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Tuesday 28 March 2023

'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro

set in a parallel universe (carers, donors, guardians of secrecy, Madam's Gallery, weekly medical exams, Sales and Exchanges, limited access to the outside world, infertility, evidence in art, organ donation, training, possible, deferral); narration by association; central characters (Kathy, Tommy, Ruth, Miss Lucy, Miss Emily, Miss Geraldine, Madam); 

PART I: Hailsham
Chapter 1: The Tommy Tantrum
Chapter 2: The Lucy Solution
Chapter 3: The Madam Shudder
Chapter 4: The Ruth Encounter
Chapter 5: The Order of the Secret Guard
Chapter 6: Baby, Never Let Me Go
Chapter 7: The Donor Code 
Chapter 8: The Lucy 22
Chapter 9: The Lucy Retreat

PART II: Cottages
Chapter 10: Ruth's Betrayal 
Chapter 11: Kathy's Arousal
Chapter 12: Ruth's Possible
Chapter 13: Chrissie and Roddie's Curiosity
Chapter 14: Chrissie and Roddie's Betrayal
Chapter 15: Tommy's Theories
Chapter 16: Kathy's Helplessness
Chapter 17: Ruth's Amnesia
 
PART III: Carers and Donors
Chapter 18: Pair Rendezvous
Chapter 19: Car Conversation
Chapter 20: Intimacy Increment 
Chapter 21: Madam Meet
Chapter 22: Project Failure
Chapter 23: Tommy Completion

Monday 29 March 2021

The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis

These are the titles I came up with for each chapter in the book:


Chapter 1: The omnibus
Chapter 2: The dark, damp, dreary Hell
Chapter 3: The bright Heaven (Real World)
Chapter 4: The mean, unforgiving man - Who are we to judge others? Are we even worthy to do so?
Chapter 5: The intellectual man - Be careful of sins of the intellect such as ego, pride or prejudice.
Chapter 6: The materialist
Chapter 7: The cynical man (the conspiracy theorist) - Is it wise to distrust everything? That's too much negative energy.
Chapter 8: The embarrassed lady - Turn your shame into something that's nourishing.
Chapter 9: The Teacher
Chapter 10: The dominating wife
Chapter 11: The possessive mother, and the man with the lizard - How to deal with addiction?
Chapter 12: The ordinary woman (Sarah Smith) and her self-centred husband - Fame on earth vs. Fame on Heaven;
Chapter 13: The tiny, insignificant, useless Hell (unreal World)
Chapter 14: The dream

Favourite Quotes:
1) "No one had a right to come between me and my son. Not even God."
2) "Don't you know that you can't hurt anyone in this country."
3) "I cannot kill it against your will. It is impossible. Have I your permission?"
4) "All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world."

References:
1) Exploring C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce

Thursday 22 December 2016

To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Awesome Read! 

In To Kill A MockingbirdLee discusses a lot of issues - gender disparity, class distinction, race division, capital punishment, rape, The Great Depression, and ethics and morality - as viewed from the perspective of the young girl, Scout. TKAM is one of the best fictional novels I have ever read.

To spice things up, I gave my own titles to each chapter in the book.

Part I Part II
Chapter 1 - Radley Opening Chapter 12 - Cal Church
Chapter 2 - Morning Sickness Chapter 13 - Finch Pride
Chapter 3 - Afternoon Show Chapter 14 - Dill Flee
Chapter 4 - Vacation Drama Chapter 15 - Cunningham Encounter
Chapter 5 - Tweet Radley Chapter 16 - The Courthouse
Chapter 6 - Peep Talk Chapter 17 - Tate-Bob Witness
Chapter 7 - Thank Cement Chapter 18 - Mayella Witness
Chapter 8 - Tundra Blaze Chapter 19 - Tom Witness
Chapter 9 - Landing Tussle Chapter 20 - Closing Remarks
Chapter 10 - Dead Shot Chapter 21 - The Verdict
Chapter 11 - Dubose Deadly Chapter 22 - Tears of Injustice
Chapter 23 - Gender-Class-Race Divide
Chapter 24 - Missionary Tea Hypocrisy
Chapter 25 - Maycomb Tribune
Chapter 26 - Grace Double Standards
Chapter 27 - Back to Normal
Chapter 28 - Bob Attack
Chapter 29 - Boo Save
Chapter 30 - Alternate Story
Chapter 31 - All is Well

Friday 15 July 2016

Animal Farm, A Fairy Story - George Orwell

Animal Farm is a nice political satire on the Soviet Union written by George Orwell in 1943-44. The story portrays the evil effects of Socialism in an intelligent manner.

An interesting feature of Animal Farm is that the book spans only 90 pages which makes it remain one of the favorites among the busy working class even today.

I gave my own title to each chapter in the book. Spoiler Alert!

Chapter I The Dream Proposition
Chapter II The Rebellion Theorem
Chapter III The Heydays Axiom
Chapter IV The Recapture Claim
Chapter V The Napoleon Prime
Chapter VI The Windmill Lemma
Chapter VII The Traitors Corollary
Chapter VIII The Frederick-Pilkington Conundrum
Chapter IX The Boxer-Glue Conjecture
Chapter X The Pig-Man Paradox