A Certain Night Questions
Knowledge and Understanding 1. As it is quite obvious in the story, the narrator does not think that these men and women deserve to die. This is abundant when in the very last line of the story the narrator states, “when will it be light?” 2. Throughout the story, the narrator describes the communists as young, brave and handsome, although they are powerless martyrs. The narrator makes the nationalist seem “murderous looking,” and “cunning, malicious and smug.” The chief executioner has a “revolting moustache,” and an “evil voice”, as well as an “ugly and vicious face, which seemed to symbolize the cruelty of all the rulers to the oppressed.” This made it easy enough to distinguish between the
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Not only of his death, but also by showing her passion for her beliefs. 6. A major theme in the story is to stand your ground, and fight for what you believe in. In other words, be willing to die for what you stand for, but proudly. Another theme is showing the absolute cruelty of humans. It is showing the brutal behaviors humans can portray on one another.
Thinking and Inquiry 1. The tone of this story is dark and bitter. Ting Ling achieves this in the characters emotions throughout the story. This is also shown through imagery, through the gloomy vibe of the story. Ting Ling used figurative language and vivid descriptions to make the story come across as both bitter and dark. 2. The setting of the story contributes to the tone because it is set up during a dark, cold, windy, snowy night. The overall mood of the story was both gloomy and somber, which contributes to the tone I think Ting Ling was going for. Everything from the prisoners falling down in the snow, to the soldiers stomping throughout it, made the tone come alive through the text. 3. There are many different symbols throughout the story. For the chief executioner, he resembles both cruelty and oppression whereas the young poet symbolizes innocence and better reform. At the end when the prisoners are singing to their death, it shows a sense of resistance, which symbolizes the acceptance of their death. 4. The sound of trampling feet connotes punishment as a
Night is an autobiographical novella written by Elie Wiesel a young jewish boy who tells of his experiences during the Holocaust. Elie is from the small town of Sighet, Transylvania. This book begins in late 1941 and chronicles Elie's life through the end of the war in 1945.He had two older sisters, Hilda and Beatrice Wiesel and a younger sister, Tzipora Wiesel. Elie spoke many languages including Hungarian, Romanian, German and he grew up
The mood for this book is gloomy. The author wants us to feel gloomy and sad when Paul’s son won’t talk to him and cuts Paul off from his life. Paul’s son cuts Paul off by moving to Ecuador. Another example when the author makes us feel gloomy is when Paul leaves Adrienne. Paul leaves Adrienne to be with his son who he barely talks to. It makes the reader feel very sad because Paul really loved Adrienne and wanted to stay with her.
Kenia Hernandez DE English In Cold Blood 1. What is the tone of the piece in 2 examples? The tone seems to be dark and gloomy. Throughout the entire book there is a noticeable feeling of discomfort when discussing the murders and murderers.
Many stories and books have variations of tones to give the readers certain feelings to uphold. Such examples are just overwhelming tones, happy tones, and bold tones. However, how a story governs the tone accordingly and correctly determines the overall impact it has on the reader. In the passage detailing the author's excursion through Alaska, the writer employs a myriad of specific words and phrases to masterfully shape the tone, evoking a sense of awe, isolation, and adventure to understand. The author immerses the reader in the beauty of Alaska while simultaneously conveying the challenges and the rewards of exploring.
The voice when you are listening to the story is sorta dull and empty. As if the speaker is describing a daily routine, surrounded by a cold lifeless environment. However, the voice softens as the speaker relives a past memory with their late father. Showing deep affection towards his father. Similarly the voice remains light hearted as speaker mentions a supposed encounter with his father but realized it wasn’t his father. The closing at the end; the voice sounds as if the speaker prepares his dinner and sarcastically, to feel, shares the pleasure of his own loneliness.
