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 →
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 →
heart of darkness
Better late than never. So I read this book in high school and my teacher was really cool, but also really hard. I only say this because we did ten page study guides where we covered character summary and analysis, themes, motifs, symbols, and quotes with examples for each thing. Which means my understanding of […] 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 →
It doesn’t matter if you’re yellow, black, brown, or normal!
UPDATE: 1:15 AM, attempting to write my essay that was due Monday, scouring the text, having my mind continually blown. There is so much in this novella. It is so dense. I feel like I could spend my entire life studying it and still not be able to pierce its impenetrable heart of darkness. Conrad’s […] 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 →