IEB Analysis - The Theory of Flight (Themes)

[@hugomkhize]

Nah she cooked with all of these ngl

[@skibiditristan821]

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[@EthanNyamkondiwa]

That’s what I’m saying

[@siihle22dumane]

Facts

[@str4tegicg4ming12]

Writing in a few ours! FOR THE LAST TIME EVER!

[@rankies.lenake]

REAL 😭 ALMOST DONE WITH THIS FOREVER

[@alexiakoutsouvelis4462]

Beautifully woven together. An extremely helpful resource!

[@carmenamy123]

this is incredibly helpful!

[@auerellopillay7521]

Thank you! This is so perfectly detailed!

[@asiphesonadanster9622]

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[@annahmkhwanazi7319]

PERFECT!

[@TheGapSaint]

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[@ben_alfred]

it’s unfortunate this was chosen to be our matric set work. there’s a vast array of high-quality literature from which to pull and yet we select a mediocre novel by an author of middling intelligence. the justification? because supposedly it’s easier for students to identify with the story given certain characteristics of the characters and author. gross. if you want to make students feel welcomed and seen, you can make sociology a subject. but this is english. why not make us engage with _great_ english. men, and some women, of genius have laboured to produce works of stunning profundity and literary significance. yet they, the greatest stylists, are neglected in favour of some cringe diversity agenda. “One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.” -Arthur Schopenhauer

[@HELLO-ln2oc]

Ok

[@WeMayNeverKnow_2005]

@@HELLO-ln2oc Lol, I dont think he got the deeper meaning of the book....

[@ben_alfred]

@@WeMayNeverKnow_2005 just shoddy writing tbh.

[@WeMayNeverKnow_2005]

​@@ben_alfred Not really, I could also say that other authors writings were "shoddy", but it doesn't necessarily make it true... The only issue I have with this book, is that it lacks structure, the events arent in order, but even that can be interpreted as a metaphor for the fluidity of life. Also your comment about "diversity" was uncalled for, people see life through different lenses I think that should be represented. The author isnt some nobody she is a PhD graduate, so Im assuming she at least knows something lol. But anyway each to his own.....

[@ben_alfred]

@@WeMayNeverKnow_2005 not a fan of credentialism - a phd doesn’t say much; unless it’s in a STEM subject, it’s only a weak filter for intelligence and a moderate one for conscientiousness. she’s not rεtarded or a particularly poor story teller, but she’s not a great writer. you’re correct in your assessment that the story is shallow and loosely tied together. her writing is pretentious and unoriginal. she doesn’t meet the iq threshold for producing something great. btw, i would never select a stephen king novel for a set-work. he’s a better author than ndlovu, but his works are entertainment, and not worth studying. only great prose deserves to be analysed and considered. the reality is, there have thus far been no african authors of genius. nor really any authors not of european ancestry. due to the nature of intelligence distributions and the personality type (highly disagreeable, highly obsessive, high in individualism with a desire to differentiate oneself) that synergises with iq to create genius, the vast majority of the greatest authors will also be male (3-5 iq point advantage after age 16 or so which shifts the distribution right, and there’s greater male variability meaning at >170, the male:female ratio will be like 60:1) so statistically, we should all be reading and studying works by almost exclusively white men. instead, the 2 options were by a feminist author and a black woman. the reason for this isn’t exactly a mystery.