 'long and have big words' in them. This time I finally managed to finish the book, but it took some strong will power and the ability to listen to it at times on my iPod that got me through it."
"Moudly Sausages
We all know the story of Jane Eyre, don't we? Well speaking as a member of the modern generation I would like to answer on behalf of todays youth with a resounding 'no'. This is a story that will slip through the fingers of the vast majority of our younger generations.
Jane Eyre, serves greatly to accentuate the difference between the love of yester-year v's love of our generation. It seems 'love', used to be established by a gentlemen expressing an interest in a (very, very) young girl, if she's remotely interested (which they usually are as the soul intention in life seems to be marriage) they quickly become engaged, then wed despite barely knowing each other. If a 19 year old in this day acted as rashly as Jane Eyre by marrying a 35 year old her mother would have a blue fit and her mates would call her desperate.
How time changes things.
This book should help us celebrate the evolution of maturity of our generation in being more picky in mate selection who take their time to get to know each other before rushing headlong into a marriage with the first Tom, Dick or Harry that shows a bit of interest. If only Mr Rochester had taken a bit of time to start with, he wouldn't have married the original lunatic (I mean how could he not notice she was mad!??!)"
"Stephen was stoned in the Bible and if he endured that--I can read this book."
"Distrubingly poor
The best analogy one can practically adopt in examining Jane Eyre is one of a hollow golden egg shell. The extensive, albeit predominantly feminist 'hype' surrounding this book persuaded me to try it out. However, I found myself drowning in a continual tirade of saturated and self-righteous drivel from Miss Eyre. Bronte even has the audacity to present her morally obnoxious heroine as a 'prodical daughter.' Quite frankly this book owes more to the imagery of Pilgrim's Progress than it does to the pen of Bronte."
"This novel is not as it appears to be. English teachers may praise it, your girlfriends may gush over Rochester, and others 'critically acclaim' it but I have studied it as a piece of literature as well as an entertaining classic. It is not as fabulous as they say ... I can understand that some people love this kind of stuff but there are types of people who hate 'Jane Eyre' - they're usually into contemporary novels, ask for their heroes or heroine to yearn for something more than love and for somebody to love them, and need metaphors that are more subtle that freakin' splittin' oak trees."
"I do not understand why high schools make people read these types of books. Nobody wants to read the book because it is not interesting to a teenager. Yeah, maybe it's a classic, but give us something interesting to read! The book is written in like old English, so I feel that when I'm done reading I have an accent when I speak! So basically if you have to ready this book, I'm so sorry because it is the worst book I have ever read!"
"This book stinks. Who writes this stuff? Come on, who cares about the 1800's, much less the stale, stifled personalities in them?"
"I have a couple thoughts -- Mr. Rochester is soo old and he proposed to Jane. There is a 20 year age difference and that is just really, really weird to me!!! I don't think I would/could marry someone who was over 50...SERIOUSLY! Second thought -- his engagement/proposal came out of NOWHERE. Granted they spent time together talking, but it was strange to me. VERY STRANGE. I only have 160 more pages to go...and too be honest, this is the FIRST book that I've ever had a mental countdown 'til the end...SERIOUSLY! I will be thrilled when this is over with and I can go about my normal business of not reading this!!!"
"If you sent JANE EYRE to a publisher today, the response would be, in fancy wording, 'Um, sorry, this is too long and too weird. Boring. Sorry, please try again.' I'm 13,"
"I’ve attempted reading Jane Eyre before, but got stuck in the middle of it. I don’t know if is the length or the abundance of 'big words,' but I stopped in the middle and left it sitting on the shelf. I laugh as I say this because as a teacher, I’m always working to get my students to read harder material and books that seem 'long and have big words' in them. This time I finally managed to finish the book, but it took some strong will power and the ability to listen to it at times on my iPod that got me through it."
