Appendix
Natalie Reynolds, I am of mixed feelings about. She pushes the envolop of her social media, and is willig to try anything to entertain, and has courage and tenacity. On hte other hand, she burns the world around her, and damages people in the process. And it is not clear if she actually cleans up those messes afterwards.
Gore Vidal’s literary philosophy— “All fiction is by definition conservative,” ripples across the canon. 💠What Did Vidal Mean? When Vidal said fiction is "by definition conservative," he wasn’t exactly talking about political conservatism , though he enjoyed rattling those cages. He meant that fiction as a form tends to uphold structure, narrative closure, and the illusion of coherence in a world that is often chaotic, contradictory, and absurd. Here's how: Narrative Structure = Order : Most fiction—especially the traditional novel—follows a pattern: introduction, rising action, climax, resolution. Even chaos is carefully organized. That very act of imposing form is a conservative gesture, Vidal thought, because it tames life into something digestible. Closure = Consolation : Fiction usually ends with a resolution (even tragic ones). That’s comforting. It’s neat. It implies that problems can be solved, characters understood, and meaning found. Life isn’t lik...
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