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Observation #16
Observations about “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro: the plot *contains spoilers* This novel is written in a first-person narrative, from the perspective of Kathy H. Kathy H. grew up in Hailsham, in what seems to be a boarding school at first, but turns out to be a place in which kids are destined…
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Observation #15
Observations about our dependency on technology and Freud’s psychoanalytic theory Tonight I had a dream, nay, a nightmare, that my friend was somehow dropping my computer into the ocean. I started crying hysterically during the dream, but nobody seemed to understand why. I was trying to tell everyone around me that my computer contained all…
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Observation #14
Observations about the different shades of blue in our life As a writer, one of the things I unintentionally do, and have done for quite some time, is to create analogies. I came to Bodrum yesterday, a vacation district in the Aegean region of Turkey. I’m staying at my friend’s house, and this blog post…
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Observation #13
Observations about superstitions and the number 13 I got the idea for this blog post from it being the 13th one. The number 13 is considered unlucky in many cultures, both Eastern and Western. Oftentimes, hotels don’t even have 13th floors because people never want to stay in that floor and it’s bad for business.…
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Observation #12
Observations about luck Does luck exist? Is there such a thing as lucky people? Or do people create luck for themselves? While exploring the answers to this question, I will cite several resources and also give my own opinions as well. I will discuss both sides of the argument: that luck doesn’t exist or that…
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Observation #11
Observations about “Supermarket” part three: what I took away from it The first thing I took away from “Supermarket”, though it may not necessarily be what I needed to take away, was that life is not supposed to be taken too seriously. Because look at Flynn, he went insane because he was pressured into finishing…
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Observation #10
Observations about “Supermarket” part 2: the plot *This part contains spoilers.* So the book is basically the story of Flynn, a guy from some remote corner of Oregon who’s an aspiring writer. He always starts writing great novels and comes up with good ideas but never finishes them, which is brought to his attention by…
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Observation #9
Observations about “Supermarket” part one: how I came across the book I’m in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, with my dad and my sister. There’s this 4-story D&R which we always visit whenever we go to Ankara. Although I live in Istanbul, we often go to Ankara because it’s where my grandmother lives, where…
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Observation #8
Observations about burnout As tragic as it may sound, I can’t quite wrap my head around the fact that there are individuals who don’t experience burnout. Perhaps it’s because I’ve experienced it so much to the point to which I’ve learned to push through it (which in turn usually results in an even bigger, harder-to-get-through…
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Observation #7
Observations about simple happiness “Simple happiness” is what I like to define as a situation in which, or a person with who, you feel so at ease that whenever you’re in that situation or with that person, you feel this incredible sense of calm happiness. This calm happiness, in my experience, is one that both…
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