"Moudly Sausages
We all know the story of Jane Eyre, don't we? Well speaking as a member of the modern generation I would like to answer on behalf of todays youth with a resounding 'no'. This is a story that will slip through the fingers of the vast majority of our younger generations.
Jane Eyre, serves greatly to accentuate the difference between the love of yester-year v's love of our generation. It seems 'love', used to be established by a gentlemen expressing an interest in a (very, very) young girl, if she's remotely interested (which they usually are as the soul intention in life seems to be marriage) they quickly become engaged, then wed despite barely knowing each other. If a 19 year old in this day acted as rashly as Jane Eyre by marrying a 35 year old her mother would have a blue fit and her mates would call her desperate.
How time changes things.
This book should help us celebrate the evolution of maturity of our generation in being more picky in mate selection who take their time to get to know each other before rushing headlong into a marriage with the first Tom, Dick or Harry that shows a bit of interest. If only Mr Rochester had taken a bit of time to start with, he wouldn't have married the original lunatic (I mean how could he not notice she was mad!??!)"
"Stephen was stoned in the Bible and if he endured that--I can read this book."
"Distrubingly poor
The best analogy one can practically adopt in examining Jane Eyre is one of a hollow golden egg shell. The extensive, albeit predominantly feminist 'hype' surrounding this book persuaded me to try it out. However, I found myself drowning in a continual tirade of saturated and self-righteous drivel from Miss Eyre. Bronte even has the audacity to present her morally obnoxious heroine as a 'prodical daughter.' Quite frankly this book owes more to the imagery of Pilgrim's Progress than it does to the pen of Bronte."
"This novel is not as it appears to be. English teachers may praise it, your girlfriends may gush over Rochester, and others 'critically acclaim' it but I have studied it as a piece of literature as well as an entertaining classic. It is not as fabulous as they say ... I can understand that some people love this kind of stuff but there are types of people who hate 'Jane Eyre' - they're usually into contemporary novels, ask for their heroes or heroine to yearn for something more than love and for somebody to love them, and need metaphors that are more subtle that freakin' splittin' oak trees."
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre III
"Upon reading the back page summary, I knew that it would be a grueling torture test in which only the strong willed would surive to the last page. Trudging page by terribe, agonizing page, I read the book over a period of one horrific month. Needless to say, this book ruined the previous exitement I had about reading. This is terrible. Some "classics" should not be given to males, as goes for females. Obviously a romance novel should not be given to a male and ask him to enjoy it, as such a brutal police killers book should not be given to a female and expect her to geniunely enjoy it. This book has left a deep scar on my ability to love liturature for the rest of my life and will not be easily healed."
"This is required school reading simply because of the weakness of all other female writers! Bronte is nothing more than a token."
"Based on the fact that the average review is 4.5 stars, I'm going to assume that most of the reviewers have been women ... Somehow, this got to be considered a literary classic about feminine empowerment. Just don't complain about guys liking stuff like Die Hard and football games and not being in touch with their feminine side after having to read [stuff] like this in English class."
"If you are a MALE, and are forced to read this book, do not even attempt to read it. Go with Cliff Notes. If you are a FEMALE, give it a try. The only reason schools asign this is because a woman wrote it. Email me your comments."
"If this book had an unknown date and author I'd of thought it was another one of those trashy 'love' novels written by Danielle Steel. Pure crap. The only reason I can find that this novel my even be remotely considered a classic is because it was written by a woman"
"Most all of the characters were two demensional and the plot was basic. This was more of a character development novel then a plot based novel. I'm not sexist in the least but this is truely a women's novel. The style was sappy and drawn out, and it was to much of a love story. I'm not trying to be macho but gentlemen don't waste your time."
"THERE IS REALLLY ACTUALLY TWO WORDS THAT I THINK SUMS UP Jane Eyre boring and senseless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"It is the worst book in the world, and it drags on and on and on. I definitely would not recommend this book for anyone who likes action, mystery, or high paced books. If you want to be bored out of your mind, sure, go ahead and read it. Don't say I didn't warn you!"
