only connect...

this is something that everyone should live by, i mean seriuosly who isn't a closet homosexual these days. the point is that forster is a genius, simply because he defied any notions of realism and representated humanism. in fact, anyone that argues that his book fails because it only half represents realism is an ingorant conversative. i mean just think about it, what fiction writer wants to full describe an actual place. especially during the romantic time of writing...it just doesn't make any sense. what i'm really trying to say is that cultural criticism is the most useless form of criticism that i know of. since when is fiction supposed to represent history. cultural critics disregard any meaning that might lie underneath the words and expect wayyy to much of it historically. that is the problem, people don't read fiction for the right reasons. howards end is a good book because it shows strong connections through different social classes to create an ideal state, or alomst. however, people expect way too much from forster and therefore, they take away from teh point of the novel. fuck people man.