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✧🕯️“𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆; 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈,” 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, “𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.”

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev- a beautiful almost tragic story of two generations. The story follows Arkaday and Bazarov, the two young men and their parents.

 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨: 

🔸𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘱: Throughout the story we see the generation gap b/w Arkaday & Bazarov and their parents. Often seem b/w Bazarov an others, as Bazarov keeps clashing with everyone.
 
🔸𝘕𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮:  Bazarov is a big believer of nihilism and its influence on his character is too obvious. He's too absorbed by these nihilistic tendencies and eventually succumbs to them.  However everyone else except Arkaday seems immune to it.

"𝐘𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦;"

 “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬? 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.”

🔸𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦: Another important aspect of the novel is love and the romantic relationships and the effects on one's personality. The relationship between Katya and Arkaday, and Bazarov and Anna Sergeyevna explores this aspect.

❥ “love in the ideal, or, as he expressed it, romantic sense, he called lunacy, unpardonable imbecility; he regarded chivalrous sentiments as something of the nature of deformity or disease,”

❥ 'You want to fall in love,' Bazarov interrupted her, 'and you can't love; that's where your unhappiness lies.'

❥ “Let me tell you then that I love you like a fool, like a madman.... ”

❥“And besides, love ... you know, is a purely imaginary feeling.”

❥“I love you forever and irrevocably, and I love no one but you.”

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨:

🔸𝐁𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐯: arrogant, intellectual and flawed. (almost tragic.)

“And, you see, I thought too: I'd break down so many things, I wouldn't die, why should I! there were problems to solve, and I was a giant! And now all the problem for the giant is how to die decently, though that makes no difference to any one either.... Never mind; I'm not going to turn tail.”

🔸𝐀𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲: likeable, smart and understanding. Finds love and lives a happy life without regrets ig. 

🔸𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 & 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢: represent the older generations , respect traditions and older values. While Pavel was more rigid and firm, Nikolai was somehow tolerant and open to new customs and practices. 

🔸𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚: traditional and loving parents. Most likeable characters. It's so sad how the story ends for them. And i absolutely despise Bazarov for how he treated them. God; life's so unfair sometimes. 

  “there's no help for it, Vasya! A son is a separate piece cut off. He's like the falcon that flies home and flies away at his pleasure; while you and I are like funguses in the hollow of a tree, we sit side by side, and don't move from our place. Only I am left you unchanged for ever, as you for me.”

 i wanted to smash bazarov's head for this. How ungrateful was he!
and then his death left them shattered:(

☆ "Often from the little village not far off, two quite feeble old people come to visit it—a husband and wife. Supporting one another, they move to it with heavy steps; they go up to the railing, fall down, and remain on their knees, and long and bitterly they weep, and yearn and intently gaze at the dumb stone, under which their son is lying; they exchange some brief word, wipe away the dust from the stone, set straight a branch of a fir-tree, and pray again, and cannot tear themselves from this place, where they seem to be nearer to their son, to their memories of him...."

☆ "Can it be that their prayers, their tears are fruitless? Can it be that love, sacred, devoted love, is not all-powerful? Oh, no! However passionate, sinning, and rebellious the heart hidden in the tomb, the flowers growing over it peep serenely at us with their innocent eyes; they tell us not of eternal peace alone, of that great peace of 'indifferent' nature; tell us too of eternal reconciliation and of life without end."

𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 :

🔸“𝘕𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢; 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. ” 

🔸“𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

🔸“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘰𝘵.”

🔸“𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.”

🔸“𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦? 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺?”

🔸“𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭!”

🔸“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯....”

🍂  𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕; 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅?

Such an intense and beautiful read. Shelly's writing is so poetic - it's so beautiful almost makes you forget the tragic plot. Hauntingly beautiful. The story follows Matilda, a young woman isolated by her grief and circumstance. The  story explores the relationship between her and her father - who happens to develop incestuous feelings for her. And as the story unfolds - a tragedy also unfolds. The book explores the complexity of their relationship and the weight of unspeakable emotions and actions. 

