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Hello everyone! I am inviting you to discuss at will the various elements you are encountering in the Heart of Darkness. This site has been set up for the senior class of Corona del Mar HS, but is open to anyone with ideas/questions to share with us! Welcome, and happy blogging!:p
Just to get everyone started..:
"The fascination of the abomination..." What does this mean to you?
"A fascination of the abomination..." means to me that they are captivated by the ruins or of a destruction that they see. When I read this, I think of how accidents allure people into seeing them, and even when it's so horrible to look at it, it'll still interest people.
"The facination of the abomination. . . " to me means that destruction always attracts a crowd. Even at human's begininnings, we have been drawn to destruction, anger and torture. The Romans even turned it into a sport. I think that at this point we cannot get away from the desire to see things go wrong.
"Fascination of the abomination..." Well, I think this means that we are all interesed and fascinated by destruction. People are drawn especially to the people who have fallen from grace. It's interesting to learn about great leaders who once had it all: power, influence, and wealth. It's even more interesting to learn about how they failed.
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I think that people have a fascination of abomination, because humans have a tendacy to be drawn toward things that are horific, sad, or destructive; we like seeing the bad becuase it makes us more greatful that we are not in the same situation. This concept is very similar to the explanation of why people like watching drama, or why some people make their lives more dramatic than they need to be.
"A fascination of abombination" means to me something that is fascinated by something or someone that is disliked or horrific. An example of this would be war. Even though it is disliked throughout the United States we still are interested in what is happening in Iraq.
:ladysman: I totally agree that people are drawn toward things that are not effecting them but are fasinating in the fact that they are either dramatic, horrific, or scandalous. A car accident is a good example of this because when an accident occurs all the people driving by slow down and stare because curoisty is a overpowering feeing. They don't necessarily care about the poeople involved, but rather are facinated by whats going on.
This person is completely fascinated in the ruins and destruction of what he is seeing. As difficult as it may be to look at a tragic scene, you can't help but to look. Drama and tragedy interests people, it's a break from the normal everyday life and when you get a chance to see it, you want to know all about it.
To me this portrays the abomination of native life led by the imperilizing whites the power and position that the whites have obtained the fascination of Africa and its rich resources and the power they uphold over the natives, they are fascinated by their different way of life. The blacks may also be fascinated by the white machine the direction it is taking Africa not realizing the abominal destruction that lay ahead.
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"The fascination of the abomination"- means that people find some kind of excitement out of bad things that happen such as car accidents, people getting hurt in sports, wars, etc. I beileve today that we care more about making ourself be happy than carrying about what really happens. We get curious and drive by a car accident when someone could really be hurt and doesn't want to be bothered. yaaaa i said it
"Fascination of the abomination..." it shows us how we humans are interested and almost fascinated by destruction and grief. I think the media and the news are a big part of it because they show almost nothing but bombings in iraq, shootings in LA, all kinds of tragedies and it seem to intrigue every1.
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"The facination of Abomination" Means that something is distructive yet interesting. Pearl Harbor was a horrible incident although today the public is still very interested in what happened.
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I think that people have a fascination of abomination, because humans have a tendacy to be drawn toward things that are horific, sad, or destructive; we like seeing the bad becuase it makes us more greatful that we are not in the same situation. This concept is very similar to the explanation of why people like watching drama, or why some people make their lives more dramatic than they need to be. To me this portrays the abomination of native life led by the imperilizing whites the power and position that the whites have obtained the fascination of Africa and its rich resources and the power they uphold over the natives, they are fascinated by their different way of life. The blacks may also be fascinated by the white machine the direction it is taking Africa not realizing the abominal destruction that lay ahead.
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This person is completely fascinated in the ruins and destruction of what he is seeing. As difficult as it may be to look at a tragic scene, you can't help but to look. Drama and tragedy interests people, it's a break from the normal everyday life and when you get a chance to see it, you want to know all about it.
