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Lakewood – A review

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Fantastic Mr. Fox – A Review

It is once again the season of traveling. I knew I would be stuck in a car for two hours, so I decided to read something light or listen. Libby app had some beautiful collections, and apparently, I chose this tale by Roald Dahl. It took only an hour to listen to the entire book.
Fantastic Mr. Fox was witty, short, and very Roald Dahlly (if I may use such an audacious term).
The tale is about Fantastic Mr Fox and his family. It was about a clever fox outwitting three mean men. Children can certainly learn many things from the book. It talked mainly about family, teamwork, never giving up, and, of course, helping others out.
What I liked about Mr. Fox was that he planned things before he executed them. He also tried to help the beavers and rabbits. He was Fantastic without a doubt.
I would give around 4/5 for this beautiful tale.

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The Road to Urbino- Roma Tearne(Summary)

Roma Tearne is a wonderful novelist who brings out the issues in Sri Lankan fiction and the problems of the Tamil diaspora in Britain. The Road to Urbino is about a journey towards redemption. It could be seen as a journey to a place, and also to a psychological place. Ras, the protagonist, is a Tamilian who migrated to Britain for fear of his life. His mother and father had died early, but he, along with his brother Sam, moved to London. And they started their lives. Ras falls in love with Helen and he starts a family. He has a daughter named Lola. However, the ghosts of Sri Lanka haunt him and his mother’s memory comes like a recurring concept, but once he had come to Britain, he focused most of his time on his art, while his brother, on the other hand, focused much on Tamil liberation, and he was part of the funding.

But unfortunately, as the story goes on, we understand that he had a daughter called Lola, but the story is mostly a narration by his barrister, Elizabeth. And also, another character called Alex is narrating the story to the barrister. Elizabeth is trying to get the story out of Ras and Alex to have a complete understanding of a trial (only later in the story do we come to know what happened) and to reduce the trial period for Ras. Ras had somehow robbed the great artwork of the flagellation of Christ.

and now he has been sentenced to jail during this time. However, the story is narrated well by both Alex and Ras. So Alex is also with the girl named Delia. But eventually, she falls in love with an art researcher and professor called Charles. Charles and Delia have their own family. And Alex starts a family with Elena, but it doesn’t work out. Throughout the narration, Alex obsesses about Delia. But tragically, what happens is that Charles and Delia have a child called Matt, and he dies in a bomb blast. (A mine planted during the Second World War)

Charles, by the end, has an affair with Lola, who we already know is the daughter of Ras. And so the cycle completes, all these characters meeting at different points in time. But the overall idea of this novel is simple: connecting things, and the father also takes that role. The girl also takes the role, but they see things differently. For him, the country, the problems of Sri Lanka, were so great that he had to show the world by stealing a famous artwork, and Lola didn’t bother because she was not identifying herself with the Sri Lankans. But she identified with the white people. And she had a theory that Britain shouldn’t become more multicultural. She wanted it to become a mixed race.

Finally, after 8 years, Ras was released for his crime, and Lola started to take a serious role in British politics. Lola makes up her mind to forgive her immigrant father, who abandoned her when she was a small kid. I liked the writing style, and so 3.8/4 for this novel. For more reviews click here.

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Cooking is the best art

It is true that cooking can make life peaceful, but I am not sure about it as well. In families, cooking is always assigned to Women, which is sad and unfortunate. But men also seem to cook well when women are not at home. I think this is a bias that they carry that women must do all the work.
Anyway, these are my thoughts on cooking.

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What are you doing this week?

L- https://www.mfmpod.com/the-easiest-wa...

R- The Millionaire Fastlane.

W- Writing my Research. 

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Fenyman technique to learn faster

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Visit from the Muse

I sit quietly trying to focus on my work

Her memories knock gently

Louder they become, stopping my thoughts.

She enters in, and lies on my shoulder first

Then looks at my eyes like she had never seen a man.

Holding my hands until darkness spreads from my pen

The Angel has left me with a bitter sour.

She made love in the meadows

and birthed some heartbreaking songs

Then she left the place without a choice

I wailed and waited

Disguised as friend she approached me many times.

The memories like crumbling palace of the Dream Lord

Held me in prison cell.

Powerless, I watched as she rode away with brand new jewels

with some new Prince from afar.

Hoping Time would heal, and drown all these wounds

I travel on My Lord’s narrow way

Lost Love is a small price to pay.

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WOOP Method for Goal Setting.

WOOP method

WOOP method

There are plenty of methods to achieve goals, and none of them will work if we don’t work them. Read on to find out more.

-Wish

A wish is something that you desire to achieve in your life. It can be anything that you strongly desire.

Outcome

Next, write down what are the benefits of achieving this wish. Is it simply a way to show off before others, or really a meaningful want for your life.

Obstacle

Any wish is bound to have some kind of obstacle. List out all the obstacles that you are most likely to face. This is a realistic way of approaching goals.

Plan

Plan in detail. In a year how you are going to achieve this. In 6 months’ time, what is the plan? 3 month? monthly, weekly, and daily.

This is a simple approach to goal setting. Try out a simple wish and see how it goes. And remember the process is more important than simply trying. Start today.

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Mole on her neck – poetry

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The Road- Review by Ronald Hadrian

The Road by Cormac Macarthy begins in the midst of the narrative when a man and a kid are stuck in a deserted area in search of food and shelter, but their departure is hampered by the weather, and the survivors. 

And the narrator is sometimes in the third person, while other times he is a mirror of the two primary protagonists. That is the child, as well as the man. In this narrative, no identities are mentioned. There are also relatively few people in the narrative. Some lost travelers, survivors, and cannibals. Aside from that, there are relatively few individuals alive in particular villages. Many of them were killed due to the nuclear calamity, and it eventually speaks about the end-of-the-world scenario. However, this is a tale for ourselves about what happens once a catastrophe occurs.

So this might be classified as dystopian literature, or post-dystopian fiction, and how these folks survive the nuclear calamity that has wiped off the whole human population. So, while the Voice is referenced in the third person, their ideas and actions make a very solid claim in the voice of the narrator. 

The structure is a little unusual because there are no quote marks. The screenplay is crafted in such a way that, aside from the breaks, there is no other evidence of a dialogue being uttered. The panicked individuals, the vacant highways, and the murderous lot were all shown very effectively in the detailed path. McCarthy does a terrific job in his use of plain writing in the style that is typical of the era. There aren’t many literary devices that employ a chronological plot with the beginning, middle, and finish, and of course, dreams are used as flashbacks at times. Similarly, if this is deemed as Literature, it will undoubtedly be listed with 1984, although it may not be one of the beloved novels of the century, it will be regarded as one of the most significant sections of the future though. I liked this book a lot and would rate it four out of five stars. There are also several study proposals, such as examining the psychological and relational influence of the Father and Son, as well as moving forward with compassion and preparedness.

For the video review, watch it here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eehVZ...

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