Literature – 𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑎 𝐺𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑧

Modernism over Colonialism

Ananta Pramoedya Toer’s “This Earth of Mankind” “This Earth of Mankind” is a story that speaks of the conflict between modernism and colonialism amongst the Dutch and Indonesian relations. A story consisting of both the rapid change and the stagnant ideals of the characters, it is a story that conflicts on the issues ofContinue reading “Modernism over Colonialism”

The Ostracism of One’s Own Norms

Upon reading Gustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary,” Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” and Miguel de Cervantes’s “Don Quixote,” I noticed one similar circumstance that all of the protagonists encountered. All of the protagonists: Emma Bovary, Nora Helmer, and Don Quixote de la Mancha chose to reject the notions of their present society as they embrace toContinue reading “The Ostracism of One’s Own Norms”