Guilt Trip Abdul Rahim Said (C) February 2013 An old red Jeep rushes through the streets of a small community outside Kuala Lumpur in the direction of its only neighbourhood Surau. The driver clad in a dark green juba with a white turban over his head and a Bedouin checkered scarf around his neck flapping in the wind‚ is oblivious to others observing him from the roadside stalls as he passes by. The windows of the Jeep are down and you can hear Cat Stevens’ "Morning has Broken" blazing
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Throughout this entire book‚ (Princess Bride; By William Goldman)‚ Buttercup and Westley’s love is challenged. From the very beginning to the very end. Even at the start when Buttercup does not know that she loves him till before he leaves‚ it is challenge by all the things she asks him to do. He just says “as you wish” which means I love you. But you know love always has to be difficult and we he leaves he dies then which puts buttercup in the worst place in her life. Then later in the book they
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Inception and Shutter Island; Grief‚ Guilt‚ Insanity and Fantasy Roughly one hundred and fifty thousand people die every day across the globe. The loss of a loved one can cause any man to lose his mind and act irrationally‚ especially if he had a hand in his loved ones death. In dealing with the aftermath of losing family‚ Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island‚ both examine the effects of grief‚ guilt and the dangers of delving into insanity and fantasy to ease the pain
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In All Quiet‚ Mister Remarque expresses his personal views in the form of symbols. As the reader reads through the book‚ the butterflies‚ the Earth‚ the horses‚ and Katczinsky have been used to symbolize more than they physically are in the story. Mister Remarque uses the surrogate father relationship between Paul and Katczinsky to illustrate the utter destructiveness of war. Paul’s relationship with his biological father was destroyed by the war‚ which compelled Paul to confide in Katczinsky. Mister
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For the Germans‚ the most condemning section of the Treaty of Versailles is Article 231‚ famously known as the ‘War Guilt Clause’. Amos Hershey apprises the popular German opinion of the time stating‚ “The acknowledgement of guilt in Article 231 [of the Treaty of Versailles] seems to me like a smarting wound which burns in the soul of the German people" (653-654). The War Guilt Clause blinded the Germans with anger and pushed them towards Hitler’s intent for war. Although the Treaty of Versailles
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“Will You Please be Quiet‚ Please” is a short story collection that explores the human condition in the blue collar‚ working class citizens of the 1960’s in America. Carver is known not only for his minimalist style of writing‚ but also for his habit of basing many‚ if not all‚ of his stories on his own real life experiences. In this collection‚ Carver shows modern life as a series of hardships whereby ordinary people‚ who have the odds stacked against them‚ must battle for survival. He explores
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Upon killing King Duncan‚ Macbeth feels great remorse and guilt for the act that he just committed. He wish’s very much that he did not kill the King and this is shown through his excerpts in Act 2 scene 2. He describes his hands as being a ‘sorry sight’ for they are drenched in the King’s blood. The blood is has a very symbolic meaning for Macbeth as the blood does not just show that he has killed the King but also that he has shown shame towards the one closest to God‚ and that it has now been
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In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth‚ the main character Macbeth yearns to be king which leads to an overpowering sense of guilt causing his downfall. King Duncan constantly praises Macbeth for his fidelity and chivalry‚ but when Duncan crowns his son king‚ Macbeth feels deceived. Thus‚ Macbeth and his wife plot to murder Duncan so Macbeth can become king. As the time approaches to assassinate Duncan‚ Macbeth begins hallucinating. Macbeth declares in a soliloquy: “A dagger of the mind‚ a false creation
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successfully McEwan contrasts the arts and sciences to aid his narrative in Enduring Love DH Lawrence once famously wrote‚ ‘If t be not true for me‚ what care I what truth it be?’ This‚ perhaps‚ sums up the different‚ contrasting perspectives of arts and science shown in the novel. Two of our main characters‚ Joe and Clarissa‚ exemplify these two contrasting viewpoints and this allows for one of the main themes of Enduring Love to enter the novel; the choice of whether or not to accept other people’s
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The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie Who does not enjoy a good mystery story? Popular literature abounds with examples‚ raging from the controversial work of Dan Brown to the horrific work of Stephen King. This genre‚ rooted in the Victorian tradition of Edgar Allan Poe‚ Wilkie Collins and Arthur Conan Doyle‚ certainly has a wide following. On the beach‚ on the subway‚ people escape into the worlds of these authors. Although many female writers claim to be the “Queen of Crime Fiction”‚ it is really
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