The end scene that portrays Christ-like suffering for Doug surrounded by the dogs is a reminder of all the suffering that a man goes through to truly be transformed or resurrected as something else – the journey of a broken self to mend the mind and body by creating ruses that fit the maze called ‘world’.
Month: April 2024
The Adorable Teachers and Professors in Movies
John Keating: (Dead Poet’s Society, 1989): John was the kind of teacher that every student needs – and the earliest the better. His personality is an unusual mix of caring and rebellious. Regarding this quote by Henry David Thoreau: “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” John’s fundamental teachings come to the forefront – to live to the fullest and follow one’s passion.
The Zenana System : History, Education & the Cosmopolitan Set-up
If gender is a social construct, then its impact is not only limited to enforcing behavioural norms but extends to power dynamics, politics of gender and forming patriarchal boundaries (in this case actual physical boundaries). The term “Zenana” originates from Persian, meaning “of the women” or “pertaining to women.” Women occupants themselves are euphemistically referred…