#VeerySimpleThing: Fictional Feels Ep. 1
But at the same time I kind of feel that there are certain characters that we think about or we kind of subconsciously they are always in our heads, right? Because that's what we are going to talk about, the rent freeness of how they just stay in our heads. So for me, I think the one character that comes to mind is Darcy. Not because I am the one who thinks about Darcy, but it's so ingrained in everybody's memories
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 4:51
I think it is what I'd like to call the fantasy effect. One of the biggest advantage of reading fiction is voirism which is you get to live vicariously through someone else's life. And whatever it is that you want to live vicariously, that is an experience that you wish was a part of your life. But then deep down, even on a shallow level, you know it's not possible, for instance, making eyes or staring into someone's eyes for half an hour
So, in a way, I think Gandalf is my literary father figure who makes me cry every time I revisit the book or the movies, because his faith in good people is actually Tolkien's faith in us. As for female literary characters who've managed to stay with me, I think I would go with Joe March from Little Women, and for some reason I think I can totally relate to her
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
So I do get where she's coming from because even I am the youngest in my family, so I had a lot of empathy towards Amy, and if my sister would do that same thing to me, ignore me and go out with a friend, maybe I would have had such a similar outburst. But people also keep forgetting that the Little Woman series goes on for other books as well. And Louisa May Alcott gives all of them reading. Arcs
Wow. I just loved Benedict response and I just can't stop laughing, you know? Yeah, this is very sad but hard hitting fact. Right. See, when I read Pride and Prejudice, I think I was somewhere in class eleven, and that's when Darcy sort of took a firm place in my art. And along with Darcy, I think Eliza Bennett also. Right. I just loved her character
The reason why I kind of claim Amy March is because I feel like somewhere we belong and I can understand her. And it was really interesting knowing about the books that you liked and the characters that you have liked as well, I think. I am happy that this series has taken off and I know a lot of people are listening in, but they are not responding or replying to it. Give yourself like a second to gather your thoughts and just hit the record button and start speaking, please
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 4:56
I think Tolkien was trying to write about people at that point in time because we have to remember he was deeply impacted by the war. And one thing that war is very good at is bringing about change and bringing about development and bringing about, let's say, largely speaking an end to the old way of life. Irrespective of you being on the winning side of the looping or the losing side. Certain aspects of your daily life are going to completely change partly because of all the social changes that happen
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 4:59
So I think one of the main reasons why Pride and Prejudice sticks in so many of our memories is the the freshness of it all when we compare it to the staleness of everything that was on the plate, courtesy of the mainstream media, which refers to not just books, but also, like, TV shows and movies and all of that. A book like Pride and Prejudice, which has practicality worded in such a romanticized way. Right?
I realized that Blurb writers are a different breed altogether, and sometimes they can make and break the pitch of a book, but that's a different story altogether. So Rebecca was one of my mom's favorite books when I was growing up. And since the time I was 13, she kept telling me that you are too young to read Rebecca, but read it when you're older, read it when you're older
