Plotting the story: ‘Heat and Dust’

Olivia does not seem to tell Douglas about her day with the Nawab. Explain why.

In the Novelle ‘Heat and Dust’ by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala there is one scene in which Olivia and the Nawab had a picnic together. Douglas didn’t know about this event and Olivia wants to tell him about it, but it appears to be that she is not going to do it. Olivia’s explanations for not telling Douglas are less believable. Because of the fact that Douglas is very busy she had no chance of telling him at first. Allthough they are together later on she still does not tell him about it. She never managed telling the story because Douglas loved speaking about his work and she never did get round to tell him about the picnic, refering to her letter. So these reasons Olivia gives seem to be some kind of excuse. Maybe it’s because she’s an intelligent women and does not want to be controlled by Douglas all the time, so that she keeps that secret. Or perhaps she knows about the way Douglas thinks about the Nawab and is somehow afraid of telling him about the meeting. Another reason which seems to be the most appropriate is that her relation to the Nawab is based on strong feelings, maybe love, which explains her behaviour. As a result she doesn’t tell Douglas about it because she’s not sure what to expect and she’s not really sure about her feelings to both man anymore.

HH Deichtorhallen

In my opinion the trip to the museum was interesting.

I really liked some of the pictures like the one with the little man on it. Other ones like the pictures of Larry Clark however were a bit scary. But nethertheless most of the shown pictures were interesting and some sceneries like the dark room helped to understand the atmosphere in the pictures. The overall impression of the museum was good, allthough I have to critizise that it was’nt that big at all.

Oh, of course the free time afterwards was nice

Comment on Larry Clarks picture series ‘Tulsa’

Larry Clarks picture series ‘Tulsa’ shows the sexual activities and the drug use of teenagers in his Hometown Tulsa. Because of the fact that the pictures are black and white, it creates a scary and dark atmosphere. Not only that they are scary, they somehow appear to be a bit weird in my opinion. Some of them even show offensive actions: I remember one picture which shows a pice of paper where someone wrote down that he wants to kill some police man. But because at that point Larry Clark was obviously a broken man, I can comprehend his motives for making such a series of pictures. The pictures have a good quality and the viewer can easy understand the intention of them. Nethertheless I think that these pictures are a bit to scary, so that I would’nt recommened for sensitive people to watch them.

“Threatening Sky” by Ralph A. Blakelock – A description of the picture

link to the picture: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/umsdp/HN/HN011.html

In the picture we can see a landscape in a dark surrounding. The reason for this dark surrounding can only be guessed; maybe the sun sets in the picture or it’s allready night. On the left side at the bottom we can see a lake that reflects the yellow shine of the sky. The sky itself just gleams on the left side, on the other side it appears to be dark. In front of the dark side on the right side in the middle of the picture there are some trees. On the bottom still on the same side there’s land with plants and bushes. Possibly there are also two people located, but it’s hard to cognize so it can’t be said for sure.  At last in the background there are some shadows, maybe mountains or a forest.

Blakelock worked only with dark, warm colors to create a harmonic atmosphere in the picture. Allthough the scenery seems to be very calm, the trees or at least the branches look like they are moving: Because of the dark background there it somehow appears to be scary. But not only the trees seem to be moving, the yellow shine also looks like it’s going to vanish slowly. As a result, the darkness would overcome this landscape so that it even becomes more terrifying. The hint for this interpretation is given in the title “Threatening Sky”. All in all, this calm picture retrieves something scary but also appears to be harmonic at the same time.

Effing – good man or monster?

Effing is one of the main characters in ‘moon palace’. He gives Marco a job which is a great opportunity for him. But the old man is some kind of weird. He often acts strange and has some negative adjustments. But is he a monster or a good men?

I think that Effing can’t be seen neither as a good men or a monster. He’s that kind of person who had more negative than positive experiences in life and now seems to be really barred towards other people. Because of this he acts very rude and is distrustful. But I think that he also has a mild side behind his rudeness. It’s just difficult to show it for him because he’s an old man with a long, painful past. It’s not easy to follow his thoughts for others because they never experienced what he did. So of course it’s hard to interfuse to his mild side. As a result, i think we can’t say that he’s a monster or a good men. It’s more accurate to say that he’s something inbetween, for some persons like Marco more like a good man (even if that seems not so) and for others more like a monster.

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