A look into reality Cinema, the great escape from our problems. What makes it so whimsical that we find comfort in it? Why is the film industry still a massive industry since it started in the early 1900s? I find that cinema is a way to re-experience ourselves vicariously; it…

A look into the film Encanto Encanto tells a story of the Madrigal family which by some kind of magic were provided with unique and obscure abilities. The Madrigal family became the head of their community which largely depended on their strengths to sustain their livelihoods. Yet, one exception from…

For every 20-year old or anyone feeling like they are losing time Tick, Tick, Boom! directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda covers an autobiographical musical about Jonathan Larson as he tries to make it on Broadway. The story highlights Larson’s relationships with his family, friends, and romantic partner. The story is empathetic…

Along with other authors under his tutelage, Carl Jung’s Man and His Symbols deals with the unconscious, the Self, symbols, the animus, the anima, synchronicity, shadow, and archetypes found in art and religion. Jungian analytical psychology criticizes Sigmund Freud’s idea that dreams are a means to communicate one’s suppressed desires…

Reflections on the Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) in the Count of Monte Cristo examines the notions of free will, God, destiny, and justice. Edmond Dantès, the protagonist in the story, was imprisoned at Château d’If for a crime he did not commit. Falsely accused of treason as…

Fast and Slow In Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow, he mainly argues the two systems that our mind uses; the first system is said to be instinctive, emotional and fast. On the other hand, the second system is slower, more deliberative, and logical. Knowing the two systems Kahneman argues…

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s (1821–1881) Crime and Punishment explores many aspects of its characters’ complex personalities. One mainly, its so-called “hero’ Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished student with a dual and often conflicting perception of himself, decides to murder a pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna. Raskolnikov’s primary intention for the murder is his self-belief that…