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#Cizí = Others' things. Things I didn't make or contribute to.

#Analýza = Analysis. I am trying to train my artistic sense by describing precisely why I like certain pieces.

#Myšlenky = Interesting thoughts of other people.

The scene where they are all together!! and the end with törless and the teachers were very striking

I don't have mamy analyses yet but to think that It was the first book musil wrote it exposes scapegoat dynamic so well its scary

Hello, fellow Törless enjoyer!

Yeah, this is a book that takes a bit of processing. It's surprisingly dense - well, not Dostoyevsky-dense, but it does benefit from repeated readings I think. There are so manny little thoughts and moments and metaphors - in that way, it's really good at capturing someone's mind over a period of time. I just love how this book zooms in to random tangents and thoughts that might not be too important to the story (well, the story is not the main point I suppose), but they weave together this atmosphere and development that's really enchanting.

I agree, the book is cruel. And that's great. I like the neutral stance this book takes towards the cruelty. It would be way less interesting if Törless just condemned Beineberg and Reiting outright.

Small aside about Beineberg - what I like about him is how his cruelty is half for a deep, spiritual purpose, and half just for dumb fun. I love this contrast. If it was just one or the other, he wouldn't be as interesting.

The part about math actually made me want to understand it better, see the beauty and all, before I remembered I'm naturally terrible at it lol. I like Beineberg's line about how in math, all the parts are dependent on each other, but no one knows where it begins. I don't think I've ever seen math treated so mystically (though it's probably been done before).

Oh yeah, the scenes where they're all together are awesome. They all get a chance to shine and they bounce off all each other so well. I knda wish we got more of this. I get that it wasn't the intention, but I think the book could have gotten way more out of them.

Thinking about it, we don't actually know that much about Beineberg and Reiting and Basini, but at the same time, they don't feel underdeveloped. It feels like we know just the amount we need and nothing more.

To be honest, Törless' speech at the end always bores me a bit. It's neat, but to me, it's too much philosophy that's just written out. But it ties everything together nicely, so I don't hate it.

You know, one part that always hits me is the detail that if given the chance, Reiting would torture Törless or Beineberg too. It's a bit chilling. But also a nice bit of commentary, in that in the end, they're all just some guys. None of them are as superior as they think they are.

I like the Disco Elysium style and I like the Catcher in the Rye. Thinking about it, they are similar in a way, though I can't quite explain how.

A little mock-up!

When talking about MLP versions of characters, you can't not mention cutie marks. It took a bit of thought to figure out Beineberg's cutie mark, since he doesn't really have any obvious talents (maybe philosophical monologues, but that's hard to portray in a symbol haha). I went with puzzle pieces, representing his ability to think and "connect the dots", so to speak. Putting together plans, making theories, that kind of thing.

I want a new Young Törless movie. I want a grapic novel I want a TV show. I want an animated adaptation.