Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2023-09-06
Books mentioned on Jerusalem Demsas on The Dispossessed, Gulliver's Travels, and Of Boys and Men
In this special episode, Tyler sat down with Jerusalem Demsas, staff writer at The Atlantic, to discuss three books: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, and Of Boys and Men by Richard V.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a classic satirical masterpiece that uses fantastical voyages to different lands to mock human nature, political corruption, and societal follies.
Discussed“the first edition of Gulliver's Travels there's a frontist piece and a picture of Gulliver it's typically interpreted as Gulliver looking a lot like Swift”
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Of Boys and Men
Of Boys and Men by Richard V.
Discussed“our final book Richard V Reeves of boys and men you should do you should do an overview of what this book is about”
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed by Ursula K.
Discussed“so the dispossessed is great I mean I don't know we can start I suppose with the maybe a really basic plot summary”
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K.
Discussed“I think she is and left hand of darkness which I assume you know the way you get peace is by having genders that only are capable of sex a small percentage of the time and the implication is that's the one thing you have to do that will get you peace and nothing else will work”
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A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift's satirical essay A Modest Proposal uses savage irony to critique the callous treatment of the impoverished in Ireland by suggesting that the children of the poor be used as food for the rich.
Discussed“then I also think it's a question of length like a modest proposal which is an essay this is very spherical essay where he proposes people just like eating babies as a solution to I guess too many um too many children um uh who are in poverty”
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