The SHADOW Bfore: A Review

First, Werner had an atypical childhood. Werner lived at an orphanage called Children’s House in Zollverien, a mining town, with

Whenever he had a part where he felt his relationship was in trouble, he would change his voice to the universal “guy going through relationship crisis” voice. You would here is voice quake and soften when his relationship seemed to be at stake. The one part where I think he could have done better is when he first finds out that his girlfriend is cheating on him with a high school student. He seemed too soft spoken when confronting Agnes and Chuck. If I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me with some square I would have been furious and not so passive in voice in the situation. I understand that his script made him speak like that, but I think he definitely could have put a whole lot more anger in his voice in that

Though Beard is retelling Werner’s story, she does not do so through the first person. It is told through the eyes of a narrator, who knows more about the situation than Werner himself, at the time. For example, the narrator knows the cause of the fire and the fact that Werner will never be the same, “old Werner” (Werner 21). This extra knowledge engages the reader more with the story. On the other hand, even though the narrator knows more contextual details, they still provide insight into what Werner is feeling, as he is coping with the reality of being physically pushed “forward into something new and unfamiliar” (Werner 13).

In early scenes of the book, it described the childhood life for Marie-Laure (main character) and Werner (main character). Werner and his sister, Jutta, spent most of their childhood listening to a broadcast of French scientists on the radio. As time passed, Werner excelled in math and was forced to work for the Nazi Party in tracking transmission waves in order to find anyone who had illegal radios (172). During one of his missions in Saint-Malo, he found Marie-Laure’s broadcasts of her reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Werner listened to Marie-Laure’s broadcasts every night for comfort and while listening one night, Werner noticed that, “She stop[ped] reading abruptly and the static roars. When she speaks again, her voice has become an urgent hiss: He is here. He is right below me” (393). This was very unusual for Marie-Laure’s broadcast to stop so suddenly

This story was very well put together in my mind, it draws suspense form the readers and

Shadowbosses focuses primarily on Government employee unions and the negative effects that they have on the state and national levels of government in addition to the extra burden they create for taxpayers. Mallory Factor goes into depth about what the government employee unions are, what Shadowbosses are and who they are for America, the effects of the unions on the government, the benefits of right-to-work, and the massive amount of money the unions collect.

The tone is consistently light-hearted. Good visual and physical comedy is used, as well as some fun dialogue. There are solid themes about grieving, healing, learning to survive on one’s own, and respect.

Rose is a born ShadowHunter from Paris. She is the daughter of Abel and Mary Havenstone. Her father, Abel, died before Rose was born and her mother later remarried a man named Kurt Ridgeway, he was an admired ShadowHunter. Rose was five years of age when her mother married Kurt and he began to train Rose to be the best ShadowHunter that she could possibly be. With strict training Rose never spent much time with any other children, instead she spent her time training and studying runes, downworlder history, and anything any ShadowHunter should study. When she was nine years old her stepfather went out to kill a rogue vampire, he never came back. The rogue vampire wasn't alone, it was an ambush. This started Rose's hate for Downworlders. A few

However, the first act also focuses mainly on Half King throughout most of the structure, only for him to disappear. This makes it challenging to emotionally engage when the focus of the structure (and the characters) keeps changing on the audience.

These added details give more emotion to the scene in comparison to reading about her story on paper. This is not to say written words are not powerful, because they are. Because movies are a form of multimedia, they have the ability to integrate more visual and audial elements to the story; an advantage that written stories do not have. Since viewers can see and hear John for themselves rather than hearing the story from the bartender’s narration, they may feel more sympathetic towards John in contrast to how they feel about John in the short

The piece is quite slow. It really shows how he only wanted to express his emotions, and show how he felt for his own benefits and not for marketing purpose. The slowness of

In the first few lines the speaker gives a strong insight of his

The goal is clear and the stakes are extremely high. The tone is consistently dramatic. There’s a solid inciting event with the attack. The story’s catalyst is when the VP becomes President. There’s well crafted action in the opening that keeps the audience on edge.

I thought that the play was missing a climax. I am not sure when the climax or the height of the play was reached. I think that the lack of a climax comes from the vagueness of the character objectives. I

The story is propelled forward when Matilda seeks help from the Madame. It’s another smart story choice. Her goal is clear: get answers. The stakes are more personal than physical. Matilda doesn’t