Red flag thread

>lights are used as a motif

>detailed physical descriptions of minor characters

>An unimportant object is mentioned as obvious foreshadowing

>author describes the sound a characters shoes make as they walk across a particular surface

You guys are retards
Thanks for posting in my board anyways

>book opens with a quote from a classic novel

>a basement is mentioned

>book opens with an obscure fact that is then used to draw a parallel, i.e. "it takes five minutes for a bee to die after it stings."

no wait, e.g. not i.e.
please forgive me

i was on the verge of phoning the police.

This shit pisses me off so much

>CRASH!

>book opens with the the author describing the number of enemies remaining

>without counting god

>book's title is a Bible or Shakespeare quote

haha bro DO NOT read Infinite Jest then, my bro

i really like this gif, haha can i have it?

>The Sound and the Fury
>The Sun Also Rises
>The Violent Bear It Away
>Zettel's Traum
>Fear and Trembling
>Remembrance of Things Past
>Go Down, Moses
>East of Eden
>Twice-Told Tales
>Brave New World
>Pale Fire

really makes you think.

h-how much is too much description?

bump

>describing anything ever
cmon lit, you're better than this

>reading books without pictures

>some form of media overseen/overheard in the narrative is prescient of plot or character details

wuh.. wow... it's just like what the people on the tv were saying! it happend in the story, too!

Wait I need an example of lights being used as a motif

>four pages of epigraphs before we finally reach the first page of the text

great gatsby, streetcar named desire

>600 pages of useless text before we finally get to read the back cover and reviews