Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Moll Flanders :: Moll Flanders Essays

George Eliot composed, "It is never past the point where it is possible to be who you may have been." As I read those words, I was unable to discover another who fit them just as Moll Flanders. In spite of situation and karma and chances set against her every step of the way, this lady wouldn't bow to the tried and true way of thinking that regularly runs the oppressed and the confiscated. Furthermore, it is in that diligence of soul I discover Eliot's words sounding valid. Moll Flanders naturally introduced to a universe of cushion bolted entryways and dim threatening corners was bound for enormity just in light of the fact that she lived it.   The story starts as a story advised to a vagrant recouped and asserted by Hibble, a man of secret, dim and astute. The vagrant, Flora, has been recovered by Hibble and is on an excursion to America to meet a destiny she doesn't comprehend. En route, Hibble has been told to peruse to her the journal of her mom, Moll Flanders. It is a prologue to a lady who’s soul doesn't run over well on the composed page, however Hibble battles along, attempting to lure the little youngster with the memory of an unprecedented companion and friend. Dangers and talks start an excursion that before long interests the young lady on its own legitimacy. Her mom, no doubt, was more than she at any point imagined.   Also, it is in those pages that we discover our very own saint. Moll Flanders, destined to an indicted hoodlum, was stranded the day she was conceived as the state did the sentence of death put upon her mom. Moll arrived at the foot of the Church, figuring out how to peruse, to implore and to fight off pietism and the grabbing hand of the cleric in the deal. Leaving the Church in an unconventional way, Moll skiped from home to home, getting herself a lot for a few and too little to even think about warding off others. En route, she figured out how to chuckle and to limp as a result of the generosity and pitilessness that have large amounts of our universes. It was in the generosity that Moll wound up bound in adoration to a far-fetched craftsman and it was in that association Flora was imagined.

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Friday, August 21, 2020

St. Georges Day

St. Georges Day When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by this at the local supermarket: The signs say Happy St. Georges Day, Wednesday 23 April and has a picture of a knight on a horse. I was with another MITer at the time and neither of us knew what St. Georges Day was. I whipped out my camera and we agreed that whatever it was, it would probably make a good blog entry. Okay, I should probably have published this entry on 23rd April but Im in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More on that later. I looked this up in Wikipedia and turns out, St. Georges Day is Englands National Day. St. George usually depicted as a knight sitting on a horse, killing a dragon. Unfortunately, I dont know any more than that. If anyone has anything to add, feel free to enlighten the rest of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what happens during St. Georges Day. So on Wednesday, 23 April, I armed myself with my camera and was half expecting to see some sort of parade. But the only thing exciting I saw that day was that all the buildings and colleges were flying St. Georges flag. The wind was absent that day so if you cant tell, the flag is white with a red cross on it. Okay, Im off to a tea party held by the local MIT Club.