/lit/ bros, recommend me books that deal with themes about the drifter/man-child/loser becoming the mancontext : i am almost 24, yet due to my aimlessness and a lack of drive all these years - i dont feel like a man, but i want to be THE MAN, so i ask for books that could provide me some succor in this journey.thank you.
>>24726169>i am almost 24You're a grown man and you talk like a faggot. Go to the library and don't come back until you've aged out of your parents' health insurance.
>>24726178why do you think i talk like a faggot?i am pretty well read, im just looking for specific reccs that deal with those themes as im going through a tough time.
120 Days of Sodom is the right book for you.
>>24726205lmao, elaborate?
>>24726169Sea Wolf by Jack London
>>24726210can you elaborate on why that book? i would appreciate it.
>>24726169>youth is the time to tax your memory to the fullest. Choose wisely though, lessons learned here will likely stick with you.>in youth you are a prisoner to life. This doesn't mean much until you are a prisoner of death. >what you see in the mirror is but a trace of the subliminity that will come with time.>when 2 childhood friends meet again after a lifetime apart they are usually overcome with an immense feeling of failure in life.>once you reach a certain age you go on autopilot and it takes immense effort to rewrite these habits.Enjoy it while you have it. Rewrite protocol>the spirits must rip away the false skin>the borrowed names must be stricken>the lies that compose an identity abolished>whole civilizations have been shredded>the identity you received from culture no longer works>the ego is fractured>desperate attempts to look to old leaders will fail>the harder you cling to what you never had, the worse the suffering will be.>to heal, you must die.When you return, the birth of unraveling.
>>24726218Its about a sensitive young man who get trapped on a ship with a vicious captain, faces the hard realities of life.
>>24726208Libertine philosophy is the embodiment of peak masculinity.
>>24726229should i read that or moby-dick first?>>24726239i dont think ill have the free time to charm up women, and not being able to apply it on life may make me sad with feelings of powerlessness,are you sure itll help?
>>24726245If I remember, Sea Wolf is a pretty short book. Really up to you.
>>24726251ill read that first, thank you.
>>24726181>why do you think i talk like a faggot?Because you had to ask.
>>24726271ruuuuude
>>24726227that sounds so grim,is there any way to break that cycle?
>>24726307>what is a sustained thought?It's a highly controversial relic, but it doesn't age. It's frequently thought to have been recorded in such a way as to identify, but the methods for doing so are numerous and likely designed to leave anyone who hasn't performed it baffled. >3 to 1 to 3>what is your cause of birth?>how is my hand the hand of the Buddha?>how is my leg like that of a donkey?>3 to 1 to 3>every 3 days you're a different person>an army decimated a region in conquering it. The soldiers turn to farmers to reclaim it.>what is a patriarch? >3 to 1 to 3It does have some warnings though. Do it with a 2 and it's just an abyss. >don't worry about, if you need it then it will come to you.
>>24726357thank you
>>24726169>i dont feel like a man, but i want to be THE MAN,You should read books that make you appreciate you didn't have to go to war and die for no reason. Or be born into some shit life.>All Along the western front>The jungle - Uptown Sinclair >Jonny Got his Gun
