Obsession: Perfume, and Humanity’s Depraved Desires

“He was born scentless and senseless, he was born a scentless apprentice.” Every so often there comes a work of literature whose deep themes express the darkness of human thoughts and beg the mind to inquire into the sheer hysteria of the human psyche. Perfume, The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind, is one such book.  The story of Perfume forces the reader to … Continue reading Obsession: Perfume, and Humanity’s Depraved Desires

The Flame of Civilization: Fahrenheit 451 and the Preservation of Western Culture

“Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light a such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”  An old woman strikes a match and drops it on her kerosene-soaked books while the firemen stare in horror.  This is the America promised us in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, where the printed book is banned because it … Continue reading The Flame of Civilization: Fahrenheit 451 and the Preservation of Western Culture