#like east of eden is soo so much about how time continues on unflinchingly. its shocking but reassuring how the book tells you | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dumbasswhatever · 2 years ago

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i've been trying to read more and explore more types of books to see what i like and while i like books that keep it concise, i'm also discovering a fondness for longer, more complex books, and i think one thing i really appreciate about them is the way they can portray death. if a book spans over several decades, it naturally will depict a character or several dying, and these deaths can impact the story in incredible ways, but at the same time it isnt like the story is solely about their death. it naturally depends on the skill of the author and what they're trying to do, but i think in longer books it's easier to show that death is just another part of life, and that's just really reassuring to me

#ask to tag? idk just thinking #as much as vanity fair is a satire and is very nineteenth century joker-esque #it still grants any speaking characters who die throughout the story a few paragraphs at least to look back on their legacy #even if their legacy is just. lol he sucked and nobody liked him #in contrast to george. whose death impacted amelia so much that it rippled throughout the whole book #and east of eden? man sams death. it was obvious it was coming. we knew he was aging. but it still came as a shock. im still not over it #like east of eden is soo so much about how time continues on unflinchingly. its shocking but reassuring how the book tells you #about death. i definitely appreciate books that are all about tragedy and death but seeing it as just a part of a whole is soothing to me

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