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A poem about legacies and death
In the poem, the statue of Ozymandias, the king of kings, lies decaying in a distant desert. Only the pedestal, two upright legs and a face, remains of his statue; the rest is shattered and buried under lone and level sands. Netiher his mighty power as a king nor his statue, his legacy, could withstand the passage of merciless time.
This poem reminds me of the 76-77th stanzas of Hávámál, a collection of Old Norse poems about philosophy of life. However, these stanzas and Ozymandias are more like two sides of the same coin, they complete each other. They both give the message of "memento mori" (remember you are a mortal), and speak about leaving a legacy. Ozymandias does this by the statue of Ozymandias, the king of kings while 76-77th stanzas of Hávámál give this message through the experiences of common man; however, this time the speaker is Odin - the king of gods.
The message, along with memento mori, is that immortality is only achieved through a legacy: through the tales of the one who lived and died; through the reputation they leave behind. Man is the legacy he leaves behind. Nothing more, nothing less.
Although Hávámál presents legacies as more heroic, personally, I always thought about legacies similar to that of Ozymandias. Even the legacy, the statue, of King Ozymandias lies broken into pieces in a distant desert; forgotten and covered with sand. No matter how mighty and powerful you are, no matter what your title is, no matter how powerful your legacy is, time and death will erase everything.
In the end, good or bad, nothing matters. Everything is doomed to be swallowed by the sands of time.
Importance of Self-awareness
Crusoe’s arrival on the island does not make him revert to a brute existence controlled by animal instincts, and, unlike animals, he remains conscious of himself at all times. Indeed, his island existence actually deepens his self-awareness as he withdraws from the external social world and turns inward. The idea that the individual must keep a careful reckoning of the state of his own soul is a key point in the Presbyterian doctrine that Defoe took seriously all his life. We see that in his normal day-to-day activities, Crusoe keeps accounts of himself enthusiastically and in various ways. For example, it is significant that Crusoe’s makeshift calendar does not simply mark the passing of days, but instead more egocentrically marks the days he has spent on the island: it is about him, a sort of self-conscious or autobiographical calendar with him at its center. Similarly, Crusoe obsessively keeps a journal to record his daily activities, even when they amount to nothing more than finding a few pieces of wood on the beach or waiting inside while it rains. Crusoe feels the importance of staying aware of his situation at all times. We can also sense Crusoe’s impulse toward self-awareness in the fact that he teaches his parrot to say the words, “Poor Robin Crusoe. . . . Where have you been?” This sort of self-examining thought is natural for anyone alone on a desert island, but it is given a strange intensity when we recall that Crusoe has spent months teaching the bird to say it back to him. Crusoe teaches nature itself to voice his own self-awareness.
KADINSIZ ERKEKLER, H.Murakami
Adı her yıl nobel için geçse de her ne hikmetse (!) bir türlü aday gösterilmeyen yüzyılımızın halen yaşamakta olan edebiyat ustalarından olan Murakami'den bir öykü kitabı:
‘’Kadınsız Erkekler’’
Her biri bir sebeple terkedilmiş erkeklerin birbirinden farklı 7 adet hikâyesinden oluşuyor. Kadınlar için; Terkedilen/aldatılan erkeklerin
One of the best-written books, that I have read so far. The storytelling is heard breaking, and breath catching at one's. While reading the story of the girl Charlie, you can feel her struggling, and hopelessness through her life. Definitely recommend for people who are interested to read dark human psychology, and drama books.
Tiktok'ta gördüğüm bir edit ve sonrasındaki duygu durumum yüzünden indirdim bu kitabı. Ardından da aradan biraz zaman geçti ve bir anda okumaya başladım. İlk etapta ne okuduğumu anlayamadım çünkü ilk partında kitabın tek sayfalık bölümler vardı. Ne okuduğumu asla anlayamadım o yüzden. Karakter kim, ne yaşadı? Bir balonun içinde körlemeye ilerledim o yüzden. Anlamadığım için de okumam da hayli yavaş oldu.
İkinci kısmına geçtiğimde karakteri, olay örgüsünü ve kitabı az çok anladım. Ama bu kez de karakterle bir bağ kuramadım. Seçimleri yüzünden empati yapmak bir tarafa okurken sinirlendim çokça karaktere.
Son kısma geldiğimde aktı kitap ancak ben çoktan kurguda kopmuştum. Kötü diyemem ama benim için vaov diyebileceğim, kalbimi kıran bir kurgu da olmadı. Daha duygusal, beni gözyaşlarına boğan bir kurguydu beklediğim ancak pek tatmin olamadım.
Ortalama bir puan, ortalama bir kurgu diyeceğim. Son kısmı 1 saat gibi bir sürede okuduğum ve yazarın kendi hikayesini yazdığını düşünerek onu da.
Charlie'nin hayatı ne oldu? Riley ile ne oldu? Tam olarak bunların cevabını alsam daha da iyi olurdu aslında ama belki devamı vardı diyorum kitabın.
Kitapla ilgili not; kendine zarar verme, alkol ve uyuşturucu kullanımı mevcut kurguda. Etkilenecekseniz okumamanızı tavsiye ederim.
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Sadeq Hedayat is one of my favorite author in the literary world. The Blind Owl that introduced me to Sadeq Hedayat many years ago and it has entered my list of the best. Hedayat's masterpiece The Blind Owl attracted me with the very first lines, and caused me to experience a kind of hysteria with the last page of the book.
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It’s hard to say that the book was covered all the necessary things about childhood trauma. It contains just bunches of small and unconnected pieces of information about the trauma situation that has been going through the entire life span. I mean, there are not enough (almost nothing covered ) information about methodology of the overcoming steps from childhood trauma. It is better to watch just youtube video which is uploaded by the author.
