The West vs. Coffeelands

In both Max Havelaar and Dukale's Dream the setup is to switch back and forth from the west to the coffeelands. In Dukale’s Dream the editing of the film flips

What If He is a Mirror?

Batavus Droogstoppel's character seems to be mostly about business, specifically the coffee business. The phrase “I am a coffee broker and live in a canal-side house at N°37 Lauriergracht” repeats

Max Havelaar Chapter 7 Summary

Summary Max meets the Regent and Controleur, and the interaction is very strained on Max’s part. The Regent seems to be trying too hard to make a good impression on

Coffee Factory Workers

In image forty four, there is repetition of hands working under light, and women all dressed in the same uniform that includes a hat of some sort and jacket like

The Woman carrying the Messob

The woman carrying the basket is a very interesting part of Wax and Gold because she does not have a narrated story line. In most of the clips with the

You Can’t Ban Coffee Without a Fight

The Arabic poems are from Mecca in 1511 when the Sultan was banning coffee because it caused people to have intelligent conversations, many of which were not praising the Sultan.

Creativity War Runs on Coffee

An interesting strand in Balzac’s “The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee” is the war strand. The war strand is used to explain that when writers drink coffee it gives them

Only Conduct Experiments in a Controlled Space, Please!

Sixty Cups of Coffee repeats the word truth multiple times, mostly in Rickie’s inner monologue. Rickie is searching for the truth and has become obsessed with finding the truth to

Caffeinated Persona

Synthetic personality and “from the outside in” are the most interesting because they create this idea that in modern society we create our personalities not from the inside, but from

My Name Story

The story of my first name is a little weird. I have an older sister, her name is Isabella and she is 5 years older than me. When my parents

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