🔸"𝘖𝘩, 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥  𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥  𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵  𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺  𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴."

🔸"𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦! – 𝘎𝘰! – 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥  𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯! 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯  𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴  𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸; 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦  𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘺  𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺  𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."

Matilda lets the grief take control of her and lives a guilt ridden life waiting for death.

🔸“𝑰 𝒈𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔  𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”

𝙁𝙖𝙫 𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:

✯“𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕  𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍  𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆,  𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍  𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕.”

✯“𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔; 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕  𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎 𝑰, 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕 - 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓”

✯“𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒃𝒆  𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇; 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆.”

📜♡ “ 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎,  𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆? ”

First love by Ivan Turgenev is an autobiographical novella exploring the author's first experience with Love.
The story follows a 16 year old boy Vladimir who falls in love with Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, a 21-year-old woman.
As the story unfolds, Vladimir experiences the pangs of unrequited love. Zinaida plays with his feelings as she enjoys being the centre of attention. However, she herself harbors feelings for another man who's revealed to be Vladimir's father. This discovery leaves Vladimir in despair. He becomes helpless but nevertheless doesn't stop loving Zinaida.
The story explores themes of youthful innocence, unrequited love and the fleeting nature of youth.

❥  "𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦…𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘵?"

When Vladimir falls in love with Zinaida, he idealises this idea of love. it seems to him that it's the best feeling in the entire world. He dreams about love and love.

❥ "𝑰 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈."

However he soon realises that love isn't all butterflies and roses, with the pangs of jealousy, unrequited love and despair he explores the ugly side of this love.

❥ “ 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒐𝒚; 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐.”

❥ “𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒌𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕.”

But nevertheless he continues to love her despite the way it makes him suffer.

❥ "𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆."  

❥ "𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 – 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎."

Vladimir however soon has to say goodbye to Zinaida and move on with his life.  

🔸‘𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒁𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒏𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅, 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔.’

By the end of the story - Vladimir realises something is more potent than love, more scary and it was death and the fleeting nature if youth.

🔸"𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 

🔸 " 𝘖 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩! 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩! 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥; 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸."

📜 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙:

🔸"𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞."
 
🔸"𝐎𝐡, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 – 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"  

🔸"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡."

🔸"‘𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧,’ 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞, ‘𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧; 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 – 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧.’ "  

🔸"𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬 – 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.’ " 

 🔸"𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 – 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐲 ‘𝐎𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.’"

📜 𝙀𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.

This book contains Immanuel Kant's 4 essays:

1. 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?’

Kant discusses the concept of enlightenment and its impact on humans. According to Kant Enlightenment simply means the will to use one's own understanding and to Question other's ideas. According to Kant, people nowadays lack the courage to do this. He insists humans to this Immaturity and talks about ‘Sapere aude’ - Dare to be wise.

🔸𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦: 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦! [𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦!] 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Kant then talks about the freedom needed for enlightenment. According to Kant this Freedom will make people use one's reason in all matters- that's the freedom which would make us rational human beings.
Kant then talks about religious immaturity and says it's important for a society to come out of it. He talks about matters of religion as the focal point of enlightenment.

2. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡:

In this essay Kant talks about peace and the ideal ways to achieve it. 
Kant also talks about the importance of sovereign republics and constitutions for maintaining peace. 

3.𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠?'

In this essay Kant discusses human history and progress. Accidentally to Kant human race can be in 3 stages: Regressing Progressing or a permanent standstill.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚:  In this stage the humans are in a constant state of deterioration. According to Kant this is not actually what's happening because it will cause annihilation of mankind .

🔸“𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥”


𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚: That's the idea that human beings are in a constant state of improvement. however Kang doesn't believe in this as well, he thinks it's absurd and cannot be maintained.

🔸“𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥.”

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒃𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚: According to this concept the human race is at a permanent standstill, in relation to other created beings, at its present level of moral attainment. According to Kant, there's a rise and fall of equal magnitude  in moral affairs of the human race which constantly alternates and endlessly fluctuates and thus produces no more effect.

