Jordan Maron stood in front of his mirror and watched his appearance dance as he spun around to look himself over. His buttons glistened in the light, the maroon vest was cleaned and pressed, and his white blouse made him feel even more free then he already was. When he faced the mirror once more, he flashed a smile: he was finally going to be free. After years and years of begging his father to let him see the kingdom, the king finally allowed his son to accompany his mother and another servant to the market. It wasn 't much, but the young boy felt free. Sure, the castle walls were safe and decorated with much decor that must have costed a fair amount of coins, but the walls became boring after years of staring at them. The exciting castle soon because just a shell, a shell with the same old food, the same old people, and the same old activities. Jordan jumped when he heard his door open, standing in the doorway was his mother. She smiled at him, she was dressed in a dull, pale blue dress that fell to her knees. Her hair was not up like it usually was, but was instead tied into one braid that rested on her shoulder. She had minimal make-up and brown leather boots: she looked like a common girl. When she saw his sons facial expression she laughed, "To the townspeople, you look like the fool. You need to dress less...extravagant." "But mother, I do not own any other clothing!" She stepped behind him, and they both looked at the mirror, "Lose the vest.
Ready Player One hits some of the same situations as in the holocaust or for the book that we read “Night” like taking people spread out over a good area and combining them into a small dense area. They both also touch on the topic of how when someone is killed or something is blown up now one raises an eyebrow or if they do no one does anything about it.
The Memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, is about a young Jewish boy, Elie and his father going through the concentration camp. Throughout the book, Elie faces many challenges and unfair inhumane treatment through his experience at the camp and fights to survive as well as fighting for his father and others to survive. Sadly, his fighting for others was not enough in some cases, like when his father passed away from dysentery. However, Elie pushed through and continued to fight even without his father and eventually was rescued from the camp after about 2 years. Wiesel uses motifs and characterization to show how in difficult situations people reveal their true selves, change their morals, or adapt their morals when necessary.
“Acquainted with the Night” is a well written poem. Before I read the poem, I believed it would express how the speaker is more familiar with the night life than day life. Instead, the poem is a sonnet comparing a sad lonely person to the darkness of the night. Darkness is symbol for sadness, loneliness, and depression. That description fits the speaker. The speaker is walking on a rainy, dark night. He sees a watchman that is on duty but he does not make eye contact with him to avoid having conversation with the watchman. Then, the speaker stopped because he heard a cry that seem to be far away. He realizes the cry is not for him so he looks up to “an unearthly height”, which may be the moon, to determine what time it was; but whatever time
There are no boundaries when dealing with survival. For example, in the book “Night” the main character had to deal with the Holocaust in which the Jew had to battle for food when it was scarce among other starving Jews. When survival is at play our basic instincts tell us that we need to survive.
Throughout The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (2003) by Mark Haddon he has successfully fostered empathy within his readers by displaying neurodiversity as it reveals a deeper understanding about the human condition. Haddon explores the theme of truth and deception through the language used throughout the text in order to illustrate that within the real world people with ASD and who suffer from a disorder are still able to function, however the thought process Christopher uses differentiates individuals. Truth and deception can be shown through the idea of postmodernism, which demonstrates that it is a breakaway from conventional literature into fragmentation and discontinuity by implying disjointed sentences resulting in polysyndeton.
Some take life for granted, while others suffer. The novel, Night, by Elie Wiesel, contains heart-wrenching as well as traumatic themes. The novel unfolds through the eyes of a Jewish boy named Eliezer, who incurs the true satanic nature of the Nazis. As the Nazis continue to commit inhumane acts of discrimination, three powerful themes arise: religion, night, and memory.
Seth (19) 6’5, 275lbs, wears the midnight black robes of a first level necromancer, finds Lyla (24) 5’1 wearing the deep red robes of a third level necromancer, staring at a hole in the hallway floor that looks like Jesus. While Seth is retrieving lunch for Lyla, she is called away by Snail, her boyfriend. Over the next few weeks, they meet and talk near the Jesus ' face. They start researching Christianity and even sneak a bible into the school. One day Lyla informs Seth that she wants to break up with her boyfriend Snail. Seth, having feelings for her, implores her to take the plunge. The next day, as Seth returns to the face, he witnesses the altercation between Lyla and Snail. Seeing Snail ready a death spell, Seth
When the girls got there they were in even more amazement. The castle was more incredible then they could have imagined. The placed seemed like a heaven on Earth the castle shined with bright white lights. Aliyah felt a pinch in her stomach on all the missions her and her sister went on. Steal was all they knew and they tried their best to stay away from the light like the rats in their house. Lexis noticed her sister “Don’t worry you’ll do perfectly, just like always,” she said while giving her a hug. “Yeah you’re probably right,” Aliyah replied.
