Abyss

As much as the characters define the journey in Heart of Darkness, the journey definitely changes the characters. As Charlie Marlow adventures deeper into the Congo, the essence of his character and soul alter as the horror of the discoveries he makes shape him. Going into a region antithetical of their upbringing, the change in landscape and people cause a change in morals that draw the men towards the inability to discern right from wrong. Succumbing to the influence of greed and power, the…

Growing up in a Catholic household, we often read excerpts from the Hebrew Bible, where we would learn valuable life lessons and teachings that we would then implement into our everyday lives. The Book of Genesis, or the first portion of the Hebrew Scriptures and the Old Testament of the Bible, was full of the perfect ‘bed time stories’ when I was younger. The one story that is still embedded in my mind is “The Story of the Flood,” which featured a moral and righteous man, Noah. As time…

Are you a fiend for spooky stories? If you said yes then Dracula might just be the book for you. Dracula, or should I say Count Dracula, is an elderly looking gentlemen who lives in a castle in Transylvania. He possesses an undead curse that he wants to usher to England in search of new blood. Dracula feeds on the blood of living humans and can also command them. A man by the name of Van Helsing plots an attack on Dracula to bring him down. If you would love to learn more about this nail biter,…

Sartre made the movement popular by defining what Existentialism meant; he wrote various works centered on his views alone. The more these works were read, the more the smiles of those with a fulfilled life faded away. Sartre is perhaps the most well-known, as well as one of the few who accepted being called an "existentialist". Being and Nothingness is his most important work, and his novel Nausea helped to popularize the movement. It may have been the relatable feeling of losing interest in…

At times when individuals become wrecked by reality, they tend to cast astray from realism and begin to survive within the depths of delusions and illusions. And so because of their choices to elude from the harsh reality, they lose themselves among waves of self-oppression and in the course of time suffer from differentiating what is reality and deception. An individual who fled from her cruel past and the reality that substantially made her the epitome of psychological hysteria is Blanche…

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by author, Ray Bradbury, we are taken into a place in the future where books have become outlawed, technology is at its prime, life is fast and furious, and human interaction is frowned upon. The novel is seen through the eyes of Guy Montag, a fireman whose task is to create the fire, rather than extinguish it, in an effort to completely annihilate books. With his killing of information, Montag is unknowingly growing in unhappiness. Similarly, Edwin Robinson in…

This Documentary looks at four brilliant mathematicians; Cantor, Boltzmann, Godel, and Turing for their groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, but also for the mental anguish and personal tragedy in their lives. How big is infinity? What is thermodynamics? These seemingly simple questions are what drove four brilliant mathematicians to insanity and ultimately suicide. “Dangerous Knowledge” delves into the deeper side of mathematics by trying to understand nature through mathematics,…

In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “ There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair (King 285).” If the people have attempted multiple times to invoke change, but the authorities have not listened, eventually the people will have no choice but to lash out and fight back for their rights. It is like provoking a caged animal…

The Dark Realities of Humanity Journeys are taken every day, by every person on this planet. These journeys could be simple and physical, without much meaning and could include traveling to school or work every morning. They could be spiritual--in hopes of finding the meaning of one’s life. On the other hand, they could also be psychological--an exploration of the mysterious parts of humanity. In both “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Raven,” written by Edgar Allen Poe, the truth behind the…

In The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, Lyra is an ordinary child from Oxford’s Jordan College living with her uncle at Oxford’s Jordan College in a parallel universe where people’s souls are portrayed by an animal or daemon in physical form. But like every other child, she is very curious, and this leads to her being brought into an amazing journey nobody could have imagined. It all started when she realized what power in society can do. After learning about a project involving Dust, which…