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Apt Pupil: A Novella in Different Seasons
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I didn't realize that I had actually read something by Stephen King. I am quite familiar with a number of his stories from discussion; others from film adaptations. I know him chiefly as an amazing font of poorly-executed ideas and The Man Who Cannot End A Story.
Apt Pupil does not suffer as greatly as his others, though much of the psychology is quite silly and overwrought. As someone who finds WWII and the Holocaust to be blown out of proportion (especially in comparison to other, ignored genocides) the book's fixation did not resonate with me. However, the exploration of the darker side of man, especially as it relates to obsession with death, did. Another work that acted as an early representation of the 'kid with a gun' who has so captured the most frightened attentions of our society.
Apt Pupil does not suffer as greatly as his others, though much of the psychology is quite silly and overwrought. As someone who finds WWII and the Holocaust to be blown out of proportion (especially in comparison to other, ignored genocides) the book's fixation did not resonate with me. However, the exploration of the darker side of man, especially as it relates to obsession with death, did. Another work that acted as an early representation of the 'kid with a gun' who has so captured the most frightened attentions of our society.
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Started Reading
January 1, 1999
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Finished Reading
April 11, 2012
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April 11, 2012
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novella
April 11, 2012
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america
April 11, 2012
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reviewed
April 11, 2012
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contemporary-fiction
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And what part of the holocaust is blown out of proportion? How are murder factories exactly blown out of proportion? All you do is complain that white men are victims and that no one has ever had it as bad as them.
I don't see how holocaust was "blown out of proportion". I also don't see how German jews were non-white - if anything they were white, certainty more white than any other race.
Sandro wrote: "I don't see how holocaust was" blown out of proportion ". I also don't see how German jews were non-white - if anything they were white, certainty more white than any other race."The Red Cross put the Jewish death toll at around 300,000, compare that to the 6 million+ we always hear about....
"if anything they were white, certainty more white than any other race."
Exactly, why should white victims of a supposed genocide have more importance over non white genocide victims? The way lots of Jews regularly use the holocaust as an excuse to silence any opposition about their numerous wrongdoings would suggest they're hiding something, something nefarious
Merna wrote: "And what part of the holocaust is blown out of proportion? How are murder factories exactly blown out of proportion? All you do is complain that white men are victims and that no one has ever had i..."
He's never complained about "white men being victims and that no one has ever had it as bad as them" In fact Keely's far more likely to call authors (and readers) out on their own prejudices & hypocrisy such as in his fantastic ASOIAF & Kite Runner reviews (amongst others).