"Fine I will find someway to get the money so I can pay for the farm."
Bravery is when you step into help when you have nothing to lose.” (123). Evidently, Sachi holds fast to the belief that genuine and sincere valour entails the aspects of exalting others before oneself and placing one’s life at stake in spite of the fact that in doing so, this apparently does not prove to be of any personal avail. Consequentially, true bravery serves to everlastingly encapsulate the moment and strengthens one’s relationships with others through the demonstration of human altruism and integrity, which is precisely the case with Stephen who comes to accept Sachi’s condition without any reservations. The second fundamental theme of the novel is associated with the aspect of internal beauty and how people should not incoherently assess others based on what they see on the outside. This is magnificently recapitulated by Sachi on the night in which part of Yamaguchi goes ablaze when she states, “Beauty exists where you least expect to find it.” (148). Apparently, Sachi claims that she used to be very selfish and exalt external beauty by placing it above all else in significance; consequently, she viewed lepers—including herself—as monsters. However, when she is disabused of this erroneous notion through the realization of the trouble that Michiko has gone through and the sacrifices that she has made for her family, her eyes are opened and she learns to appreciate the value of each and every person notwithstanding what they may look like externally. Concomitantly,
Women are often perceived as mother figures who stand by their husbands no matter what type of situation they encounter. They are expected to give a perfect image to society and do not get the greater say. Eugene O 'Neill’s play, A Long Day’s Journey into the Night (1940), gives the reader a representation of a woman who is still influenced by these standard societal expectations. The character, Mary Tyrone, depends greatly of her husband and will not leave him even if she wanted to. In The Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin, the reader is introduced to Edna Pontellier who is the complete opposite. She exposes the dissatisfaction that women feel and decides to act upon it. These two characters feel that they do not belong in the lifestyle they are given. They struggle with their identity due to their husbands’ lack of affection. As a result, marriage becomes a barrier to their happiness and individual fulfillment. The sense of displacement, marital dissatisfaction, and loss and gain of identity pushes both Mary and Edna to take major decisions in order to deal with their pain and desires.
It was just a normal and calmly morning on New York City on April 1, 2002. While Kendall a normal 12 year old boy was watching t.v he heard something, it was someone knocking on the door, which was unusual for him because no one has come to his apartment since a long time ago. When he went to check who it was he asked,“Who goes there?”, without seeing a person than something surprising started talking, “It’s me a little brown dachshund dog”. Kendall was very confused because he had never saw a dog talked before.The dog’s name was Roscoe and he barked a lot, Kendall even asked him why he was even knocking on the door and Rosco only answered by saying, “My dad told me to get a job so I came here”. Roscoe noticed how Kendall was the only one inside the apartment and he asked him where were his parents and then Kendall just answered by saying, “We played a game of hide and seek for family game night and they have been hiding for almost 7 years and I still can’t find them”. Roscoe wanted to help Kendall find his parents so
She was alone. Wanda leant against the massive mural wall beside her while her eyes were closed. Not like she wanted to sleep; she just felt bored, and she had no faintest idea what to do while anticipating for her uncle to pick her up from school. The sky was limpid that day, and the sun shone directly toward her, and Wanda felt like hell. She doesn’t have any place to be since that day was the construction’s day on the nearby road in front of the school. Therefore, no student allowed running across or waiting close to the road while the construction happened. Wanda had no choice but sat on the dusty floor while the thick chemistry book set under her butt as she used it as her cushion.
One night, evil as can be, the twinkling, bright stars lit up the night sky, if only they were bright enough to see what is going to happen.
Before I could tell her the hotel was alcohol-free room started to change and shift. I thought I was under attack by a mob of wild dressed people, but they were in place. I then came to and I was standing in the middle of a huge party. I did not know what to do. I asked questions to many of people about where I was and what's going on but the people looked at me with laughter because of the drinks. I started to calm down and a waiter handed me a fancy glass filled to the brim. The same woman came to me singing and dancing. She grabbed my arm and pulled me to a group of people who were talking in an aggressive yet curious way. “He's a bootlegger I tell you,” said one. The other responded “but a man with this much secrecy must have