Decenter Journal – Read away from the center! Resist indoctrination!
It seems strange to see a sea of people crowding in an airport, waving the national flag, and waiting for just another not-so-special civilian coming back to China after prolong legal trouble overseas. It did not even happen for Sergent Bergdahl; the Talian captured U.S. soldier released after five years; whether he worth it or not, that’s another story.
To understand the Chinese reaction to the release of Meng, you have to go back 200 years and learn what the Chinese have gone through during this period of time.
Continue reading “The Meng Wenzhou Signification”
A comic book might not deserve a review. It is usually lacking literary value and is just written for teenager. But this one is different. It was written, yes, I prefer to describe it as written instead of drawn, because it is a literary piece of art instead of a comic book. An Iranian writer wrote the book, and the story follows the life of a 10-year-old girl in Iran in 1980 all through her life until she becomes a grown woman. Now, we should pretty much guess how the plot goes.
How is Elio? How is Oliver? Where are they? These are probably the questions all readers of Find Me are trying anxiously to locate in the book. I was no exception. The story of Elio and Oliver in Call Me By Your Name engraved in our mind so deeply that when the sequel came out, we can’t wait to see them in person again.
The journey of becoming an adult is the theme that most people got from Demian. However, in my opinion, it is only the tool that Herman Hesse used to demonstrate his idea of becoming or finding the self and the truth, or better yet, the true self. For Hesse, it seems oneself and the truth are interchangeable.