In “Heart of Darkness”, the power-hungry ivory trader Kurtz has a constrained relationship with women. He has a beautiful fiancé living apart from him, but they are not allowed to get married due to Kurtz’s lack of status. Still, his intended/fiancé is madly and unconditionally in love with the talented man. Unlike Kurtz’s intended, Kurtz himself has a secret mistress. She is a gorgeous black lady with countless numbers of money spent on jewelry and clothes. Since the notorious mistress is a well-liked woman among the natives, she is the perfect golden key to their ivory. Kurtz have mentioned his business of stealing goods from the natives a lot of places in the novella.
Since Kurtz’s English fiancé has a family embossed by richness, good education and status, Kurtz sees him marrying her only because he wants a better reputation on the European continent. She is only a trophy, a first medal, and not someone he would share the rest of his life with. Mr. Kurtz is a selfish man, who only cares about having the power over the ivory in Africa and Congo. His mistress also works as a trophy, but in another way. The black goddess is what we can call a bait for the natives. No wonder why Kurtz has such a good tone with the natives and still works dirty behind their backs when he makes sweet love with their precious female.
The book, “Heart of Darkness”, is an old guide to how powerful men treated rich woman with status back in the late 1800s. They were objects and trophies all together. Kurtz’s sight on women was unfortunate, but necessary in his situation. At least that was what he thought. The worst thing was the book’s ending when Kurtz’s fiancé was tricked to thinking Kurtz loved her and that his last word was her name. In the end everything was just big game of love, money and conflicts. The game had no winners.
tirsdag 7. juni 2011
tirsdag 1. mars 2011
Famous English person
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on January 13, 1977. The man he briefly knew as his father Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. But Harry died of a stroke when Orlando was only four years old. After that, Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother, Sonia, and family friend, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, Sonia revealed to him that Colin was actually his biological father.
Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. He did embrace the arts, however, and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He also participated in schools plays and was active at his local theatre.
At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows like “Casualty” (1986) and “Smack the Pony” (1999). Then he attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was there, in 1998, that Orlando fell three stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back. Despite fears that he would be permanently paralyzed, he quickly recovered and returned to the stage.
As fate would have it, seated in the audience one night in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. He asked Orlando to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began work on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought-after actors in the whole world. He is also married to the Victoria’s Secret model, Miranda Kerr. They have a son together, called Flynn.
Rebecca and Oda
Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. He did embrace the arts, however, and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He also participated in schools plays and was active at his local theatre.
At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows like “Casualty” (1986) and “Smack the Pony” (1999). Then he attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was there, in 1998, that Orlando fell three stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back. Despite fears that he would be permanently paralyzed, he quickly recovered and returned to the stage.
As fate would have it, seated in the audience one night in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. He asked Orlando to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began work on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought-after actors in the whole world. He is also married to the Victoria’s Secret model, Miranda Kerr. They have a son together, called Flynn.
Rebecca and Oda
tirsdag 18. januar 2011
Mentor Business
How to behave:
I am going to be polite, friendly and open for new experiences when I’m stationed in my mentor business. I think District Court is a very interesting place to be for the six days. Even though it will be hard with the forcible and the terrible cases in court, I’m looking forward to see how the judge, prosecutor and the witnesses co-operate against the accused and his/her defence counsel. When we met out mentor, she told us that it would be a lot of paper work and reading. Even though that is not likely going to be the most fun part of it, I will try to stay positive and keep my head above water.
It will also come in handy to ask a lot of questions and not be shy. Even though it might be a lot to answer for the mentor and other employees, it will be worth it in the end. Maybe I will end up with taking studies within this area.
How not to behave:
I am not going to be sad, impolite and uninterested. Even though the days will be long and demanding, I must think about the fun and interesting about the hard work. I would like to leave the mentor business with a good feeling. If I’m not active and asking questions, I will most likely not be pleased when I’m done. It is also important not to be late and lazy. In other words I have to get tons of sleep and make the right priorities. I have to be reliable.
I am going to be polite, friendly and open for new experiences when I’m stationed in my mentor business. I think District Court is a very interesting place to be for the six days. Even though it will be hard with the forcible and the terrible cases in court, I’m looking forward to see how the judge, prosecutor and the witnesses co-operate against the accused and his/her defence counsel. When we met out mentor, she told us that it would be a lot of paper work and reading. Even though that is not likely going to be the most fun part of it, I will try to stay positive and keep my head above water.
It will also come in handy to ask a lot of questions and not be shy. Even though it might be a lot to answer for the mentor and other employees, it will be worth it in the end. Maybe I will end up with taking studies within this area.
How not to behave:
I am not going to be sad, impolite and uninterested. Even though the days will be long and demanding, I must think about the fun and interesting about the hard work. I would like to leave the mentor business with a good feeling. If I’m not active and asking questions, I will most likely not be pleased when I’m done. It is also important not to be late and lazy. In other words I have to get tons of sleep and make the right priorities. I have to be reliable.
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