Just finished chapter 28 of “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. The impassioned monologue is absolutely impressive writing and I couldn’t help but feel like Sinclair was just speaking directly to me. When the orator poses the questions to the audience, it really was like Sinclair asking me if I agreed.
Are there any other good examples of a rant or an impassioned speech like this where you can really feel the authors thoughts coming out? My first thought was the Grand Inquisitor chapter in brothers karamazov. When reading that I felt like I was inspecting Dostoyevky’s mind.
Please no spoilers for the last 10% of the jungle either lol
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The entirety of State of Fear by Michael Crichton.
The last few pages of SH-5 are pretty sassy.
Ayn Rand and Garth Ennis are particularly notable for this.
Ayn Rand. She literally just stops her book and has her Gary Stu self insert lecture the reader for 50 pages on the evils of caring about anyone but yourself. I have no idea how anyone unironically likes that book.
Anything by Thomas Bernhard and Agape Agape by William Gaddis (which was just Gaddis copying Bernhard’s style).
Lol, Alan Moore in What We Can Know About Thunderman. Especially his rants about the failings of the comic book industry, the mistreatment of creatives, the way comic book fans use heroism as a form of heroine. Or the many parallels to real world creators or industry figures he’s basically poking fun of with veiled cover names.
Les Mis
Jurassick park by Michael Crichton.
In special Ian Malcolm rants.
Valis by Philip K. Dick.
The Every felt like a massive rant. Which is weird because I don’t feel like The Circle was a rant 🤷🏼♀️ even though they’re very similar.
This is why I struggle with The Brothers Karamazov. Every utterance is a manic impassioned 3 page soliloquy.
Terry Goodkind, the Ayn Rand of fantasy.