"O MY WORD COULD A BOOK BE ANY MORE BOOOORING? I MEAN COME ON! HOW SHOULD I KNOW WHAT ALL THOSE FRENCH WORDS MEAN? THE BOOK IS SO HORRIBLE AND IF YOU LIKE IT, THEN FINE, BUT I'M STATING MY OPINION!"
"Mildless drivel with sickening, neverending irony.
Irony, in small doses, isn't too bad. In fact, it is sometimes enjoyable. But this book takes irony to the next level. If Dickens' Tale of Two Cities was ironic, then it's met it's match. Mrs. DeFarge also being Little Girl with Bad Past is nothing compared to this. Honestly, what are the chances of stuff like this REALLY happening? The guy you want to marry just happens to have a crazy lady harbored upstairs, who happens to be his wife? The people who save you from starvation and death just so happen to be the nearest and dearest relations you have? Give me a break. Every new twist and turn of the 'unexpected' plot made me sick. Now, if it just so happened that Mr. Rochester was Jane's father, and his wife was her sister...Now that might have sparked a little more interest."
"This book, if it has any value at all, is to show the world the darkness of man's nature."
"I dont understand how anybody could consider this an enjoyable read. Sure, words that are 900 letters long were common then, but simple is better. Plot??? whats that? Bronte BEGINS to develop this mythical creature around page 300 of 460. Shes pathetically longwinded, taking over 400 pages to say what i couldve written in 1. This book is an utter waste of time; it lacks even the simplest aspects of a good book: Characters you can relate to(yeah right), PLOT!!, and making the authors point. Now that Ive finished burning my copy, i have to give her the fact that the ending was at least decent...compared to the rest of this pathetic thing. That is, only if you like this kind of thing, which i dont, as you can see. So, dont waste your time on this one...unless youve got ALOT of it to waste :)"
"This is required school reading simply because of the weakness of all other female writers! Bronte is nothing more than a token."
"Based on the fact that the average review is 4.5 stars, I'm going to assume that most of the reviewers have been women ... Somehow, this got to be considered a literary classic about feminine empowerment. Just don't complain about guys liking stuff like Die Hard and football games and not being in touch with their feminine side after having to read [stuff] like this in English class."
"If you are a MALE, and are forced to read this book, do not even attempt to read it. Go with Cliff Notes. If you are a FEMALE, give it a try. The only reason schools asign this is because a woman wrote it. Email me your comments."
"If this book had an unknown date and author I'd of thought it was another one of those trashy 'love' novels written by Danielle Steel. Pure crap. The only reason I can find that this novel my even be remotely considered a classic is because it was written by a woman"
"Most all of the characters were two demensional and the plot was basic. This was more of a character development novel then a plot based novel. I'm not sexist in the least but this is truely a women's novel. The style was sappy and drawn out, and it was to much of a love story. I'm not trying to be macho but gentlemen don't waste your time."
"THERE IS REALLLY ACTUALLY TWO WORDS THAT I THINK SUMS UP Jane Eyre boring and senseless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"It is the worst book in the world, and it drags on and on and on. I definitely would not recommend this book for anyone who likes action, mystery, or high paced books. If you want to be bored out of your mind, sure, go ahead and read it. Don't say I didn't warn you!"
"O MY WORD COULD A BOOK BE ANY MORE BOOOORING? I MEAN COME ON! HOW SHOULD I KNOW WHAT ALL THOSE FRENCH WORDS MEAN? THE BOOK IS SO HORRIBLE AND IF YOU LIKE IT, THEN FINE, BUT I'M STATING MY OPINION!"
"Mildless drivel with sickening, neverending irony.
