what books are essential to understand more the american mindset? i've been living in the US for the past 4 years and still not part of the culture and i think i will never be and that's ok but if i can indulge myself a little bit more it would be beneficial for me career wise
ICE will get ya
>>24987219i'm a green card holder thru my father, he didn't spend any time with me when i was growing up but he gave me the residency
>>24987213What culture are you natively?
>>24987232Chilean
>>24987213>part of the cultureAmerica has no culture.
There is no single American culture. Every place is different. But if you insist, consider Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It made me understand America much more than I initially thought.
>>24987244>a book about drug addicts made me understand americaLol kekd
>>24987238Nigger
>>24987223That means nothing now. Even naturalized citizens have to be worried. Those born here are also arrested just the same by the border control/ICE. Chile has elected the son of a literal Nazi though.
>>24987213The Closing of the American Mind
>>24987213What don't you understand/struggle with?
>>24987213America is a corporation with so many disconnected groups of people that you can't even talk about a singular "American mindset" anymore. Modern American culture is better learned and understood through tv, film, and the internet.What few books that could be considered a snapshot of "Americana" are either too dated to be relevant anymore or were written after American culture had become fragmented by immigration to the point of being undefinable and are therefore either out of touch or written specifically about a specific sub-culture.
real authors from the 19th century like Thoreau and Twain
>>24987213>and that's okNo it's fucking not. Assimilate of gtfo.
>>24987213Hunter s thompson hits the nail on the head with his books, i genuinely can't stand it here, nogs and druggies make violence a fucking constant in my life when i just want to chill out and jerk off i literally have squatters in my house as i type this i fucking hate my life
>>24987565move to a first world country for God's sakes.
>>24987565never read hst but isn’t he more on the side of nogs & druggies than people resentfulposting on 4ch?
>>24987568no violence in america !
As has been said already, there are very few topics that have one cohesive "American" perspective. Where are you in the US?Read a bunch of Philip Roth. The Secret History by Donna Tartt. 5 years ago Less than Zero would've been an uninspired and dated recommendation but it's surprisingly relevant right now
