Milan Kundera

In Testaments Betrayed Milan Kundera describes a situation during the Prague Spring where someone’s private life is intermixed with their public life. This person was Jan Prochazka, who was a major figure during the Prague Spring. Prochazka commonly had conversations with a opposition figure, Professor Vaclav Cemy and their conversations were recorded and broadcasted throughout several radio stations. Milan Kundera depicts this as a horrid act and explains how people, no matter who they are, act differently in private than in public. He also states, “…private and public are two essential different worlds and the respect for that difference is the indispensable condition…for a man to live free,” which portrays Kundera’s beliefs on how the two “worlds” should never collide. Otherwise, it can cause horrid events to occur. I agree with the thoughts Kundera puts forth. You’re public and private lives should never mix unless you don’t mind having them intertwine. Imagine you were having an amusing conversation with your friend at school which may have included a couple of swear words and talking poorly about one of your…

Kundera successfully proves that life is not as simple as yes or no, black or white; he shows that the gray area is the space where life exists. In The Art of The Novel, Kundera perfectly captures the essence of the novel as he says, “The coherence of the whole is created solely by the unity of a few themes (and motifs), which are developed in variations. Is it a novel? Yes, to my mind. The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters”(41). In TULB,…

is able to understand the minds of each character and piece together a clear image of what is occurring within the pages of the novel. The novel uses the characters of Tereza, Franz and Simon to expose the naïveness around giving each situation in life far too much meaning. In Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, lightness and weight are compared to expose that it is naïve to think that all things in life have a considerable amount of meaning and in order to be free, one must let…

Everyone loves a good laugh every now and again….. There are three main humor theories written by Freud, Hobbes, and Bergson covering everything from we laugh as a release mechanism to we laugh out of superiority. Sigmund Freud’s theory over humor serves the purpose to explain why we laugh at the times we do. In Freud’s theory he explains laughter as a release mechanism to let go of tension you may have. In his theory he describes how when a joke is being told tension builds up behind a…

For anyone who sat through the insufferable and laughable Ouija in 2014, you experienced a film that relied almost exclusively on jump scares, whizz-bang noises, and some of the most stilted acting and wooden dialogue this decade. The film's reliance on the "Lewton Bus" tactic, where we brace ourselves for something to scare us only to have something else reveal itself in that very moment, was used so much the movie became a joke in and of itself. And yes, sitting in the theater, I looked…

At first glance, it is easy to notice a similar pattern of Manh introducing the word ‘sympathise’ in extract 1 where he initiates extensive long turn to explain the meaning of the word ‘criticise’ (line 148-158). After finishing his explanation, Manh turns to seek for the students’ confirmation by asking, “get what I mean?” in line 158. However the students’ confirmation is not convincing enough, which leads to Manh reinstating and initiating another adjacency pair in line 160. The second time…

It is evident that Miranda has more respect for her father than he seems to have for his daughter. Prospero is talking to his daughter about the time that he was the Duke of Milan, and how he…

The Renaissance was a coming into the light era for education and women especially finally being able to be educated like one of the men, was one of these bright spots. Architecture becoming a science, as well as creating beautiful buildings was becoming known as an art and of course the world renowned inventor, artist, visionary Leonardo Da Vinci and the many wonders he had to offer the Renaissance period that bled into our modern times. During the Renaissance period the women were usually…

The power of being able to express one’s ideas is of the utmost importance in the engineering field. In fact this the one of the most powerful tools in every field not just engineering. This is seen throughout history. A perfect example of the magnitude of this powerful tool, is that of Leonardo Da Vinci. Davinci is a well known household name even today in the twentieth century, even though he was born 563 years ago. The reason for his incredible success lasting for centuries, was his artistic…

Renaissance, which in translation means rebirth, is the name of one of most important era in European civilization. Renaissance itself, is not just a name of a style, but it is frequently used that way. Italy was the main location of the Renaissance and undeniably lots of people historically associate it with Italy, mainly because of the abundant physical presence of the Roman Empire that has never vanished. “The period between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance soon came to be called simply…