Irony, in small doses, isn't too bad. In fact, it is sometimes enjoyable. But this book takes irony to the next level. If Dickens' Tale of Two Cities was ironic, then it's met it's match. Mrs. DeFarge also being Little Girl with Bad Past is nothing compared to this. Honestly, what are the chances of stuff like this REALLY happening? The guy you want to marry just happens to have a crazy lady harbored upstairs, who happens to be his wife? The people who save you from starvation and death just so happen to be the nearest and dearest relations you have? Give me a break. Every new twist and turn of the 'unexpected' plot made me sick. Now, if it just so happened that Mr. Rochester was Jane's father, and his wife was her sister...Now that might have sparked a little more interest."
"This book, if it has any value at all, is to show the world the darkness of man's nature."
"I dont understand how anybody could consider this an enjoyable read. Sure, words that are 900 letters long were common then, but simple is better. Plot??? whats that? Bronte BEGINS to develop this mythical creature around page 300 of 460. Shes pathetically longwinded, taking over 400 pages to say what i couldve written in 1. This book is an utter waste of time; it lacks even the simplest aspects of a good book: Characters you can relate to(yeah right), PLOT!!, and making the authors point. Now that Ive finished burning my copy, i have to give her the fact that the ending was at least decent...compared to the rest of this pathetic thing. That is, only if you like this kind of thing, which i dont, as you can see. So, dont waste your time on this one...unless youve got ALOT of it to waste :)"
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre II
"It should be retitled Jane Crap"
"As soon as I started to read Jane Eyre, it bored me to the point where I gave up on it initially. So I threw it in the DANG PIT! xD"
"Ruining women since 1847."
"So very boring I very went into a coma. This was so boring I wept
This book made me cringe. I have not been this let down in ways I could not even comply bivieve."
"The only reason I enjoyed this book was because I could bash the hell out of this supposed 'feminist novel'. If she really were a feminist she would've kept her freedom instead of marrying a man who got all of her money when she married him.
Sure she had the freedom to choose, but if she truly wanted to make an example of feminism, you don't marry a guy who knows you just inhereted a fortune.
Did anyone notice that Rochester asked her to marry him after he found out she inherited money? Huh? Mum, the English-major, didn't, but I was more than happy to point it out XD"
"i
hated
this
book.
so
freaking
confusing.
blah.
im
too
young
for
this
crap"
"Of Interest to Preteen Girls
Oh, how Jane Eyre was such a boring read! But, of course, I've never been a little girl, the target audience for this story. It reads like a diary, without the 'Dear diary, ...'"
"It saddens me to think such a work of complete and utter rubbish can be marked as a classic. It is a HORRIBLE book and I truly hope that some day soon people will not be forced to endure the torture of having to read this work of trash. The only good thing that came from it was that it put me to sleep so much I have never been more well rested."
"I hate Jane Eyre. The guy doesn't fall for her until he's terribly disfigured-come on!"
"Pointless.
I was forced to read this for english because apparently that's what it takes to be somebody in life. (Sarcasm at its finest.) I would rather stare at a Big Mac than read this book, and I can't stand McDonalds. Obviously, no one will read this book for pleasure, or at least no one I want to know. It's your money. Do what you want with it."
"While sloshing through the almost unreadable text of the verbose Charlotte Bronte, one can imagine why she was never married. Don't get us wrong, it's not that we don't understand the underlying themes and the higher level concepts; they just contain absolutely no relevance whatsoever. The plot, dare we call it that, winds slowly through the 400+ pages of this so-called classic. If you must read it for school-don't. You'd be better off guessing on the test than being utterly confused and bored to tears."
"There has never been, and will never be, a worse book
Endless, pointless description. DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION!!! The entire book is written in stupid metaphors. The few places where there is actually any dialogue bore the reader to tears. Honestly, i think that this is dubbed a classic simply because it is older than sand. Gee, maybe if I just go out and slop a few words down on a piece of paper, it'll be a classic in 160 years! It'll be required of every high school sophomore, like this idiotic 'story.' Excuse me now, I'm off to begin my masterpiece. I'm sure it'll be better than this."