:bawling: will anyone be my friend??? ha ha
:wave: "The Fascination of the Abomination..." The fascination of abomination to me means someones powerful attraction to a disgusting or vile action or being. I think that the human race as a whole is attracted to things that spark interest and emotion no matter the content . Car accidents, terrorist attacks and outrageous stunts are all abominable actions that although bad, spark an interest to look at.
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I think that the fascination of abomination means that people are interested in the downfall of others
I agree, people tend to want things that have dramatic conclusions. By being attracted to abomination, the result will be horrific.
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Originally Posted by Yvonne Sturgeon
In my opinion, the fascination of abomination means that we are in love with seeing destruction and disaster. It fascinates us to see people get killed in movies, and the way various things get destroyed. :flare: :flare: :flare:
I think that it shows a lack of humanity of the people at the stations.
"The facination of Abomination" means that everyone is fascinated to things that are either destructive or sad, and they are interested in what is happening. Usually when it does not involve them.
'the fasination of abomination' means that people today or really in any day in age are fasinated with evil; evil people, events, etc.
you can't help but look away when you see a serious car crash or even watching the news about the war that is going on right now
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To me, "facination of the abomination..." means the interest of being dislike or dislike something or interest of intense aversion or loathing. The interest of a vile, shameful or detestable act.
The fascination of abomination means that people are interested in our dark side the evil and the violent.:smash: :brow:We are interested in how bad things could be and this makes us feel better about our lives.:crash: :flare: :bawling: :rage:
I feel that "[t]he fascination of the abomination" comes from man's obsession with what he loathes. Such is evident in times of war, for example, where we as Americans, heavily scrutinize every action and cultural aspect of a county that we are at war with. Also, man may find solace in seeing others' abominable actions because they may in response feel better about their less destructive manner.
I think the fascination of abomination means people want horific and destructive things. We know that those things are bad but we are attract to those things because they are scenes that we saw many times. :yawnb: :( :lol: :flare: ;) :alien: :idea: :p :bawling: :sick: :thumbs_up :blush: :crash: :)
the fascination of abomination means to me that as humans we find that disaster and destruction amuzing. i think that humans have a desire to to see the mental and physical results from distruction. i beleive that the human emotion of pain is one of the least understood emotions and i think that people are amused as well as intrigued by how people react to pain. Also society enjoys seeing the animal like instincts of humans when put in a situation. for example look at reality t.v. watching people try to survive is so interesting.
I believe that the fascination of abomination refers to how humans are amused and interested in death. We accept death much more openly as a result of our violent television shows, video games, etc. Humand have become less sensitive towards people's pain and lack emotion towards death.Today, our society accepts violence mush more openly and we tend to apply the "Eye for an eye" mentality towards just about everything. Humans today have become desensitized and lack compassion towards others.
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I think that "fascination of the abomination" means that people are drawn in by the outcome of things that are destructive. For example which happens almost everyday, when people get into an accident there is an effect that many call "rubbernecks" because they see the accident and want to know about it. It seems that if the accident is worse people are even more fascinated. This can relate to the novel in relation to the trade circuit and the lack of interest in the natives. :flare: :alien: :crash: :D :( :yawnb: :sick: :idea: :thumbs_up :blush: :p :D
I believe that the "fascination with abomination" refers to mankind's natural tendency to be drawn to all things horrific, troubling, gruesome, etc. This fascination has existed in the past and it is something that we will continue to experience. We can relate this "fascination with abomination" back to the Ancient Romans, a civilization that delighted in war and made sport of bloody Gladiator fights. Today, people pack theaters to see bloody, graphic movies such as Saw and Hostel. We are all guilty of slowing down neary a car accident, hoping to catch a glimpse of the driver's/passenger's misfortune.
Essentially, the discourse of primitivism and degeneracy reverses the idea of evolution; it deconstructs the ethos of the improving spirit of the times.
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shows the animal-like characteristics of man, and how man is supposed to be the highest of all mammels, yet he still developes the qualities and actions of wild beasts. *shrugs*