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19066239 No.19066239 [Reply] [Original]

>gud is gud because... it just is, okay?!
>ebil is ebil because... it just is, okay?!
>Antiquity BAD!
>ambition EVIL!
>technology BAD!
>spending you days smoking and eating GUD!
>Souf man STOOPID!
>Norf Kang DA BEST!
Wow, so THIS is the QUALITY of one of the most ACCLAIMED (fantasy) novels of ALL TIME!

>> No.19066268

I hate Americans so much.

>> No.19066280

>>19066239
If this is the way you interpret literature why even bother with reading in the first place?

>> No.19066291

>>19066239
If you need to understand through a non-fiction medium I would suggest reading Patrick Deneen's 'Why Liberalism Failed'.
Then, maybe, you will understand the wholesomeness of Tolkien.

>> No.19066312
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>>19066239

>> No.19066464

>>19066239
>getting filtered by Tolkien, of all people

>> No.19066499

>>19066239
It is written by an anglx. Any acclaim it gets is obviously due to virulent marketing instead of artistic merit

>> No.19067739
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>ambition EVIL
>spending you days smoking and eating GUD!

>> No.19068064

>>19066239
Aside from technology bad (understandable from someone that went through world war one) it is entirely correct.

>> No.19068098

>>19066239
I feel sorry for your brain working this poorly. If this is all you can get from books aimed at children I don't know what to say.

>> No.19068127

>>19066239
OP did not finish highschool

>> No.19068180

>>19067739
ambition = pride/greed

>> No.19068228

>>19063666

>> No.19068351

>>19066239
>getting filtered by fucking lord of the rings
i do not possess a reaction picture for this kind of situation

>> No.19068408

>>19066268
The American Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race...