Kant then discusses 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 : Kant talks about humanity's progress based on the understanding of humanity's history. According to Kant by studying historical patterns, we can predict the eventual emergence of a universal civil society grounded in justice and reason. He believes that humans can learn from this history and make improvements in our moral affairs. Therefore he has an optimistic view of human affairs.

🔸“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”

4. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:

 In this essay Kant talks about the origins of humanity. Kant discusses various aspects of mankind such as The paradise and fall of man, awakening of reason , progress and loss of innocence/emergence of evil, formation of societies etc.

📜 “𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲.”

Kierkegaard wrote this as a review for the novel “𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘴” written by 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨-𝘌𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘷ä𝘳𝘥.  Kierkgaaard discusses the two ages: age of revolution and the present age. According to Kierkegaard the present age( in his time, 19th century) is the age of superficiality and apathy. The present age lacks passion as compared to the age of revolution (past times).

📍𝑨𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏: Kierkegaard talks about the past age and describes it as the age of passion and revolution. According to Kierkegaard, it was the age where people actually acted on their passions and were not afraid to take a stand for themselves and their ideologies. 

🔸"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."

📍𝑨𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Kierkegaard then talks about the present age and describes it as devoid of passion and where people overthink and don't take any action. It's full of apathy and superficiality.

🔸“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨  𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, fl𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.”

🔸 “𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴; 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦- 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰, 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.”

Then Kierkegaard discusses some other issues such as leveling, where individuality and greatness are suppressed in favor of uniformity and mediocrity. According to Kierkegaard this destroys the passion and thus is responsible for the passionless present age.Kierkgaaard then criticises the focus on “the public” in present age and the decline of ‘individuality’.

☾.  “𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕?” 
 “𝑰 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕.”    ࣪ ִֶָ☾.

Tragic and beautiful.

⟢ “𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺; 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘬𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦; 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤’𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘰𝘯!” 

𝙋𝙡𝙤𝙩 : the story revolves around 7 Shakespearean actors who get their lives entangled between performance and reality and finally ending up in a tragedy.
With themes of love, passion, friendships, betray, guilt and sacrifice it's such an intense read. 

⟢ “𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵—𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦.”

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴.”

✧ Oliver: The main character and narrator of the story. He's extremely passionate and good actor but insecure and doubts his abilities too much. 
✧ James : hot-headed , self absorbed and impulsive.
✧ Richard:  Although he's not actually that much involved in the story and we hardly have an idea what made him behave that way, but from whatever we know about him, he's an arrogant asshole who thinks he's entitled to do anything he wishes.
✧ Meredith: Smart and beautiful but lets people treat her like shit, she deserves better.
✧ Wren & Alexander:  they play a minor role in the story and are nevertheless good friends.
✧ Fillipa: the sweetest one in the group, helps everyone, a real friend.

ও “𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮.”

𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜: That was unexpected - Oliver's sacrifice , it's beautiful and tragic. He doesn't only save James but he saves all of them. And he deserves so much better. 
Despite everything i want him to end up with Meredith. i get that ending was ambiguous and we aren't sure if James is actually dead but honestly Oliver is better off him. 

ও “𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦. 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵? 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.”

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:

✦ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒌𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.” 

✦ “𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒄𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍."  

✦ "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔, 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕 … 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆" 

 ✦ "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉.”  

✦"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕—𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐. 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎"  

✦ "𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚—𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚—𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?" 

✦ "𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅"  

✦ "𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓’𝒔—𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉.”

“𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝. ”

3.5 stars.

sometimes you gotta say what in the absurdism is this and move on! 😄👍🏻

“𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱!”

3.5 stars, i don't understand this genre of poetry (i don't understand poetry tbh) but whatever, didn't enjoy this one.

“𝘍𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴.”

I think there is a lot of symbolism in this story. it's about a couple who want to abort the baby but aren't sure how it's going to affect them. They aren't sure if they should go with abortion or if they should have the baby. And they aren't sure of the outcome of their decision whether they will stay together or break-up.