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fnord123
on June 3, 2020
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Weirdos in the depression
Both of these books are fiction. I don't see how any conclusions can be drawn about how easy or hard it is to be a weirdo in any particular time.
igravious
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Fiction is art. Part of the utility of art is that it holds up a mirror to society. This is fiction doing what it is meant to be doing.
fnord123
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Do/did these works hold up a mirror to society? Or are they heavily fictionalized so as to color the world with the idealizations and prejudices of the author that they aren't really recognizable.
igravious
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> Do/did these works hold up a mirror to society?
Probably, seeing as they're both literary classics. (I've read both.)
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