The Eastern culture which is very contrast in the way of thinking with the Western culture creates kinds of misleading interpretation regarding to habitual activities of both sides. Undoubtedly, the two cultures are met in the process of Archipelago colonization. In The Counselor, a short story written by Herman Jan Friedericy, we can see the [...]

Katanya, sejarah dimulai sejak manusia mengenal tulisan. Itu berarti, ketika kita menulis, kita sedang menulis sejarah, karena sejarah pun ada karena tulisan. Lalu, bagaimana dengan kejadian-kejadian yang tidak tertulis? Apakah itu tidak termasuk kedalam sejarah? Tapi apakah ada kejadian yang tidak tertulis itu? Apakah ada ketidakadaan itu? Ketika kita menyebutkan sesuatu yang tak ada pun, [...]

Church or vicarage or anything that related to religion should contain something to teach people about good moral. However, in Sage’s Bad Blood we can see that the author perceives church not as a place which full of good deeds, but a place full of hypocrisy. This reflection will talk about on how the autobiography [...]

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Women’s perspective on facing problems has become an immense question since ages. In order to analyze it, a psychoanalysis approach can be used. By using a psychoanalysis approach, we can identify mental disorder “by investigating the interaction conscious and unconscious elements in the mind” (Barry 2002: 96). This paper will discuss on how the writers [...]

The distinction between female and feminine (or sex and gender) leads us to determine the role of the two aspects constituting the human being. The distinction also creates a question whether if the two aspect can be separated or not in a person of a human as an individual. According to Moi (1898) the term [...]

Reading an autobiography to me is like reading the writer’s diary. The writer tells his perspective about everything he sees mentally and physically. Because of that, the confusion whether the story is fact or fiction comes into being. Autobiography is formed by the memoirs of the writer. In writing autobiography, the writer unconsciously will write [...]

The sign signs nothing, but nothingness is another thing.