Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins)

Kafka's Metamorphosis is called a major work of literature. Why? If it's SF it's bad SF. If, like Animal Farm, it's an allegory, an allegory of what? Scholarly answers range from pretentious Freudian to far-fetched feminist. I don't get it. Where are the Emperor's clothes?

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  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Imagine tweeting “i I have no empathy” and taking 46 words to do it

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I can imagine Dawkins walking down an isolated country road. He gets started when he turns a corner and a woman in hijab runs up to him. She pleads with with him....

      "My husband has had a heart attack. I have no phone. Please call 999!"

      "If you admit God does not exist - I shall..."