Goal
Apocalypse Now in three points: green smoke noise The green thing was more of a problem with the specific screening. Jon and Jill tried to fix it (thank you), to no avail, but I’m including it in the list of points because it was just so green. In reference to our discussions about Heart of […] Continue reading →
Things Fall Apart
Huh, our last book proper for Arts One. I’m glad it was such a short and easy read. Still, if I could describe my experience reading this book in one word it would be: underwhelmed. I was expecting a lot more from Achebe, especially given his scathing criticism of Conrad. The book itself just felt like […] Continue reading →
Achebe x Fantasy x Culture
I read Things Fall Apart about 3 years ago, and I’m giving it a second read over now. I remember feeling distinctly disappointed with this novel on my first read, but I’m getting more out of it this time. I think I … Continue reading → Continue reading →
the end is near
Well, this is awfully strange. I’m sitting down to write my last official Arts One blog post. (Since we’re watching a movie next week, I probably won’t blog.) Since the first time I blogged, it’s been 6 months and 11 days, 192 days total. In those 6 months, a lot has changed for me (as […] Continue reading →
Grand scheme of things
I like this book. To begin with, a quote: “It’s true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother’s hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds […] Continue reading →
Conrad x late post x close reading
Nice to be reading fiction again, it has definitely been a while (last one was Austen I think!). I have read Heart of Darkness before, as well as an excellent history of the Congo under Belgium rule titled King Leopold’s Ghost. In the … Continue reading → Continue reading →
I love it!
I LOVE THIS BOOK. what could it possibly be that makes me love this book? Is it the great character structure of protagonist? yes. Is it the terrific plot? yes. Is it also that it indulges in an under-appreciated area like the Congo? yes. This book is whimsical evil, there is not much more to […] Continue reading →
Heart of Darkness
This book starts and ends as a story told by a man named Marlow. History is basically about imperialism, civilization, and a man with a great reputation named Kurtz. I might not have been too careful in reading but it … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Second Sex
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir deals with the same concept as Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of Rights of Woman. The Second Sex is about how women are treated in reality, how men and women are treated unequally in our … Continue reading → Continue reading →
“darkness”
I really enjoyed Heart of Darkness, but I’m fairly sure I understood almost none of it. (Lecture tends to be good at clarifying things for me though, so I’m not too worried.) The first thing I noticed was the chunks of text and lack of paragraph separation, I will admit. I grew used to it as […] Continue reading →