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    Night Report The book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ is about the journey a teenage boy name Elie. Elie wrote this book about how he survived the holocaust. From the beginning we know he survived long enough to tell the stories about the terrible things man has put other man through. Elie changes a lot throughout the book. His religion‚ family‚ and his perspective on life changes drastically. Religion has a big role in this book. Elie was a very religious jew. Being jew was the reason he was taken to the

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    About the poem – The poem was anthologized in Collected Poems (1952 – 1988). It is one of the first poems of Ezekiel and presents a scary picture of the superstition ridden India where an insect is given monstrous dimensions. It carries Ezekiel’s stringiest of satires against the many maladies that affect the Indian society. Not to mention it also explores the ever benign love of a mother for her child‚ which in itself is a conspicuous feature of Indianness. Analysis of the poem – Apparently

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    making on a field. My hero was born to be the greatest ‚ he was born to entertain people and to make them happy. My hero is the best at whatever he does on a field. My hero is a soccer player and his name is Lionel Andres Messi. Messi is the greatest player of all time‚ because of the skills he possesses. In contrast‚ Messi has one of the greatest history of all time. Lionel Messi was born on June 24‚ 1987‚ in Rasario‚ Sante‚ Argentina. He started playing soccer when he was five years old. Moreover

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    The contrast between light and dark in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare comes up a lot in the play. Juliet is often compared to light‚ as Romeo compares her to the brilliant light of the torches and tapers‚ which illuminate Capulet’s great hall when first seeing her (I.IV). Romeo is often compared to darkness‚ as he creates an artificial night for himself because of his unrequited love. Juliet is the light that free him from his darkness. As has been noted‚ Romeo becomes emotional because

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    Night Study Guide Answers 1. Who was Moshe the Beadle? Moshe was the caretaker at the Hasidic synagogue. 2. What does Wiesel tell the reader of Moshe? He was poor and lived humbly. He was physically awkward and a dreamer who could appear to be so insignificant as to almost disappear. 3. How does Wiesel describe himself as a boy of 12? He was a serious student of religion who studied the Talmud during the day and prayed at night. 4. How does Wiesel describe his father? He was a

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    At the beginning of the story‚ dark imagery is prominent and is commonly combined with a gloomy event to portray Mikage’s feelings. When her grandmother passes away‚ she describes her experience and feelings of loneliness similar to “the blackness of the cosmos” (Kitchen). This demonstrates the vulnerability of humans and how it can lead to a person referring to an experience with “blackness” (Kitchen). Using this imagery‚ Yoshimoto is able to produce a vivid picture of darkness with the exception

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    “Why should I do this?” In “Traveling through the Dark”‚ William E. Stafford analyzes these types of situations in the poem as he mentions a character’s journey through the Wilson River road. Traveling through the dark is a story about a driver who is faced with a tough decision on one quiet and dark night. The driver‚ who is never specified as a he or she‚ travels through the dark on the Wilson River road where he stumbles upon a dead deer who was blocking part of a narrow road. The main character

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    understood. He knew in his heart something was off about the world and knew nobody in his town would believe how he felt even if he tried. Christophe liked anything that invloved solving mysteries‚ it was what intrigued him. He had a knack for solving the most complex problems. Every night he would quietly sit alone in an empty corner of his bedroom in order to find clues about how he was feeling‚ but he could never quite put his finger on what it was. Once he

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    Civilization Medieval Science by Dr. Jack Sanders book summary The Dark Ages are a part of a longer period known as the middle Ages that continued to 1500AD. Both ages emphasize the effect of an age on European civilization. Science was thought to have vanished from the world’s progress and scientific understanding was easy to miss during the middle ages. Obstructions of European science and reason during the dark ages simply stopped even though many developments in Europe would prove to

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    “Let there be dark” is an article published by the Los Angeles TImes by Paul Bogard that speaks about the hazards of lighting up night skies. Bogard worries “we are rapidly losing nights natural darkness” and argues that not only does lack of natural darkness affects our worlds pollution but also our country’s economy as we waste “energy” and “dollar”. We are also slowly losing the capability of producing melatonin a key hormone in providing a healthy body. WIth the use of the three rhetorical figures

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