“‘My new game‚ as you so appropriately call it‚ is a circus’” (Morgenstern 76). ~This marks the beginning of The Night Circus or Le Cirque des Réves. “The card inside is not a note of sympathy nor a condolence for her loss. It contains no greeting. No signature. The handwritten words across the paper read: Your move” (Morgenstern 80). ~The card was in response to the “death” of Celia’s father; this is the beginning of the “challenge” that will act as the antagonist throughout the book. “‘I suggest
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In these two poems‚ Cheng expresses worries about the way people neglect the importance of the environment and how the progress of industrialization is insuppressible‚ not even nature is spared. “Report to Wordsworth” is a negative view on mankind’s harm to nature‚ the causes and results of pollution; it was written with a tone of desperation and Cheng’s attempt to seek help from Wordsworth to inform him about the problem with the world today. “The Planners” highlights the importance of preserving
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the novel Queen of the Night by J. A. Jance presents a fascinately mystery story. It starts with the Queen of the Night flower blossoming in the Arizona every summer. It’s a sacred event commemorated throughout the Tohono O’odham Nation. However this summer the couple Jack and Abby Tennant had a shocking surprise that interrupted their special viewing of the Queen of the Night flower. The surprise had been Abbey’s son‚ which would have been a welcoming accounts if the night hadn’t ended with the Tennant’s
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may backfire and hurt us. It’s a fear that comes naturally because we all know that we are too trivial to gain control over the world. In the poem “The Story”‚ Karen Conelly examined the confrontation between insignificance and vastness and conveyed the idea that human’s deepest fear is the fear of being consumed by things he does voluntarily. The poem is highly metaphorical and symbolic. The story‚ on the surface‚ really is about swimming in the ocean alone. However‚ as we readers examine further
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“A Night Divided” is a historical nonfiction story. It is set in 1961‚ when East and West Berlin were separated by the Berlin Wall. Because of the Cold War and the East’s poverty‚ everyone was shifting over to West Berlin. East Berlin GDR (German Democratic Republic) didn’t like losing their population‚ so they built a wall to keep people in. Many people tried to escape from the East Side‚ but few made it. This book is the story of a separated family that had the courage‚ and bravery to find each
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Acting Critiques of What of the Night? In the play “What of the Night?”‚ I found the character Rainbow and Ray most compelling. The character Rainbow was played by Mo Rodvanich. Rainbow grew up poor somewhere in the Southwest‚ and finally made it to an Eastern city when she grew older in 1958. In scene two‚ she met her lover who was sick and required medicine to get better. Being poor that she was‚ Rainbow had to steal to afford the price of the medicine. Rainbow risked being caught and proceeded
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death Onomatopoeia “BOOM” This is an onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound of a gunshot. This helps the poem become more lively and interesting by this use of onomatopoeia as you can hear the gunshot which correlates with death. Furthermore‚ this bluntly states the theme which is that drugs kill people and helps the theme become more impactful. This also helps set the mood of the poem which would be frightful as when you hear the “BOOM” you will imagine a gun shot. Allusion Explicit “Drugs
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people are not familiar with the book Tender is the Night‚ most of them do know and have read the book the Great Gatsby. Just like the Great Gatsby‚ Tender is the Night was also written by Fitzgerald in way to reflect the society during the Roaring Twenties. For people who read both books‚ they tend to do a lot of comparison when reading through. Familiar with Fitzgerald’s way of writing a tragic story‚ much of people expect the novel Tender is the Night to contain the same dark and depressing component
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The story “Horses of the Night” centers the theme of depression. The story is told from Vanessa’s point of view‚ a 6 year old girl‚ who idolizes her cousin Chris‚ a teenager who comes to live with them to complete his high school. Vanessa grows closer to Chris during his stay. He would talk to her about his life goals or occasionally also talk about his “beautiful” hometown. She describes Chris as a handsome boy who is very creative‚ entertaining and a dreamer. She admired the little things about
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In the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas‚ expresses his thoughts on how old dying men should not give up and just accept their fate of death. Instead he persists that they fight back and “rage‚ rage against the dying of the light”(line 1). He wants them to put up a struggle and not just simply roll over and take what is given to them. This poem meant a lot to me as I have a dying grandfather and Thomas has a dying father so I understand where his emotions are coming from
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