And Of Course Romanticizing Your All Life Like That Is Wrong - Tumblr Posts

betryl

1 year ago

I’m going to be real. Is there anyone who actually doesn’t realize that The Secret History is criticizing the romanticizing of things? I periodically see posts like “So many people misread this book and don’t get that it’s really saying we shouldn’t romanticize—” Like come on, people get it. But the book has some intentionally pretty, vivid imagery. And the author clearly enjoys classics. And its very possible to be in awe of the style this book has without being oblivious to the message.

Besides, I think it’s a jump to say this novel is saying “academia bad.” It’s not the classics that are bad. What’s bad is trying to view what you love without any regard for morality so that you can bury yourself in it. I think knowledge and ambition and wanting to look nice are good things. And it’s very obvious to me that suit-wearing, classics-studying author Donna Tartt thinks so too. Beauty is a good thing. It’s pretentiousness, elitism, cultishness, and “the picturesque at all costs” which are bad.

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yes exactly yes the point of the book is you get pulled into the aesthetic like richard and that's wrong and of course romanticizing your all life like that is wrong but you can even just look at it from a more superficial point from time to time and just enjoy the story and characters and aesthetic for what they are i think you're allowed to like the characters while realizing that of course they shouldn't be admired in reality they can coexist rb

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