Memento: A Film to Remember
Recalling elements from Locke’s, Berkeley’s, and other solipsistic philosophies, and looking at the question the film poses: does our memory define us?
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Literature
Things Fall Apart: An Invasion of the Tongue
Chinua Achebe’s legendary novel is a rare narrative of colonialism in Africa. Through his writing, he depicts another form of colonialism: that of language, then culture, then life.
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Kara-mess-ov: Family Ties and Tangled Minds in The Brothers Karamazov
An Introduction, a Pseudo-Biography, and everything you need to know about the characters of “The Brothers Karamazov”. | Part I of VII
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Gatz to Gatsby: The Death of a Dream
Opinion: In chasing their dreams, one cannot remain unchanged; in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, the American Experience, for better or for worse, reinvented – and destroyed – the man Nick Carraway knew as Jay Gatsby.
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Castle in the Sky: Ethics and the Future of Humanity
In imagining the state of humanity centuries away, should humanity prioritize its survival or its success? What are the merits of building a castle in the sky?
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An Organized Essay on “Unnatural Society”
Written with clear arguments and concise language, intertwining Transcendentalism and Nature in Hawthorne’s novel.
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Holmes or Poirot?
The internet is split: which of these legendary detectives is better — and which could solve a mystery faster? The answers — with detailed comparisons, data, and explanations — are finally here.
George Orwell, And A Take On His Books
George Orwell was an essayist who peaked in popularity due to two books: 1984 and Animal Farm. Both are discussed here.
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The Story Of Christie
The story of Agatha Christie, and how her books reached international success thanks to a little Belgian man with an egg-shaped head.
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