A Critical Review of Humankind
Rutger Bregman’s book Humankind is one of the books that questions negative ideas about human nature and makes readers think. For many years, many people believed that humans are naturally selfish, bad, and only care about themselves. However, Bregman does not agree with this idea. According to him, human nature is not as dark as people think. Instead, people are more willing to help each other, understand others’ feelings, and do good things. In the book, the author supports these ideas with many examples from wars, psychology experiments, history, and biology. One of the best parts of the book is that it gives hope about humanity. Still, when I finished the book, I did not only feel admiration. On one side, I was happy to read it because it made me think differently. On the other side, some of the author’s ideas felt too optimistic to me. Because of this, the book was both interesting and questionable for me.
One of the strongest parts of the book is that it makes people question ideas about human nature that many accept without thinking. Today, we often see violence, murder, wars, and fights on television, social media, and in the news. After some time, people start to believe that the world is full of bad people. At this point, Bregman asks an important question: If humans were really bad by nature, how could societies survive for so many years? A big part of human history was shaped by helping each other, working together, and surviving together. From this side, the writer’s ideas are important and meaningful.
His ideas against the belief that humans are naturally wild are especially interesting. Today, when someone behaves badly, people sometimes say, “Did you grow up in a cave?” However, Bregman says that hunter-gatherer societies were not as violent as many
While I was reading the book I asked myself "What am I reading?" But then I realised that this an absurd comedy
After that view I really enjoyed the dialogues in the play
There are two main characters which are friends and all the play is around them. They wait near a tree for a man named Godot. They do not know when he will come, but they believe he will arrive soon. While waiting, they talk, joke, and argue. A boy comes and says, "Godot will not come today, but he will come tomorrow." This happens every day, but Godot never comes.
I don't understand what the theme is but the play is about waiting and doing nothing. The thing is the story also shows friendship. Vladimir and Estragon argue, but I think they stay together because they are afraid to be alone.
Maybe another theme might be about life, in which I don't agree, that is trying to say life has no meaning. The characters do not know why they wait, just like people do not always know their purpose in life. The play is funny but also sad. It makes people think about time, waiting, and life’s meaning.
Her çiçeğin bir mevsimi, her kitabın bir zamanı vardır. Haziranın tadını yeni hikâyelerle çıkarın.
Great Book!1000k
I’ve had the chance to read one of the classics again. In general I would say the book was really good. The energy between the sisters and their relationship with their mother was marvelous. The overall dialogues were much easier to read. I would say out of 4 sisters my favourite one would be Jo. Because she is so out of the ordinary and likes to do things no one expects from her. Also she is the most reasonable one among the sisters. Especially much more smarter, reasonable then Meg.
In the book we read the story of 4 sisters who are trying to live in a poor condition. The sisters are:
1. Amy: The youngest March girl. Amy is an artist who adores visual beauty and has a weakness for pretty possessions. She is given to pouting, fits of temper, and vanity; but she does attempt to improve herself. Only her jelousy would be my only negative point especially when she burned Jo’s book.
2. Jo: Jo has a temper and a quick tongue, although she works hard to control both. She is a tomboy, and reacts with impatience to the many limitations placed on women and girls. She hates romance in her real life, and wants nothing more than to hold her family together. (My Personal Favorite)
3. Beth: The third March daughter. Beth is very quiet and very virtuous, and she does nothing but try to please others. She adores music and plays the piano very well.
4. Meg: The oldest March sister. Responsible and kind, Meg mothers her younger sisters. She has a small weakness for luxury and leisure, but the greater part of her is gentle, loving, and morally vigorous. (Least Favorite)
In General, I liked the little conversations between girls. I think the main reason would be because they’re child and they always talk meaningless stuff and it’s easy to understand. The way they fight through
THE THEME OF MONEY AND SOCIAL NOBILITY IN MOLL FLANDERSEdebiyat
Moll Flanders tells the biography of a woman born in 18th century England from her own point of view. Born in a prison, a prostitute for twelve years, a thief for twelve years, married five times, her adventures taking her from England to America, Moll Flanders is one of the most interesting heroines in English literature with her controversial view of life and her in-depth portrait. Through Moll Flanders' life and philosophy, Daniel Defoe sharply criticises and debates 18th century England's accepted notions of human relationships, gender discrimination, social structure, morality, sexuality and crime. Since its publication in 1722, Moll Flanders has been the subject of much debate and discussion, both in terms of its subject matter and its narrative style. It is not Moll Flanders who is criticised, but society itself. The book is also significant as one of the first examples of the novel genre.
