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kill yourself

>>18885086
apt analysis

is it all written like this? seems quite sterile.

>>18885107
THAT'S BECAUSE THE WORLD IT DESCRIBES IT STERILE.
THE REGIME HAS REMOVED ALL INDIVIDUALITY
FUCK

>>18885129
yes, that's why I asked. is it a stylistic choice at the beginning or does it continue throughout the work.

>>18885086
Brilliant analysis. Waldun scholars will work for years to excavate all the layers of meaning and little nuggets that R.C. weaved into this work.

I don't read in English but I hate when I see
>x happened AS y did z

>>18885186
Do you think it's objectivley bad or is it just something that bothers you?

>>18885086
I think it should also be noted that "crossing the road" can refer to Eddington's journey throughout the text. In his journey of self-discovery (a very Waldunian concept), our hero must cross from the monotony of l'academie to the free thinking sphere of reading books. This crossing of the road can only come as a result of the straight line that he walks, of a confident and determined mind choosing his own path of free thought.
Waldun's ability to pack such an immense amount of meaning into merely the first line truly is far beyond my comprehension.

>>18885203
I think it's bad, it looks bad, is lazy, horrible to read. You could lead this in so many different and better ways.
X happened as Y did Z.
I hate this fucking as.

What the fuck kind of name is Eddington?

>>18885251
I followed your advice on my latest edit of The Shitkickers, thanks for pointing this out multiple times. Once people really point it out, you can see it better in your work and the work of other writers.

>>18885232
It's also worth noting that the French for road is "route" which is pronounced as the English "root". Yes, Eddington is crossing the road, but it's much more that that, he's crossing (as in oppose) the very root of the society he's living in. You can see this by the very fact that Eddington was jay walking; he doesn't cross WHEN the light turned green, the light turned green as HE was crossing.

>>18885086

okay this reads verbatim like 1984.

>>18885086
>pedestrian

>>18885186
I read this post as I took a shit

>>18885086
>>18885232
True to Waldun's literary fondness, he evokes Ahab's determination:
>The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! Naught's an obstacle, naught's an angle to the iron way!
Of course many assume the indicator is some form of pedestrian traffic light, but it cannot be, for if Eddington jaywalked he would have been confronted by the prefects. So what is it? What does the indicator indicate? Does it serve a physical function in L'Academie or is it something more? Something ethereal?
And notice how the indicator turns green. Not red or amber or blue. Green. Why is that? Again, "Go" is the most obvious answer, or perhaps "Hope" akin to Daisy Buchanan's light. But I believe Waldun is playing with metaphors on a deeper level.
It "turned green." It was not green before. But now it becomes new. Fresh. A rebirth, if you will. I think you see where I'm going with this: Waldun was broken and depleted after the failure of The Learned Disguise but he has been revivified with this novel. He has become green again -- shedding the fears instilled since his last failure. This is a new, more powerful Waldun and he is not indicating that to Eddington, but to us!
This rebirth is all but confirmed in the final moments of the novel when Eddington (i.e Waldun) is baptized in the waters. He is born again. He bares The Cross which he has been carrying far longer than when he reads Nausea. No, as we see here Eddington has bared the cross since the very first sentence!
>Eddington crossed the road
He has made the road more than what it is. It is now metaphor. It is now his journey.
Walk with Eddington, walk with the reborn Waldun -- do not stray from the path, keep straight! -- and you will see the light beyond all indicators.

>>18885086
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>>18885444
Someone send Ivan the book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNgiIzYgAyY

>>18885086
>the indicator turned
In what way can an indicator turn. It can't turn left or right, up or down, in or out. No, indicators can only turn on and off. How does it turn green? What color was it before? I believe this is the central thesis to the work. A glimpse of this previous true color awaits, before Eddington took that fated crossing, but first is to understand the green in Eddington and the Eddington in green.

>>18885276
Refers to the famous inventer: Thomas Alva Eddington -- means he's creative

This is a masterclass in "show, don't tell"

Life in The Regime is so strictly regimented that Eddington need not even pay attention to the traffic light, he can sense on a subconscious level that it is time to cross.

>as Eddington crossed the road in a straight line.
What? In what other way would you cross a road? In a curved line? This is completely unnecessary. You might as well tell us that he was walking by alternating his left and right legs to move his feet.

>>18885619
Meaning he didn't, like, stop to pick up a penny or read one of those Toynbee tiles in the middle of the street.

>>18885323
As you said Eddington is jay walking in this opening line. Without directly mentioning him, Waldun manages to subtly reference his close friend and occasional lover Jay here. Jay is known for living an unconventional lifestyle and not adhering to societal norms and rules. On top of that Jay also happened to embark on an unusual journey by foot, as chronicled in his work "1200KM: Walking from Barcelona to Portugal". So by letting Eddington jay walk, Waldun manages to foreshadows that the character will follow into the footsteps of Jay, with an unusual path ahead of him.

>>18885619
It's to emphasize that the regime is strict and orderly. I have no problem with it. Ignore that Eddington jaywalked though

>>18885648
How did I not that connection myself...

>>18885619
It's clearly a subtle "indicator" of the character's sexuality (get it - indicator?). He walks in a "straight" line, but he wants to deviate from his path to "clear some of the trash cluttering the street" even as his heart yearns for a "warm drink" at a "cafe." And notice the character's preoccupation with fashion; one can immediately sense his yearning to break free from the heteronormative, and explore bold and dazzling displays of the homoerotic. Immediately, we know this character is somehow "different," even as society forces him to conform to its standards.

Brilliant!

Said this in the other thread, he should've marketed to children and he would've been quite successful. His problem is that he unironically think this is worth being taken seriously in literally any regard.

>>18885576
Fuck you. This actually made me laugh. I hope you burn in hell.

>>18885946
>>>/r/eddit

>>18885444
checked. brilliant stuff. i'd also like to add: the indicator (the very symbol of the regime and its oppressive nature) "turns green" (with envy -- here comes a man who would not take it anymore)

This thread transcends a joke