Escaping from the reality‚ Margaret Laurence utilizes the short story “Horses of the Night” to establish the struggle Chris had between his imagination and the reality of his own world. The battles he had among himself demonstrates that sometimes life creates an illusion to allow people to explore through the wrong ideas. Vanessa’s perspective of Chris going through his life in Manawaka‚ and living in Shallow Creek had a big differentiality. He remodeled his real life situations into his dreams‚
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Personal Response: Horses of the Night In the short story‚ "Horses of the Night"‚ the author‚ Margaret Laurence‚ discusses the idea of escaping reality. Chris‚ the male protagonist‚ is the character who is trying to escape reality. Chris is a young man who is struggling with life‚ and in order to escape his life‚ he dreams up his own world where anything can happen. Chris doesn’t understand reality‚ and he doesn’t want to be a part of it either. In the story it seems like certain things don’t
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“Horses of the Night” by Margaret Laurence 1. Who is the narrator of the story? How old is she at the start of the story? What is her age at the end of the story? Discuss the reliability of the narrator. 2. Go back through the story looking for examples of foreshadowing. 3. Discuss the shifts that occur in the setting of the story. 4. Why does Chris hesitate to believe in God? 5. Discuss the significance of the following names used in the story: a. Chris b
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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 - 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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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 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 by Margaret Laurence -Chris (15)and Vanessa(6) -Manawaka -"I detested the fact that I was so young" -Chris creates his own fantasy world (ranch‚ racing horses etc.) He tries to sell magazines‚ vacuum cleaners even when he knows he won’t make it to university. He can’t face reality. Also‚ when there is conflict he ignores it and it seems like he doesn’t even notice it. He holds a fantasy in his mind that seems real to him -In Shallow Creek‚ when Vanessa sees the horses is
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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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