Category: Literature

  • Why Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” Matters
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    Why Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” Matters

    Greta Gerwig reaches her arm into history and puts “Little Women” back on the table again, but this time telling us that it is not merely a girl’s fantasy nor yet another novel which shows that love and marriage is all that matters. She reads between the lines and shows what unnecessary pain and sacrifice…

  • The Creatures

    The Creatures

    Hong Kong is home to an abundance of species, but this species is perhaps the most fascinating. Join Professor Grady, renowned cultural biologist, as he reveals to his disciple Henry the wonders of these mysterious creatures…

  • Everyman: for God or for himself

    To be honest with you, I’ve almost forgotten about this blog. Since the start of uni, I’ve just been running around doing everything possible. Thing is, for me, if I ever give myself time to stop and think while I’m in a new environment, destruction of the mind follows. I tend to overthink and overanalyze…

  • Poor Moll

    So the other day I was reading “Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe. I still am because it’s a hard read for me. In the story the start of Moll’s Ruin (old English writers tend to capitalize everything) begins with a secret affair with the elder brother of the reputable household she is working in. Now…

  • “Cat’s Eye” and truth

    “Cat’s Eye” and truth

    I recently finished reading Margaret Atwood’s novel “Cat’s Eye”, published in 1988. Honestly, this novel is one of the most profound and inspiring book I’ve read. Written as a sort of autobiography of the main character, which in a lot of aspects reflect Margaret Atwood herself, the novel follows the life of Elaine Risley from…

  • Shakespeare’s “The Hobbit”

    Shakespeare’s “The Hobbit”

    Just before I begin: SPOILERS ALERT Recently I finished reading Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” (I know it’s a bit late, but took me quite a while to get back to the world of fantasy after studying lots of “literal” works) and I couldn’t help notice a certain similarity it bears with Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”. Just…