At the beginning of our last class, we tried to summarise what a black hole is and how it is formed. Much to the astronomers’ and physicists’ frustration, we could not fully comprehend the phenomenon of the black hole. It is necessary to understand how a black hole works and therefore, it is only right […]
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Welcome the Hillbrow… of Today
Mpe Phaswane’s Welcome to our Hillbrow was published in 2001 and in the book, the author gives a detailed description of life in the community of Hillbrow. He describes the hardships experienced by its inhabitants. However, Let us first backtrack and speak of what Hillbrow used to be and what has changed in the Hillbrow of […]
Read More →Millennium Approaches and Change Approaches
In Angels in America, the author of the play, Tony Kushner, explores many issues such as homosexuality, identity, religion, politics and ghosts. Part One of the play, “Millennium Approaches,” deals specifically with how people, especially those in America, react to homosexuality. Generally, the response is quite negative. While we all know that Joe is a […]
Read More →Dreaming About Death
Nobody knows exactly what is the purpose of dreaming. Some believe that our dreams have meaning while other believe that dreams are just our way of thinking while sleeping. The two famous psychiatrists that come to mind when we analyze dreams are Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Freud believed that our dreams are manifestations of our […]
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