Friday, July 22, 2011

Coming of Age as A Believer

"It needs a very strong faith to stand alone" (Waugh ch. 5), especially as an Catholic in aristocratic society.
In Brideshead Revisited, Charles struggles with agnosticism and Catholicism much like the royals did with Protestantism and Catholicism.
Although time continues to move forward, the shadows of the past remain.
When we can no longer believe in the lives we've built... the only thing left to believe in is God.
Something about water both cleanses and rejuvenates our spirits.

4 comments:

  1. The comments you've associated with your pictures are interesting. Coming of age as a believer is a challenge that many people struggle with.

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  2. I like how you represented the struggle between being a protestant and a Catholic by showing the different types of architecture in Hampton Court. It was really interesting to go there and see how the different religions effected the architecture.

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  3. Superb connections between the novel and the sites. And I love the framing of your images, esp the penultimate one.

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  4. I agree, the penultimate picture is a very original. Not only does the window seal represent something "we have built" but it also makes out a cross.
    Nice.

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