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THE DELUGE by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Following on the success of With Fire and Sword, this second book of the classic Sienkiewicz Trilogy thunders across the vast historical canvas of Eastern Europe in the 17th Century, and its great human message of war, struggle, love, betrayal and redemption rings just as powerfully today as it did when it was first published in Polish in 1886.
The Deluge is a literary masterpiece, almost unknown today outside its native country, that sweeps across the plains and forests of Poland, Lithuania and Prussia in an epic tale of treasons, faith, selfishness, sacrifice and heroic valor, set against the bloody background of the Swedish invasion of 1655-1657, in an uncanny parallel to the events of our own decade, when an exploited and exhausted Poland threw off the yoke of foreign domination, reacquired its freedom, and opened the doors to liberty in East and Central Europe. Told by a master storyteller who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905, this scorching tale of battles, passions, and intrigues is the structural and thematic heart of the Trilogy, Poland’s most enduring and popular prose epic. Like the other two books of the Sienkiewicz Trilogy, The Deluge not only depicts vital historical events but mirrors a people’s soul. It is a masterful blend of history and imagination that shows whole nations as well as individuals caught up in earthshaking events and fighting for their lives, and rediscovering themselves through their own commitments.
A new cast of fictional and historical heroines and heroes joins the unforgettable characters of With Fire and Sword, brought to life with a depth seldom found in historical fiction. There is the turbulent and self-willed Andrei Kmita, misled into treason, who triumphs over his enemies as well as himself; the beautiful and thoughtful Olenka whose decency and goodness confound a treacherous villain and inspire the hero; the valiant Father Kordetzki who defends Poland’s holiest shrine and wakens the conscience of a nation; the tragically ambitious Prince Yanush Radzivill and his ruthless cousin, Prince Boguslav, who betray their country; and dozens of others. As in all three novels of the Trilogy, The Deluge dazzles with a gallery of Kings, chancellors, generals, magnates, mercenaries, brave soldiers, heroic spiritual leaders and other historical figures who created the era in which this book is set. Rich in action, drama, humor, faith and simple wisdom, they are part of one human experience, not confined to any single nation; as thrilling, true and challenging today as in their own time, and vital to our understanding of the new Europeans.
First put into 19th Century English more than 100 years ago, and now largely forgotten in the western world, The Deluge comes brilliantly back to life in this rich new adaptation directly from Polish, made by a Polish-born American novelist for the modern reader, and it illuminates the national character of the extraordinary people who are now taking center stage in a free and democratic Europe.
A spin-off series about the man, Frank Castle, who was introduced as an antagonist/villain in Daredevil Season 2, known for his brutal crimes but haunted by a tragic past. He is a man full of rage and hatred, but he has his sensitive moments, particularly when he is around a character called Karen Page, of whom brings out his lighter side. The director and actors described the pair as being the only two in the series who can truly understand and show their real selves to each other, coming from similar places (much like Rey and Kylo). Similar to Kylo Ren, Frank has done some very dark things in the past under the command of somebody else, having been treated like a weapon, which he struggles to cope with.
Before watching this series, I would definitely recommend watching Netflix’s Daredevil first, so you can see how he (and Karen) are introduced and how they meet each other. All the other ‘hero’ characters in the series judge Frank’s actions and call him ‘unhinged’ while the media constantly demonizes him. Karen is the one to understand and defend him. I think Frank and Karen’s relationship is a great example of how two people can start out on opposing sides, pointing guns at each other, to bonding over their similarities until they realize they find belonging in one another.
Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that “love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer… .” A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune.
Maria’s despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness—sexual pleasure for its own sake—or risking everything to find her own “inner light” and the possibility of sacred sex, sex in the context of love.
So when I went to the theater and saw The Force Awakens for the first time, I was excited, but not too
much. I was expecting lightsabers, desert planets and unrealistic space
battles, but beyond that my expectations were tempered. My mindset was
basically “so long as it’s not as bad as The Prequels, I’ll consider it a success,”
and TFA definitely was. But – and
this is a big but – it was more than that, too. The longer I watched the movie
– the longer I watched Kylo and Rey interact – the more excited I became. I
could barely sit still. All I could think was oh my god. Oh my god, they’re Bastila and Revan. They’re the same.
There’s so many similarities between the two there’s no way this echoing was not intentional.
What follows is an essay-length, in-depth, somewhat
disjointed comparison between the two, as I try to order my thoughts. It’s
actually a continuation of this thread. Major, major spoilers after the jump, for KotOR and TFA and the Expanded Universe (seriously, don’t click past the jump if you
want to keep one or the other a surprise – I basically spoil everything). I’ll
be focusing primarily on KotOR I, because that’s the equivalent of where Kylo
and Rey are in terms of character development, but there will be a bit of KotOR
II in this as well.
Monsters and Villains 