"As soon as I started to read Jane Eyre, it bored me to the point where I gave up on it initially. So I threw it in the DANG PIT! xD"
"Ruining women since 1847."
"So very boring I very went into a coma. This was so boring I wept
This book made me cringe. I have not been this let down in ways I could not even comply bivieve."
"The only reason I enjoyed this book was because I could bash the hell out of this supposed 'feminist novel'. If she really were a feminist she would've kept her freedom instead of marrying a man who got all of her money when she married him.
Sure she had the freedom to choose, but if she truly wanted to make an example of feminism, you don't marry a guy who knows you just inhereted a fortune.
Did anyone notice that Rochester asked her to marry him after he found out she inherited money? Huh? Mum, the English-major, didn't, but I was more than happy to point it out XD"
"i
hated
this
book.
so
freaking
confusing.
blah.
im
too
young
for
this
crap"
"Of Interest to Preteen Girls
Oh, how Jane Eyre was such a boring read! But, of course, I've never been a little girl, the target audience for this story. It reads like a diary, without the 'Dear diary, ...'"
"It saddens me to think such a work of complete and utter rubbish can be marked as a classic. It is a HORRIBLE book and I truly hope that some day soon people will not be forced to endure the torture of having to read this work of trash. The only good thing that came from it was that it put me to sleep so much I have never been more well rested."
"I hate Jane Eyre. The guy doesn't fall for her until he's terribly disfigured-come on!"
"Pointless.
I was forced to read this for english because apparently that's what it takes to be somebody in life. (Sarcasm at its finest.) I would rather stare at a Big Mac than read this book, and I can't stand McDonalds. Obviously, no one will read this book for pleasure, or at least no one I want to know. It's your money. Do what you want with it."
"While sloshing through the almost unreadable text of the verbose Charlotte Bronte, one can imagine why she was never married. Don't get us wrong, it's not that we don't understand the underlying themes and the higher level concepts; they just contain absolutely no relevance whatsoever. The plot, dare we call it that, winds slowly through the 400+ pages of this so-called classic. If you must read it for school-don't. You'd be better off guessing on the test than being utterly confused and bored to tears."
"There has never been, and will never be, a worse book
Endless, pointless description. DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION!!! The entire book is written in stupid metaphors. The few places where there is actually any dialogue bore the reader to tears. Honestly, i think that this is dubbed a classic simply because it is older than sand. Gee, maybe if I just go out and slop a few words down on a piece of paper, it'll be a classic in 160 years! It'll be required of every high school sophomore, like this idiotic 'story.' Excuse me now, I'm off to begin my masterpiece. I'm sure it'll be better than this."
Friday, January 4, 2013
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
"far too girly and floofy for my taste"
"I don't really even think this story has a good storyline. All that happens is the girl is an orphan then she goes to marry some guy and finds out he's married. So then his wife dies and they get married. It's not really that interesting."
"so STUPID, that I consider it an unforgivable sin on the part of the writer. It was so dumb it actually made me laugh aloud."
"Given to me at modern times, I'd dispised Jane Eyre. For a classical reader, this might be a book for you, but for one who is brought up differently, it would not be as interesting ... I ended up asking my friends what happened in it just so i could pass my English tests. Lol."
"I know what everybody thinks. 'It's a Classic! It was written way before it's time! You must love it because it deserves to be loved!' But the thing is it was written a long time ago and not many contemporary readers/students who have to read it for english class will have a hard time connecting to the esoteric idea that women are insignificant and should be perfect little wives and shouldn't live on their own and blah blah blah."
"Every time I picked it up where I left off to read again, it killed me inside. By the middle of the book I wanted to gouge my own eyes out so I didn't have to read anymore of the book. I would not recommend this to ANYONE. :/ (unhappy face)"
"oh GOD, how I hated this. I point blank refused to read the last 30 odd pages. Refused. And yes, it was for school. My teacher let me off the hook on the condition I'd write an essay on why I refused. Oh how I relished in writing that one, how I wish I could find that essay. It was so great! I was 15."