When Defoe wrote Moll Flanders, women had limited freedom and choice. Because men were assumed to be better than women in everyday life, they ruled everything in this society. Upper-class women were expected to marry a socially superior man, keep a home and give birth. Less fortunate women generally had less options, being servants, mistresses, wives or criminals. Being a woman was quite a challenge, especially for lower class women. Moll suffers from poverty, class divisions, materialism, the oppression of women and capitalism as a member of the working class. These problems led her to start stealing and prostituting.
The protagonist, Moll, was born in Newgate Prison when her mother was sent there for theft. After her mother was exiled to America, Moll wandered with gypsies for a few years. She was then taken in and cared for by an elderly nurse. Moll had a strong desire to
Sahilde Kafka, Haruki Murakami
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1. Kafka Tamura
2. Your servant Nakata
3. Entrance stone
4. Colonel Winston
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Kafka Tamura
A fifteen-year-old boy. His mother left home when he was 3 years old and he was living together with his father. But the father was so busy with his own life and he was not aware of his son. One day he decided to escape from home. He prepared his bag, took some money from his father's valet.
He did not have any idea where to go. He did not have any plan. He just wanted to leave home and live alone in an unknown place, far away from all his relatives and friends. He did not only left home but he also left the school. He was studying at a middle school and he was to finish it because it was compulsory for anyone to finish at least middle school.
This story is an interesting affair for any teenager. Leaving home and school. Packing his suitcase putting some underwear and t-shirts. One hand in the pocket and the suitcase on the shoulder, sun glasses on the eyes... Money enough to live for a few days... Later... No problem... Solutions are to be explored... Experience is to be tested.
I want to travel now in the cells of his brain. What kind of expectations or which reason is to be handled as the key word of this travel desire... leaving all his life behind, for a new but an unknown life considering that on that time he was only fifteen years old. No mother. No brother and sister. Father, yes, but just a name, he was outside of this sight, busy with his job, not aware of his son, even he was at home or not he never thinks...
He generates his own wish to travel with his bag as a companion. Why? How does a human, a teenager feed his wishes for such a travel?
This is the question
Reflections of social issues of modern people in the play “A Doll's House”Deneme
It seems that just surviving and sleeping with a full stomach are not the main problems of developed civilizations since the first formations of societies. ‘Surviving in a good condition’ is the key for modern women and men and death is mostly ignored or perceived as an end from a scientific point of view. Social status, economic level of individuals or some characteristics of modern era can provide people advantages or cause to have disadvantages in society. We can see some of these modern issues' reflections in 20th century art, literature and especially in drama. A Doll's House is one of the examples in which modern times' social issues are reflected. Henrik Ibsen, the playwright aimed to explain these problems to the audience through characters. Married couples, alone women and men are all struggling with money issues, loneliness and especially sexism in the play. Of course, these social issues are nothing compared to war, famine and natural disasters. However, these issues may appear as factors that deeply affect the mental health and psychological state of individuals that keep society alive.
Since the Lydians, money has always been the determinant of social roles. In modern age, we experienced industrialization, technological developments and capitalism. Consequently, money started to control everything including women and men’s relationships. At the very beginning of the play, we see that how money determines men's dominant role. Torvald is the one who has financial power in the family. We can see the clear social difference between Nora and her husband by Torvald’s discourses; “What is this! Is my little squirrel out of temper? - (Taking out his purse.) Nora, what do you think I have got here?”(p.3) He can make Nora happy just by giving money. Also Torvald