
"The curtains were blue"
What your teacher thinks: "The curtains represent his immense depression and his lack of will to carry on."
What the author meant: "The curtains were fucking blue."

I like to think of myself as a Renaissance Man, who champions the values of the Enlightenment and aspires to the Cardinal Virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Justice and Fortitude.
I am also a student of the Misery of the Human Condition.
"君子报仇,十年不晚"
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