Religion
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The Great Wall of China, Franz Kafka
Kafka’s The Great Wall of China tells a story of the construction of the Great Wall through an anonymous narrator. The wall is built in small sections, gradually aiming to be merged later to build one, long, majestic protection against the nomads of the North. Continue reading
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The Sickness unto Death, Søren Kierkegaard
I was out of breath that day, climbing up six floors’ worth of stairs with uneven breaths. There is a very fortunate thing about being a university student, and it is that guidance is always offered to all that seek it out. This is why I’m often found on this floor, knocking on the doors… Continue reading
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Personal writing #03
Imitation flowers in Japanese, zōka, is a two-character word that means ‘create’ and ‘flower’ individually. I find the way it is written to be very pleasant; it has a harmonious beauty to it that ‘imitation’ does not. Continue reading
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Personal writing #01
Humans are herd animals, and that is why we construct our society amid social interactions. In our efforts to form our thought processes, we look to the trends and opinions of the public we find ourselves in. In a collectivistic country, the masses are the nation itself. Continue reading
