Bright Dead Things By Ada Limon

There is a superstition in China known as Ke Xing which says that the baby that causes the death of her mother during child birth is considered to have something stronger than the mother's spirit, which is considered bad luck. Adeline's mother died in giving birth to her. Falling leaves is the true story of Adeline Yen Mah. It told of a person that was discriminated and emotionally abused by her family for all her life since her birth, all her life she suffered and was punished by her family from something she was innocent of and didn't do. To understand this, a brief background of her family history should be known.

The quote "Character is what you are in the dark" - Dwight Lyman Moody has a few meanings. Mostly it means that you're different when you're alone. When you're around people they are influences of some sort. If you get into a situation when you're with people you might react differently than if you were alone, resulting in a different outcome. A lot of the time people aren't their true self around friends, or family, or whoever it may be for many reasons. A big reason is they don't want to be judged. Maybe they wanna look "cool" or get popular for something. Maybe they think they'll be looked at differently for being who they truly are. So basically fear of what others think keeps us from being who we really are. Fear can make us act different,

Do you like horror books? Well if you do you’ll like this one. The book “After Dark” by James Leck, is about a boy named Charlie Harker, who has just finished school. He soon finds out that he’ll have to help renovate a old family inn his family owns. There are 252 pages in this book. ``The point of view in this book is third person objective. The genre of this book is horror.

Darkness at Noon, written by British novelist Arthur Koestler in 1940, is a criticism of Stalinism and the methods used by the Communist Party in the USSR. The novel was set in 1938 during the Stalinist Great Purge and Moscow show trials. Even though the story depicts actual occurrences, it does not specifically name either Russia or the USSR, but the characters do have Russian names while other generic terms are used to depict individuals and associations. For instance, the Soviet government is alluded to as "the Party" and Nazi Germany is alluded to as "the Dictatorship." Joseph Stalin, a terrorizing dictator, is represented by "Number One." The novel is a strong and moving picture of a Communist revolutionary caught up in the terror

The article Into the Dark Water by Lauren Tarshis is about when the most massive, high in technology, indestructible ship sunk. The Titanic of course. Also when passenger and survivor Jack Thayer shared his journey, through his writing with author Lauren Tarshis. It makes the article more intriguing to use quotes because it makes you feel as if you are on the ship on that night.

All the light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, chronicles the lives and relationship between Marie and Werner, two children who grew up in France and Germany. The society around them forces discriminatory ideals that cloud their perception of the world, but they find its meaning through their own self-definition. In this, they are both guided by a single radio and the message and legacy that it contains. Throughout the book, the author isolated the two characters, but also created subtle connections between the two. The most important of which would be the radio. It created a bond between the two where they learned from each other’s experiences and struggles. All the Light We Cannot See recreates a new picture of the world by contrasting the two separate journeys taken by Marie- Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig to gain that image, which is guided by the power of a radio and the message it contains, ultimately leading to the meeting of the two characters that officially forms an image of the world where one’s actions are valued more than one’s physical features.

In the book the complete fiction of Nella Larsen –Quicksand she referred to one particular

This report is based upon the book Dead Until Dark, written by Charlaine Harris. This book is

Live your life to its fullest, if I had to mention one thing I learned from Mary Oliver 's beautiful poem, "When Death Comes", that would be it. Specifically not letting time pass you by, or letting things like anxiety or anger control your life. The comparisons to death also help with understanding the magnitude of our mortality, and the importance of not taking each and every day for granted. With many fitting and unique metaphors I found it easy to be engaged with the poem. This leads also to a lot of relevant and surprising imagery, employing a more detailed vantage point for the reader. In "When Death Comes", Mary Oliver uses persona, metaphor, and imagery to speak not only of death, but more specifically living life to its fullest before death.

Silent Light by Carlos Reygadas is a powerful, emotional, breathtaking, and heartbreaking movie. The movie is different from a lot of Hollywood’s movies because the movie capture the life style and culture of farmers that shun most modern-day technology and live off the land. Faith, family, and time, and emotions played a big role in the movie. In Silent Light we can see how the main character was torn between his wife and mistress. They were a lot of parts that stood out to me the most which I believe can be related to society. The main character Johan was having an affair and his wife Esther knew about it even though she knew about it, she couldn’t do anything about it only accept it and try to be there

The word ‘dark’ can be defined as somber in color, simply lacking light or brightness, or in more ancient texts used to describe something evil. However, defining life has always been a tougher task for any member of the scientific community, and glossaries in textbooks across the world can vary drastically. Combine the two words, however, and an entirely new and even more complex topic exists.

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, who authored the book “Dead Souls”, weaves a narrative about a man who purchases the contracts of deceased serfs from prominent land and title holders at very little cost (Gogol, 2008). With no way to improve his poverty-stricken life, he chose to appear rich by participating in a weightless economy; he benefited from the trade of intangible goods (IE: imaginary serfs). A weightless economy is defined as: “a portion of the economy which exchanges intangible services and products, including software, databases and intellectual property” (Weightless Economy, n.d.). As knowledge has become an increasingly precious commodity, international business has shifted to orbit these kinds of trade principles. Theoretically, this cross-cultural trade would

It is not surprising that one such reconciliation between old foes is that Jew and Christian. Ludmila Ulitskaya herself is of Jewish decent but practicing Greek Orthodoxy. She also seems to belief that respect for differences can lead to a healing of historical wounds.5 That being said Evgenia Shacheglova has also stated that Ulitskaya work is all entirely permeated with Judaism. On this I cannot comment in full, but I can attest that this novel certainly follows that statement.6 The Funeral Party is an elaborate plot depicting the need and results of tolerance. These are common themes of Ulitskaya and are echoed in Daniel Stein, another one of her workd. Shcheglova has also critiqued Ulitskaya for the manner in which she presents tolerance.

“Melancholy,” written by Carina del Valle Schorske, presents the reader with the mystery of melancholy and its relation to clinical depression—a relevant, urgent issue that should indeed be addressed. However, the mystery remains unsolved as the piece progresses, and not in a way that promotes open-ended discussion.

“Death is Inevitable” by Osho is a short story that focuses on an individual coming to terms with the passing of a child. Mankind is aware that death is inevitable; however, individuals may have a difficult time accepting the passing of a loved one. The short story deals with death and the lengths an individual may go to bring a loved one back. Like the woman in “Death is Inevitable”, going on the word of Buddha, she goes from home to home looking for a family who has not had to deal with death. But, the woman is confronted by every family stating that “there is not a single house where no one has ever died, where people have not suffered death and the misery and the pain and the anguish that comes out of it” (Osho). Even though the woman has