In Alden Nowlan’s short story “The Fall of a City”, Teddy, a young boy living in his uncles home, is experiencing an unbelievably negative environment that he feels as he must create his own world. Teddy uses the imaginary city in the attic as an escape from the world below. Firstly, Teddy “[spends] most of his afternoon in the attic... he just about lives up there” (P.43) blocking off the negative aspects of his life. Teddy is so vigorously impacted by the negative energy that he rather be “squatting in the attic” (P.41) than spending time with his family.
“The City of Ember” by Jeane DuPrau is about a girl and a boy named Lina and Doon who are trying to find a way out of ember, wich is an under ground city. Lina and Doon have to follow directions that Lina’s little sister, Poppy, found in their closet. The two themes I came up with are “Be carful who you trust” and “kids can exside most expectations”. The themes are prsented by Lina, Doon, and the mayors actions.
In, We Have Taken a City, by H. Leon Prather Sr., we learn of the violence that occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898. Throughout the paper, Prather writes about the different aspects that ultimately caused the racial massacre. Prather makes an important claim in his short introduction about the events in Wilmington in 1898. He also makes several key points throughout the paper, one being that the racial massacre would not have occurred if it would not have been for the white supremacy campaign. He provides key information in his paper that supports the claim.
Humans and need love and attachments like we need water and air. As we move throughout our lives from babies to adults attachments, have essential roles to play from making sure our biological needs are met by providing us with comfort, trust, and a sense of interconnectedness. Since attachments are such an integral and emotional part of our lives, it makes sense why we are separated from or lose people we are attached to it can be such an excruciating experience. For children losing attachment figures can be an especially scaring experience leaving wounds that may last into adulthood and well beyond. Such was the case for a woman named Francine Cournos, author of City of One: A Memoir.
Jeanne DuPrau’s novel, The City Of Ember, tells the story of two good friends who work together to try and escape, their home town, Ember. They face many challenges and problems that try to slow them down and make them fail their goal. For example Lina’s younger sister Poppy has no one to watch her and Lina is smart and thinks about that and solves another problem. Determination and intelligence make escape possible for Doon and Lina.
In our society, work leads to competition and this characteristic, makes people have not attraction to support others. In the article "Excerpt from Open City," by Teju Cole, the author's character shows how walking is better than people support, to overcome some "isolation." The character discovered that walking alone is a therapy better than having thousands of people around oneself. Modern urban life is making people have less empathy for others. In his imagination, he criticizes the social roles that others make around him.
In The City of Ember, irony occurs throughout the story. For instance, Doon discovers the mayor’s treasure room in the pipeworks. “‘The mayor has a secret treasure room in the pipeworks’” (158). By observing this quote, we can see that the mayor has a connection with Looper because when Looper states, “‘Message for the mayor,’ he said… delivery at eight’” (31).
Shivam Patel Mr. Lane ENG2D1-02 17 September 2014 The Breaking of the Human Spirit Often people in society believe that creating jokes based off stereotypes maybe humorous to many but can also be hurtful to people. People frequently stereotype other and believe it is an innocent and easily forgivable mistake, however it can lead to a series of serious consequences. Alden Nowlan’s short story “The Fall of a City” has created depth in the perspective of a young boy filled whose imagination was crushed through the stereotypical comments and actions of this awfully rude uncle. The result of the stereotypical comments was demonstrated through the perspective of the protagonist of the short story, Teddy, as he rapidly demolishes his imagination
The book The City of Ember, written by Jeanne DuPrau, is a dystopian-fantasy book about a young boy and girl’s, Doon and Lina, journey to escape their dying society. As they start discovering how to leave, they make some surprising discoveries. One of the themes in the story is “You should be careful about who you trust.” In the book, this theme is shown by the boy and girl learning bad things that people they trusted did. Another theme is “Kids can exceed most expectations.”
In The City Of Ember By Jeanne DuPrau The author created an underground city and it would be hard for someone to live there. The setting helped set up the problem in the story. Just imagine living in an old city and never knowing what is going to happen. In the book there is a city that is underground called Ember, and it is run on one generator for the city.
The book I decided to read for my January book report was the City Of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau and it is science fiction. The reason I chose this book for my report was because it is a very interesting book with many weird events and details that makes you never want to stop reading . The book makes you feel like you're one of the characters in the book. For many many centuries a very energetic generator has been giving light to an town underground called the City Of Ember. The city is only timed to last 200 years by the scientist also know as the “builders” created the light and its beginning to fade and flicker out.
4. The Besieged City This intended invasion, as Stephen Arata points out, is linked to the cultural fear of Britain being in decline towards the end of the century (622). This "pervasive narrative of decline" (Arata 623) is thematised in Dracula and other late-Victorian literature through the "narrative of reverse colonization" (Arata 623). As the name already suggests, reverse colonisation deals with the fear of the coloniser becoming the colonised through the invasion of a more "primitive" culture (Arata 623). However, according to Arata, reverse colonisation is not only rooted in fear but also stems from a cultural guilt: "In the marauding, invasive Other, British culture sees its own imperial practices mirrored back in monstrous forms" (623).
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