Travelers in the Night Creates a Balance between Stillness and Energy By: Emma Morgan Ena Sendijarevic brings life into the dialogue-free Travelers in the Night (Reizigers in de Nacht) through music and dance. At the beginning, Travelers in the Night (Reizigers in de Nacht) seems as if it will be a calm film following the life of a late-night cashier at a gas station convenience store. The film opens with a shot of a woman, the cashier, with her back to the camera as she restocks the cigarette
The Fairy-tale of If on a winter's night a traveler In the past, fairy-tales have been a major form of writing for the great minds of the imaginative authors of the world. In search of cultural roots, much of Europe focused on its folktale and fairy-tales. However, Early Modern and Contemporary Italy took its tales and changed, manipulated, and combined them, having dissimilar concerns as the other societies of Europe. Influenced by his nation's overall approach to its heritage, Italo
There are a couple of recurring themes in the book by Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Of these, two themes are “Despite how complicated a situation or problem gets, at the end, when it is solved, you are back at where you started” and “ When you are in love you see your loved one everywhere you go and in everything you do. The first theme is the one that encompasses the whole book, although it is more of a hidden one. At the beginning of the novel, the Reader buys the new book
“The Road Not Taken,” “Acquainted with the Night,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” are all poems that are themed around the subject of a solitary lifestyle and how it can be a positive or negative experience. “The Road Not Taken” focuses both on the positive and negative emotional attributes when one’s social life is primarily solitary. “Acquainted with the Night,” is a poem where the primary emotion is sadness, or negative when referencing the loneliness that one feels when they do not
Machine," by H.G Wells begins with a group of Well’s friends listening to the Time Traveler talking about his theory that time is the fourth dimension. The Time Traveler proved his theory by making a mini time machine and making it disappear. His group of friends end up coming again, and find the Time Traveler not looking so well. That is when the Time Traveler starts to tell his story. Later on the Time Traveler finally had finally finished his last touches on the time machine, and went into the
world. One of the most notable works in postmodernism era is Calvino’s If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler. Just like many postmodern works, If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler is a metafiction, using second person narrative form to further emphasis its self-consciousness. Calvino indicated his intention by starting his book with the sentence “You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s If On A Winter’s Night Traveler” (1), addressing the main character of the book as “You” or “the Reader”. In addition
are how to emphasize on the corporate travelers and vacationing family stays. The American Hotel and Lodging Association have reported one half of all
The hotel chain, Astor Lodge and Suites, Inc., operates 250 properties in 10 western and Rocky Mountain states. The company’s customer base primarily comprises business travelers. In addition, the locations of the properties surround airports, large regional shopping centers, and major highways close to suburban industrial sites as well as office complexes. Projections of 2005 fiscal year forecast a fifth consecutive year of a gross loss for the firm. The estimates include an anticipated $422.6 million
Amber Inn & Suites had an occupancy rate of 67.1% and between both properties an ADR of $57.52 (Kerin & Peterson, 2010). The company offered a free night stay promotion in 2005 and this cause a decrease in the ADR. Company costs are also increasing due to higher labor and utility costs (Kerin & Peterson, 2010). As modern technology continues to get improve and become more efficient, companies
In his short story Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne creates an intriguing narrative in which a young husband, Young Goodman Brown, leaves his wife Faith alone one night. When all good Puritans perform their evening routines to prepare for a good night of sleep in their homes, Goodman Brown goes out on a mysterious journey into the dark and gloomy forest to meet with his evil companion, the devil himself. Nothing stops him, not even his dear Faith or her fears. He is determined to proceed