This blog post is so dumb it makes me wish pg paid more attention when was taught how to write essays about symbolism in Dickens. First of all, the “what’s a r

This blog post is so dumb it makes me wish pg paid more attention when was taught how to write essays about symbolism in Dickens. First of all, the “what’s a real x” trope is pathetically lazy, lame as hell, and is a really great way to look like a jerk who thinks his own personal, temporally limited experience is somehow inherently “more true” and “more correct” than literally centuries of development and tradition. Then he goes on to try to make the ridiculous point that “an essay isn’t really about defending an argument” as he attempts to defend the argument that essays are not about defending arguments lol. The arrogance and egotism of these sorts of essays always overshadow their otherwise redeemable points.