(January 26, 2020 at 9:53 am)Brian37 Wrote:(January 26, 2020 at 9:31 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: And the best way to understand the plot is to read the book. It's a pretty straightforward read. After you read it, come back and tell us what you think it's about, and I'll be happy to correct you, just like I did with 'Macbeth'.
Boru
You sound like my mother when she said "look the word up in the dictionary". THAT IS FUCKING BULLSHIT.
Just like a magician, "If you don't know, you are a moron for trying"
I fucking hate that bullshit.
It takes NOTHING away from knowing, or appreciation of what someone has to convey, for them to tell you without making you chase it.
I have never fucking liked assholes who pull that shit with me. Tell me what you mean first, don't fucking make me guess. I can still appreciate what you are trying to convey if you tell me up front. It is the same thing to me in any type of education. I am not a lab rat on a wheel out to chase cheese for the amusement of ringmaster.
It isn't that what you might have is not valuable, but in that you don't need to shroud your point like it is a Rubix Cube to stroke your own ego.
The best teachers don't throw people in the deep end, but as teachers learn to relate what they know to others. THAT is why I am asking about the plot of Wuthering Heights. Not because I can't read but I want to know what I am getting into, just like an airline mechanic doesn't know every plane engine, but if to work on one, has to have training BEFORE. It DOES NOT destroy the mystery for me, for others to explain the plot before I read something. It actually HELPS ME appreciate it more.
*shrug* If I want to know what a film is about, I don't go round asking other people, I go and watch the film. It's the same with books. If you're too goddamned bone idle to read the thing yourself and have to have it spoon-fed to you, at least make the effort to read a summary.
The one person best able to (in your words) 'tell me what you mean first' is Emily Bronte. And the best way to grasp what she meant is to read her book and think about it.
Boru
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