The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Casualties by JP Clark

 THE CASUALTIES BY JOHN PEPPER CLARK Introduction: John Pepper Clark’s poem The Casualties is about the causes and effects of war. It is said that he wrote this poem as an elegy to Chinua Achebe, inorder to mourn and show respect for the people who lost their lives unfairly during the civil war that took place in Nigeria. The war started when Biafra wanted to leave the Nigerian Federation and become a country of its own. However the situation may be, what Clark says is applicable to every war that had ever took place in history. The effects of war: It is foolish to measure the effects of war in terms of ‘ the number of lives lost. The worst casualty is that people are seized with death wish. This idea is conveyed in ‘ the first stanza itself. The people who get slain in a war are to be envied, not pitied. For, death puts an end to their sufferings. The people-who get wounded in a war are not in any way fortunate. Because they move towards death by painfully in prolonged s...
Read more

On Doing Nothing - J.B.Priestley

 On Doing Nothing – J.B.Priestley Introduction: Priestley describes his experiences of being on the moor in the essay ‘On Doing Nothing.’ He derives a certain peace of mind there in the company of nature. The pleasure one derives from it is indescribable. Priestley visits the place with his friend. He finds some meaning in the art of doing nothing. The moor helps him in this regard In the following paragraphs we can see how the moor is of help to him. Ideas from the Moor: Priestley and his friend stayed on the moor one afternoon in the midst of nature’s glory. It is two thousand feet above sea level. It is a clean bare antechamber to heaven. The velvety patches on its surface, the ideal weather, remoteness, permanence to heavenliness indifference to man and his acts provide a kind of rest and happiness to man. There is complete freedom to do anything one likes. The mountain springs provide cool water. The humans need not do anything They keep quiet and enjoy the natural scen...
Read more