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  1. Fieldy

    Why do you read fiction?

    I read for escapisim of the self. But i tend to read classicis because I like to learn all the time. I like to learn about the human condition and human nature. I like to understand morals and scenarios. I like to learn how to make a better world. I like to know brilliant characters and thought...
  2. Fieldy

    Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell To Arms

    I've just finished a Farewell to Arms. I was interested on other people's opinion on the book. For me, Hemingway's prose is sometimes instantly catching and some of the descriptions are beautiful yet simplistic when he doesnt go on too long. But at others time, he just explains everything and...
  3. Fieldy

    Please add to the list

    Just a note of caution, I wouldnt go into too much detail about a room , since Hemmingway sometimes does this and I find he gets tedious.:( - Use a metaphor to describe the room that also links into the common theme of the book. - Use Symbolisim to convey subtle meaning
  4. Fieldy

    new poem

    I liked it ... it gave a vision of a flag that is quite harsh since it never really does anything and even the idealism it brings never really shows Although I thought that these lines, although good and make vivid imagary, could be an inch more poetic. I think the tempo of the poem slows...
  5. Fieldy

    A new chapter fo Don Quixote

    My writng has struggled over the past months. So I thought about submitting this into a short story competition. Could you please give a critque back if you read it. Most importantly I hope you enjoy:) My confession is this: I am a madman like Don Quixote and as foolish as his faithful...
  6. Fieldy

    Favorite 3 books of all time

    Of mice and men - Steinbeck Don Quixote - Cervantes The outsider - Camus
  7. Fieldy

    If you were a writer, what genre would you write?

    I would write and am trying to write literature that has a real meaning to it. A real message that conveys the human condition or endurance against life. I find books that are formulaic and are written with a happy, everything is okay type book is a great disdain :(
  8. Fieldy

    Who is your favorite fictional character and why?

    Such a great character has to be 'Don Quixote' or 'Don Quixote De La Mancha' if you will. Hes funny, witty, philosophically logical with his deduction of courses, and of course always insane:) Just a man with a dream and a life he wished he lived and in a sense does:D
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