Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How does Woolf present identity in relation to the conflict between the physical and subjective realities of To the Lighthouse?
‘Nothing is ever simply one thing’ James laments during the course of the novel. This idea resonates throughout To the Lighthouse: the symbols, the characters, even the structure of the novel have a duality to them which causes the conflict within the narrative. Woolf portrays a society in which objects appear to be alienated and…
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is a novel by writer Antony Bruges, it is the tale of a young boy named Alex and the events of his youth. At the beginning of the the novel Alex is a destructive, violent, and tyrannical character, he is the leader of small gang of friends or “drogs” in the teenage…
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The Bell Jar
‘The bell jar’ is an American novel by American writer Sylvia Plath. The novel follows the life of a young girl called Ester Greenwood who struggles with mental illness as she try’s to find her place in the world and from the future life that stretches in front of her. The novel is almost autobiographical…
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Feminism
Emma Watson speech: Feminism does not equal man hating Sexism occurs throughout they’re whole life not just when people become adults 8- aware of difference 14-began to become sexualised by media 16- female friends stopping playing sports for fear becoming too muscle 18- male friends were unable to express themselves Stigma attached to feminists, (unattractive,…
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Love In The Time of Cholera
Love in the time of cholera is a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez who was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel…
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Louis Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser was a French Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy. He used the basis of Marxism to developed his own ideas of ISA’s. Marx believed that the state was a ‘machine’ of repression, which enabled the…
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This is Your Online Domain
Hello and welcome to your personal online journal. Edutronic has been created to enhance and enrich your learning at the London Nautical School. Its purpose is to provide you with an audience for your work (or work-in-progress) and you have the choice (by altering the ‘visibility’ of your posts) of whether your work on here…
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