In this poem, symbolism is used to help reader’s find deeper meaning in the little things included and show that everything comes back to the father’s fear of the child he adores growing older and more independent. “In a room full of books in a world of stories, he can recall not one, and soon he thinks the boy will give up on his father.” This sentence makes a reader assume that the story the five year old so
The dark tone of the story is established almost immediately in the piece by the writers focus on death. An example is seen by the reader at the beginning of the story with the threat of death upon any man who accepts the challenge of the trying to figure out where the princesses go. This immediate focus on the intense subject of death establishes a dark and almost nerve wracking threat of dying. This tone is then furthered by the description of one suitors failure to stay awake throughout the night and when he fails to give an answer his head was chopped off. Through the intense tone of death established at the beginning of the story, the reader experiences a dark tense feeling while reading through the
11. The weather and Mr. White’s behavior bring a dull and gloomy mood to the beginning of the story. The Whites are located in a remote location away from people, which gives the story a secluded feeling. The cold and rainy weather creates a gloomy and eerie feeling. Mr. White is disappointed that he did not win the game of chess, which gives the story a downbeat
Throughout the whole story, a very bleak mood is portrayed. The setting contributes to this gloominess. For example, the weather is awful. James, seeing how cold it was, said, “I seen the smoke coming out o’ the cow’s nose.” Later he says, “The sleet keep falling. Falling like rain now- plenty, plenty.” Once James turns up his collar to protect himself
Repetition at the end of each stanza is effectively used to reinforce the message to fight back against death. The son implores his father to hang on any way he can and begs him to use joy or tears or anger to remain in this life. Other men, be they wise or frivolous, serious or
“Acquainted with the night” by Robert Frost, gives an example of something so common in the modern world. However, in 1928 many people did not talk nor recognize the effects that depression had on a person. This poem gave something taboo a voice and turned it into a feeling.
When I first read Night first thing that came to mind was the story seem more of a tragedy. However, I wanted to challenge myself and find humor in what I was reading, a genre that I am not familiar with in regards to writing. I looked at the words and read them differently, with a sense of humor, to me the author seem like was mocking her father, (Pokrass, n.d.).
The darker auditory imagery helps to emphasize the inner conflict of the girl protagonist, whereas the laughing imagery continues to demonstrate the nostalgia and joy the protagonists experience in the woods. When describing the air/atmosphere of the forest, I used the adjectives frosty, blue, and gold multiple times in different parts of the story. While frosty and blue have colder connotations, gold is a warmly connotated word, and the sensory feeling perceived is of being cold, but then warming up, which is also seen in the characters in their personalities throughout the narrative. As frosty and gold are antonyms in this sense, this helps to employ the feeling of something turning into the opposite, specifically the protagonists’
What is going on during the time period of your book? (war, drought, excess of money, prejudices, political unrest, etc.)
It was the second night of the stars covering me like a cape and the definite smell of the wilderness filling my nose. The darkness of the night was a crow that swooped down and surrounded the backdrop of Haliburton forest that was illuminated just hours earlier. All of the vibrantly painted trees were turned into ghostly silhouettes and the cabins that lined the street disappeared, victim of the darkness. The light that came through the gap between the window and the curtain tried to open my eyes like a crowbar prying open my shut lids. The stars were like effulgent slivers of silver that freckled the spill of ink that was the sky and engulfed the burning trees of bonfire reds and golds. The lively capriccio and leaf-carpeted floor of the forest were hushed by the night. The darkness melted the day like the sea melts castles of sand. I turned on my side, the warmth of my sleeping bag making me flushed. I felt the heat rising underneath my eyes and I looked around the cabin. Right above me was a wooden plank however it looked just like a contour to me, just like most of the other things in the room. Right beside me was a window which had its curtain slightly agar so I could see the stars outside. On the right was a lone, empty wooden shelf and beside it, another bunk bed where my friends Alyana and Erica were sleeping. Anavi was sleeping above me and her snoring resonated in the room, but that wasn't what was keeping me awake. A certain restlessness was taking over me and