Horses of the Night Second Response Horses of the Night by Margaret Laurence is the short story that I wrote my second response on. This story is about Chris‚ a young man who has massive‚ but unattainable‚ goals in his life. However‚ it’s told through the voice of young Vanessa‚ who sees the world as a child in the beginning‚ and only later grows up to understand the hopelessness that also exists. When Vanessa is six years old‚ Chris arrives at her home to attend high school in their
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Horses of the Night Essay Adversity affects individuals by the way one copes with conflicts they face through in their life. Certain circumstances represents Chris’s identity by living his life in his own fantasy world‚ in order to escape from reality. Chris faces through obstacles‚ which complicates himself from fighting against his depression. In order to avoid himself from facing reality‚ Chris dreams of his own world where he can focus on himself and fulfill his desires. In the story “Horses
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The Stone Angel‚ Margaret Laurence uses the stone angel monument to embody the qualities of Hagar . Over the course of the novel‚ Hagar reflects back on the memories that have made up her life. Hagar’s loneliness and depression are self induced and brought on by her pride‚ lack of emotion‚ stubbornness and the ignorance which she has towards anyone’s opinion but her own. The qualities of Hagar are identical with those possessed by the stone angel monument and paralleled by Laurence many times throughout
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Margaret Laurence’s symbolically titled A Bird in the House‚ follows the protagonist‚ Vanessa‚ through the retelling of her youth and the untimely death of her father‚ Ewen. Like the image of the sparrow “caught between the two layers of glass”(145)‚ Vanessa and her father are caught in the rigid confines of the never “endearing” MacLeod household. The relationship between Vanessa and her father is unable to flourish due to the repressive nature of their environment‚ but it is in how they choose
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Horses of the Night - First Stage Notes • Vanessa was 6 years old‚ and Shallow Creek was a very cold environment o "No leaves grew...breath of seals and polar bears snuffled out steamily and turned to ice" - IMAGERY • Chris was fifteen when Vanessa met him • "...let him stay at the Brick House." significance? • "...high low-sweeping spruce trees shutting out the sun with their dusky out-fanned branches." (pg 283) - IMAGERY • "At last the front screen door was hurled open and Grandfather Connor
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happiness and discourage them to escape from the reality. However‚ escaping is also a way of pursuing happiness‚ even though escaping will only provide temporary happiness and facing the reality will make true happiness possible. The short story “Horses of the Night” uses its character Chris to demonstrate the idea that individuals may escape from the miserable aspects of life to stay happy‚ however‚ individuals will compromise their ability to pursue true happiness if they escape. Throughout the story
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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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Horses of the Night Stage notes First Stage Second Stage Brick House Quite literally‚ a brick house. The location of which a lot of the story happens. Owned by Vanessa’s grandfather. “Looked huge and cool from the outside… inside it wasn’t cool at all.” Could possibly represent Grandfather Conner’s cold‚ ignorant‚ arrogant attitude and demeanor. Grandfather Connor Very aggressive‚ cold demeanor similar to the bunkhouse. Always tries to find a reason to get mad like the train being late or Grandmother
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Imagination limits reality. In “Horses of the Night”‚ Margaret Laurence suggests that attempts to live unconstrained by an uncontrollable circumstance using imagination as an escape can prove insufficient and detrimental. Chris‚ the protagonist‚ is born into the Great Depression‚ has a dream that cannot come true. Chris attempts to escape this circumstance to realize his dreams. These attempts at escape leave Chris in a broken psychological state. Chris has a dream of becoming an engineer
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Within the poem “In The Secular Night”‚ Margaret Atwood invokes a morose‚ and careless‚ and ultimately bitter character through a life of loneliness and isolation. Throughout the poem‚ the protagonist‚ seemingly a woman‚ seems to have a cloud of misery revolving around her‚ she feels “deserted” and - at “two-thirty” in the morning - feels herself start to relive a specific night of her adolescence in which she first felt lonely. The night she “lit a cigarette”‚ “cried for a while” and ultimately
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