World4 The Unsophisticated and Idealistic Women of a World Too Beautiful Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness is a narrative of a European man’s journey up the Congo River from Europe to the African interior, with horrifying and revealing accounts of imperialism and the European conquest of the African continent. It is told from the perspective of the European man—Charles Marlow. Marlow is hired as a riverboat captain by a Belgian ivory-trading company to travel.. 2016. 9. 28. Dreams and Desires http://www.mysticbanana.com/dreams-and-nightmares-our-desires-and-fears.html “The world is dictated by our desires rather than our thoughts. The prior puts the latter in motion.” ―Sarah Noffke, Awoken A day cramped up with too many classes and work. Returning home after 12 hours’ worth of activity, I take a quick but relaxing, steamy bath and flop down onto bed with only a shower gown draped loo.. 2016. 4. 15. A Moonlit Dream "A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." -Oscar Wilde She was tired of the endless disappointments she felt in herself – disappointments aroused by her obsession with perfection. As she relevé-ed onto the vast stage at the Detroit Opera House the summer of 2009, she vowed to say her final adieus: to the f.. 2015. 12. 2. Imagination over Knowledge? In the midst of my not-so-often meanderings of life following yet another failed midterm at this hellhole of a college, a quotation by Albert Einstein reminded me that life is about more than mundane intelligibility. I may never fully comprehend quantum mechanics no matter the many stressful nights of sleep deprivation. Whatever. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is li.. 2015. 10. 22. 이전 1 다음
