2008-07-26, 11:49 PM
Whoever wrote this doesn't understand that the "great Russian soul" is itself fundamentally emo. I am a Russian, (though living in America,) and I can assure you that the vast majority of my countrymen express themselves in emotional extremes and hysterics. Russians tend to extremes. (Communism anyone?) That is part of what makes Russian writers so effective -- emotional power is very valuable in writing, and they have it in their blood.
If you ever saw a bunch of Russians at a dinner table, you would be convinced that they were about to draw guns and shoot each other. But if you understood what they were saying, you'd see that that's merely the way they talk. In other words, the typical Russian conversation at a dinner table is held at the screaming level.
If you ever saw a bunch of Russians at a dinner table, you would be convinced that they were about to draw guns and shoot each other. But if you understood what they were saying, you'd see that that's merely the way they talk. In other words, the typical Russian conversation at a dinner table is held at the screaming level.