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Essay om “Mule Killers” af Lydia Peelle

maj 7, 2016 af Alexander Leo-Hansen Skriv kommentar

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Mule Killers

Time is ever changing and the clash of generations is nothing new, although it has only become increasingly relevant in the most recent decades. The exponential growth of technology outruns every generation to the point where their children scowl at the lack of understanding of current mainstream culture that their parents possess. This is most recently the case for the complexity of the Internet, iPhones and similar technological advantages in contemporary society but also for the decline in use of mules in agriculture back in the old days, which the story ‘Mule Killers’ by Lydia Peelle uses as a metaphor to describe the generation gap. [Læs mere…]

Essay om “Living with strangers” af Siri Hustvedt

maj 7, 2016 af Alexander Leo-Hansen Skriv kommentar

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Living with strangers

All cultures and societies have unspoken rules and etiquettes that an outsider simply will not understand. Whether it’s in Minnesota where greeting everyone is considered compulsory[1] or New York City where addressing a stranger would make you seem mental[2]. This observation is what has inspired author Siri Hustvedt to write her essay “Living With Strangers” in 2002. The title refers to a paradox that is apparent in every major city, although never specifically mentioned in the essay: We are becoming increasingly isolated while being surrounded by more and more people. Siri Hustvedt describes this through an anecdote from her first apartment in New York. Even though she was living alone at the time, she depicts her neighbours as roommates because she was the witness to several acts that should remain private such as a heated argument from downstairs[3] and walking around wearing only underwear[4]. However, she did not know these people. They lived so close and (unintentionally) shared so many private moments and yet, Siri Hustvedt can still not see them as anything else other than “fellow New Yorkers”. That is why she is living with strangers. [Læs mere…]

Essay om “We Are Bound for the Promised Land”

maj 7, 2016 af Alexander Leo-Hansen Skriv kommentar

(2 votes, average: 5,00 out of 5)

We Are Bound for the Promised Land

Eilean Macleod’s traits are especially apparent in the very first paragraph where she is working in the barn. She is letting the chickens eat from her hand and when she falls because of this she simply states: “”Look what you made me do, chicky””[1]. She is not even close to being mad or disgusted by having to touch the grimy floor, in fact she seems to rather enjoy it: “Eilean dug the heels of her hands into the floor and sat up. The floor was damp and smelt of the animals. Rich fumes made their way to her nostrils.”
It’s obvious that she is not a delicate young lady or your everyday fragile girl. She prefers getting her hand soaked in the cow’s mealy dribble and rubbing it into its side[2] rather than knitting like her mother[3]. [Læs mere…]

Essay om “A New World Order” af Caryl Phillips

maj 7, 2016 af Alexander Leo-Hansen Skriv kommentar

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A New World Order

”I am of, and not of, this place”[1]. The sentence gets repeated several times during Caryl Phillips’ 2001 essay A New World Order, and it is the very motto of the globalised world that we are all apart of. Caryl Phillips dives into the themes of being homesick for a place that does not exist by telling his own tale of how he has sought to create an identity with the cards he has been dealt. [Læs mere…]

“Save as Many as You Ruin” essay analyse

maj 1, 2016 af Alexander Leo-Hansen Skriv kommentar

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Save as Many as You Ruin

Through life we make some choice as humans. Some of these choices can be fatal for the rest of our lives and maybe we will regret them till the day we die. But sometimes, fate will give us a second chance. When we are granted one of these chances, we need to seize them and make sure we won’t make the same mistake again. This happens to the main character in the short-story “Save as Many as you Ruin” and he realizes the mistake he made and grabs the chance to make it up. [Læs mere…]