Apr 13Reading ArchiveWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let...
Apr 13Reading ArchiveLife for Sale by Yukio Mishima “Well, that's what they do on television. Every fifteen minutes, there are breaks for commercials. That way we get to look forward to...
Apr 13Reading ArchiveSwann's Way by Marcel Proust“One cannot change, that is to say become a different person, while continuing to acquiesce to the feelings of the person one has ceased...
Oct 4, 2021PhilosophyThe Stranger by Albert CamusIn Albert Camus’s The Stranger, you are put in front of the immediate ambiguity of the world. The kind that you experience in ordinary...
Sep 16, 2021FictionThe Sea, The Sea by Iris MurdochThemes of solitary existence, retrospective reflections, and confronting intense suppressed feelings dominate the story so far......
Aug 10, 2021ClassicsThe symbolic significance of John Milton's Paradise LostWhether it is Satan awakening in Hell among the Rebel angels or the sentimental rigor with which Satan provokes the temptation and fall...