"It is a sad book because there were deaths in it and I don't like those type of books. This story took place an extremely long time ago and I would never recommend this book to anybody who likes good books because this is not one. There are many ironic twists in the story that the protagonist must face and I do not agree with the choices the author made."
"Girl, you've heard of that expression (paraphrased)-'if he cheats on his wife with you, who's not to say he won't cheat on you?' Applies doubly to attic imprisonment."
"Personally, I hated this book. It took a lot of effort to even finish- I am one to finish a book even if I don't like it. However, it did teach me a lot as a writer, or a writer that I do not want to be. I do not want to write predictable things, or things that are not real, even in fiction. I hope that when I write, the reader can see, touch, hear, taste & feel what the same things as me when writing. In Jane Eyre, I felt that this was a weak part of the book."
"If you like incredibly pointless books that serve more as lullibies than useful stories or if you're a completely uptight, butched feminist then Jane Eyre is right down your alley."
"Jane deserved some bitchslapping for being so mousy and uninteresting."
"Not only do I hate this book, but I call into question any friendship I end up having with someone who reveals they like it. In general, I'm against burning books. But in the case of Jane Eyre, I'll make an exception. Let great pillars of smoke arise from piles and piles of burning copies of Jane Eyre."
WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY!
"I don't really even think this story has a good storyline. All that happens is the girl is an orphan then she goes to marry some guy and finds out he's married. So then his wife dies and they get married. It's not really that interesting."
"so STUPID, that I consider it an unforgivable sin on the part of the writer. It was so dumb it actually made me laugh aloud."
"Given to me at modern times, I'd dispised Jane Eyre. For a classical reader, this might be a book for you, but for one who is brought up differently, it would not be as interesting ... I ended up asking my friends what happened in it just so i could pass my English tests. Lol."
"I know what everybody thinks. 'It's a Classic! It was written way before it's time! You must love it because it deserves to be loved!' But the thing is it was written a long time ago and not many contemporary readers/students who have to read it for english class will have a hard time connecting to the esoteric idea that women are insignificant and should be perfect little wives and shouldn't live on their own and blah blah blah."
"Every time I picked it up where I left off to read again, it killed me inside. By the middle of the book I wanted to gouge my own eyes out so I didn't have to read anymore of the book. I would not recommend this to ANYONE. :/ (unhappy face)"
"oh GOD, how I hated this. I point blank refused to read the last 30 odd pages. Refused. And yes, it was for school. My teacher let me off the hook on the condition I'd write an essay on why I refused. Oh how I relished in writing that one, how I wish I could find that essay. It was so great! I was 15."
"It is a sad book because there were deaths in it and I don't like those type of books. This story took place an extremely long time ago and I would never recommend this book to anybody who likes good books because this is not one. There are many ironic twists in the story that the protagonist must face and I do not agree with the choices the author made."
"Girl, you've heard of that expression (paraphrased)-'if he cheats on his wife with you, who's not to say he won't cheat on you?' Applies doubly to attic imprisonment."
"Personally, I hated this book. It took a lot of effort to even finish- I am one to finish a book even if I don't like it. However, it did teach me a lot as a writer, or a writer that I do not want to be. I do not want to write predictable things, or things that are not real, even in fiction. I hope that when I write, the reader can see, touch, hear, taste & feel what the same things as me when writing. In Jane Eyre, I felt that this was a weak part of the book."
"If you like incredibly pointless books that serve more as lullibies than useful stories or if you're a completely uptight, butched feminist then Jane Eyre is right down your alley."
"Jane deserved some bitchslapping for being so mousy and uninteresting."
"Not only do I hate this book, but I call into question any friendship I end up having with someone who reveals they like it. In general, I'm against burning books. But in the case of Jane Eyre, I'll make an exception. Let great pillars of smoke arise from piles and piles of burning copies of Jane Eyre."
WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY!
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