Goodbye Darkness is a memoir written by William Manchester. Manchester was a U.S. Marine in the Pacific during World War II. What truly made this book stand out for me was how deep it goes in philosophically. For instance, it talks about the concepts of survivor’s guilt. When on the patrol on the Guadalcanal, Manchester’s entire group that he fought with was struck by a Japanese mortar leaving him the only survivor.
The differ, for example, because Will was born a minute before midnight on October thirtieth, and Jim was born one minute after midnight on October thirty-first. This does a good job of representing the characters different personalities. It shows how Jim was born on a dark and mysterious holiday, while Will was born on an innocent day of October. Next, Jim Nightshade looks up to Will’s father, Charles Halloway as a father figure. Reader do not figure exactly what happened to Jim’s father, but we know he is gone and Jim’s mother is a single parent.
The Chicago World Fair stirred many emotions in this great time of industrialization, but not only was Chicago shining in the spotlight from the fair, it was also promoting something much more sinister, this dark enclosing spotlight shined directly on H.H Holmes. Burnham the leader of the World Fair and H. H Holmes the notorious serial killer, are the two main characters in this novel that Erik Larson uses the balance between light and dark between these two’s personalities. In the novel The Devil in the White City Erik Larson uses Imagery, paradox, and alliteration to show the balance between the light and dark in the ever growing city of Chicago. Imagery paints an ever expanding picture for the audience, the detailed descriptions such as “but his eyes are as blue as ever, bluer at this instant by proximity to the sea" (Larson 3).
Jasyia richards Mrs. Gibson ENG II 24 February 2023 Elie Wiesel's book, "Night," is a powerful and evocative memoir of his experiences as a young Jewish boy during the Holocaust. The title of the book, "Night," is particularly apt, as it captures the darkness and despair of that time period, as well as the metaphorical darkness that Wiesel experienced as he struggled to understand and come to terms with the atrocities he witnessed. One reason why "Night" is a good title for the book is that it captures the literal darkness of the concentration camps. Throughout the book, Wiesel describes how the prisoners were forced to live in cramped, dark barracks with no windows or natural light. Their only light was the dim glow of a single bulb, which only served to highlight the darkness surrounding them.
First, look at the name Jim Nightshade. Jim is just a casual name that has no meaning. The last name is the name that is most meaningful. First off, look at night a time where it is typically dark and creepy.
In “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, Ray Bradbury uses the archetype of death and rebirth to develop Jim’s character. Jim “was born one minute after midnight, which makes it October thirty-first. ”(1:6) October is in the fall, and fall and winter suggest death. He was born on Halloween, a holiday that is associated with fear, monsters, and dark magic. He was also born at night at twelve o’ one in the morning, while it is still dark.
The book, Night, is very interesting. It shows a young boys’ point-of-view during the Holocaust, and taken from his home to a concentration camp. He watches people die, and eventually has to watch his father die. This is a horribly traumatic experience. Eliezer Wiesel is the main character in this book.
Throughout the book, Night, there are numerous life lessons that can be taken from the novel and applied to one’s life. The story is filled with several examples of these morals. From the appreciation and importance of family, perseverance through the hardest times, and gratitude for the blessings in your life, we see the common themes of ideals that are good reminders of how we should be living our own life. The first, most clear thing to take away from this book, is the idea of family.
Night: The Loss Within Everything was calm at first, it would have never been thought that such tragedy could come from this. The book Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a very moving story that is mainly about how a young, Jewish boy named Eliezer and his family, which is now only his dad, have been overcome by a world war. It shows the rise and the fall of his hope, his dreams, and his passions. Mr. Wiesel has done a terrific job of showing what life was/is like during a war and showing how fast kids have to mature.
This made me realize in my own life that God has been testing my faith lately, and I need to keep my faith in him and have a stronger relationship with him instead of giving up and not believing in him. Another epiphany that occured to me as I was reading was the father and son relationship that Elie and his father had. This made me realize that I need to take time to spend with my family and never leave without saying I love you and hug because we never know what could happen. All books have a theme or themes. In the book Night there are 3 main themes that sticks out to me one of them being faith.
Aristotle wrote, “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light (Aristotle)”. The Holocaust was one of the darkest times humanity has ever seen. A machination brewed by an extraordinarily perverse man that resulted in the deaths of millions, and robbed millions more of their faith and hope. Families were torn apart, towns were destroyed, and humanity lost, all to satisfy one man’s extreme racism and psychotic agenda. If however, one only chooses to focus on the darkness, they might overlook the light, specifically in the two stories of boys who survived against all odds and shared their tales years after defying death.
The narrator describes the nightclub as a dimmed place where it is difficult to see, whereas the darkness is symbolized as a safe haven for Sonny. The narrator tells the readers that the musicians are “careful not to step into that circle of light too suddenly: that if they moved into the light too suddenly, without thinking, they would perish in the flame” (Baldwin 115). Though the musicians started to play, the narrator claims, “…the lights on the bandstand, on the quartet, turned to a kind of indigo. Then they all looked different there” (Baldwin 116). For this purpose, “on the quartet” is emphasized as an importance to work in groups.
It sets up a reader for thier future and what is to come: grief. The story shows how our relationships to others vary from person to person. People are caring and selfish, sympathetic and indifferent, hopeful and completely discouraged. Like any story, the readers gain their own lessons, but still explore the universal themes of loneliness, companionship, love, loss, and death. It shows us that grief can overtake us, as well as looking for an unapproachable
The strange case of dr. Jekyll and mr. hyde(dr. Jekyll and mr. hyde) a novel showing unimaginable horror one person cannot comprehend. Jekyll and Hyde is a story of a man doing crimes he has not been convicted of and he does not realize as he is both Mr Hyde and dr jekyll. Dr Jekyll is his original experiment in the darker side of science. I believe that either way Dr Jekyll is guilty of his crimes and is in charge of himself.
The ending of the play closes many loose ends and shows the sorrowful ending that is seen in all of Shakespeare’s tragedies. The death of just about every character in the play all came as the result of one person’s actions, Hamlet. Due to Hamlet’s delay in his revenge on Claudius and his actual slaying of Polonius, he is the most to blame for the way the tragedy ended. While Claudius’ murder of his brother set actions into motion, the ending of the actual play was brought about by the events in which Hamlet was involved leading up to it. In Act iii, scene iv Hamlet, “stabs his sword through the arras and kills Polonius” which leads to Ophelia’s later death due to her overwhelming sadness.
