Life's Funny...Only When It's Being Made Fun of in Literature: A Handful of Dust

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

A Handful of Dust

I'm currently reading "A Handful of Dust" by Evelyn Waugh [copyrighted in1934 originally]. This book summary is about the English life where it generally talks about a marriage where the wife is bored with her marriage who becomes a social parasite.

In the first chapter it is mainly focused on Beaver. He is from a well known family although he isn't rich. He isn't very well liked either.

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I think this movie goes really well with what my theme is:

Zeitgeist Movie

I think if there's a movie thats essential to your knowledge, this is it. It characterizes the American culture with three main themes: myth of god, country, and prosperity. It has a wide range of topics included and it is very informative. It is divided mainly into three different parts.

The first part: The Greatest Story Ever Told
Second: The World's A Stage
Third: Don't Mind the Men Behind The Curtain.

"Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told Part I evaluates Christian beliefs established in the Bible and critiques the historicity of the Bible. In furtherance of the Jesus myth hypothesis, this part argues that the historical Jesus is a literary and astrological hybrid,^[4] and that the Bible is based on astrological principles documented by many ancient civilizations, especially pertaining to movement of the sun through the sky and stars.
Part II: All The World's a Stage Part II asserts that the United States was warned about the impending September 11, 2001 attacks, that NORAD was purposely confused through wargames to allow the planes to reach their targets, and that the World Trade Center buildings underwent a controlled demolition. Additionally, the film argues that some of the named hijackers are still alive, that Hani Hanjour could not have flown Flight 77 into the Pentagon, that the Bush Administration covered up the truth in the 9/11 Commission Report, and that the mainstream media has failed to ask important questions about the official account.

Part III: Don't Mind The Men Behind The Curtain Part III asserts that the powerful bankers of the world have been conspiring for world domination and increased power. According to the documentary, the rich of society have been using their wealth to increase financial panic and foster a consolidation of independent competing banks. The film details the Theory of Electronic Conspiracy that the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, was created in order to steal the wealth of the nation. It showcases the amount of money that has been made by these rich few during World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War and now the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It describes the goal of these bankers as world power over a completely controllable public.^[2]"

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Should watch it.

Life's Funny...Only When It's Being Made Fun of in Literature

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

A Handful of Dust

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