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Topic	Why do schools make students read garbage books for english class
averagejoel 11/26/18 10:59:36 PM #16:	monkmith posted... averagejoel posted... your point is based on an subjectively false premise (that The Great Gatsby is a "garbage" book). that being said: why do you consider it such, why do you think it is not widely regarded as such, and what are some alternatives you would suggest? like assholes, everyones got an opinion. and a lot of people are of the opinion that the great gatsby is crap. and to be honest it was written that way intentionally, since its opening is self important and every character is self absorbed the reader is left with a bunch of people to hate and a plot to be annoyed by. characters being unlikable does not make a work of fiction garbage. an opinion would be "I hate The Great Gatsby." it's a boring opinion that adds nothing to any discourse, but it's still an opinion TC phrased it as though it was a fact, which it is not. thus, the premise is false. --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:913100240] in Why do sch... [t:77243121]...</cite> <quote><cite>monkmith posted...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote>your point is based on an subjectively false premise (that The Great Gatsby is a "garbage" book). that being said: why do you consider it such, why do you think it is not widely regarded as such, and what are some alternatives you would suggest?</quote> like assholes, everyones got an opinion. and a lot of people are of the opinion that the great gatsby is crap. and to be honest it was written that way intentionally, since its opening is self important and every character is self absorbed the reader is left with a bunch of people to hate and a plot to be annoyed by.</quote> characters being unlikable does not make a work of fiction garbage. an opinion would be "I hate The Great Gatsby." it's a boring opinion that adds nothing to any discourse, but it's still an opinion TC phrased it as though it was a fact, which it is not. thus, the premise is false. --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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