as much as I enjoyed this novel and the fact that it was one of the few fiction readings rather than what we have been focusing mainly on, I am a little unclear about how this is considered a remake/remodel of the last reading.

As per usual, it always takes me a little research to find out more about the books and to understand them more, but with this book especially, I had to take my research up a little, especially with all the symbolism and just the allegory content of this that I just couldn’t understand on my own.

Aside from the interesting texts, themes and motifs, one thing that really grabbed my attention was the title. Im the kind of person that gets really attracted to the title and the cover.

What exactly is the heart of darkness? It’s really weird to me. When I think of darkness, I think of black, heartless, cold.. the heart of darkness..would it be what is the cause of darkness? What is the center of darkness? Darkness and the heart of itself and within? I dont know my mind is really jumbled right now.

I need to read the book again now that I’ve read about the symbolisms and themes behind a lot of things because to be honest I was really confused the whole book.

I feel like we’ll have a lot of interesting questions in seminar so I cant wait to share my thoughts..hopefully I’ll have gathered up better things to say about the book.

ciao.

Discard the title.

excuse my word vomit:

Reading “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, I found myself very confused to where I stood with Wollstone on her arguments.

One thing that I feel really strongly about with Wollstone was her argument that went along the lines of rationality and how women should stop using their feelings for reasoning and instead think rationally and fundamentally. Although I agree with that argument, I don’t believe that women are the only ones who think with their feelings…and also that thinking with feelings is necessarily a bad thing.

i. It’s not only women who think with their feelings. Men think with their feelings a lot too. Their anger and pride, especially in the earlier years, drove their decisions.

ii. Thinking with your feelings isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I’m the kind of girl who “thinks with her heart”, and although I probably sound all flowery and not sensible at all (especially to wollstone maybe), I think that it is so important to consider your feelings when making decisions. Feelings aren’t irrational. What is irrational is making a decision that you don’t feel right about. She talks about rationality and how women should practice it and think with their brains and be sensible and all this “masculine” things, and although I believe that women and men should have equal rights (which makes me a feminist I guess), doesn’t mean that the things we do should be the same. Being equal doesn’t mean being identical. It doesn’t mean that girls need to be more masculine or have to prove ourselves. Can’t we be equal and have rights by just being ourselves? By doing what we want? If I want to be a girly girl, I will be a girly girl. But that doesn’t mean that I am not as important as a very masculine man.

People come in different shapes. Sizes. Thoughts. and Opinions.

but what I feel from this is that we shouldn’t base our equalness on how we act. We’re all human. No matter what you think or feel or relay yourself and your feelings.

Sorry for vomitting words. I broke my contacts so reading this page is really blurry and makes my head hurt so bye.