Rights of Man
Thomas Paine is a curious character, whose legacy is hard to assess. But perhaps this is why it is all the more important to (re)read him. His difficulties, ambiguities, and ambivalences, in the midst of the eighteenth-century “Age of Revolutions,” … Continue reading →
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Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey pulls off the difficult feat of being both relentlessly self-reflexive and (on the whole) a genuinely enjoyable read. It is, after all, a commentary on the writing and reading of novels, and more specifically on the … Continue reading →
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Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe’s classic novel Things Fall Apart (1958) is often seen as a riposte to European representations of African life and culture, not least for instance Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, which Achebe memorably described as the work of “a … Continue reading →
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The Act of Killing
Exceedingly late blog post woo! Since this is my last post for remake/remodel, I’m not going to talk about Apocalypse Now. I am, instead, going to talk about a film called The Act of Killing, that in many ways I consider a remaking of Apocalypse Now. The Act of Killing is, like Apocalypse Now, an […] Continue reading →
Vindication of Rights of Woman
It seems like it has been so long since I read this book somehow. I don’t quite remember much in detail.. But as I was reading through Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft was “viewing [women] as if they were in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →
apocalypse now? can we postpone?
I’ve actually never given the title serious thought until I tried to make my blog post title funny. Is Coppola suggesting that the apocalypse is now or always happening? Or both? Is complete destruction the only option? And which world? Because the definition is “complete destruction of the world,” but is this the world where […] Continue reading →
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now … I personally enjoyed this movie for being realistic. It shows the craziness of the war, the power structure, the society’s view of females, and the nature of human beings. It seems realistic because of the way people … Continue reading → Continue reading →
start to finish
I know I said I wasn’t going to blog this week, but I thought it would be valuable for me (if not for anyone else) to just do a last summing-up post before the real end. Firstly, Apocalypse Now. As I’ve said before, not a huge fan of war movies. This one definitely makes an interesting […] Continue reading →
things fell apart
Don’t mind me, just catching up on some blog posts. The amount of puns that can be made with this title is ridiculous. I know very few of them. I read this book in freshman year for a World Lit class. I don’t remember why. I don’t remember much of freshman year, really. I think […] Continue reading →
Coppola x Han Solo x Vets
Last blog post! Wow. I really dig this movie and have for a really long time. My dad’s a high school teacher and actually does a unit with his class (grade 10-11 I think) about Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse … Continue reading → Continue reading →