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4. The narrator repeats the phrase, “I have been one with the night” (14), in the last line. This statement shows that the narrator is depressed. Daytime is associated with optimism and light whereas the night is associated with darkness and loneliness. Thus, the narrator is different from society and cannot even associate with them. He can only be acquainted with the night, which ironically will only prolong his depressive state. 5. Night in this poem represents darkness, loneliness,…

The room was still and quite, the guy was trapped to the device. It was a slow and dark night when a man was walking home from work and stopped to the sound of a loud scream from the building beside him, he quickly dialed 911. “Constantine County Sheriff’s Office, how may I help you?” “Yes ma’am I’m walking home from work and I heard a really loud scream coming from the old warehouse on Windmill Dr., I think you need to get to some cops out here to check it out, NOW!” The cops rushed to the…

A loud click was heard from the ceiling of a filled classroom, the echo of the microphone from the office announced static-filled speech. “Logan Hatchback to the office please. Logan Hatchback to the office.” Suddenly, a tall behemoth of a man stood from the back of the classroom, his seat singled out of the rows and immaturely drawn on. He stood around 6’1 and had dark clothing on, dirty ripped jeans and a black hoodie, his long pitch black hair covering the left part of his face out of…

Skyler is a college student at a local university and is also a full-time server at a nearby restaurant. She has been there for two years now. She has enjoyed working at this restaurant for she can save some money on gas which, she can in turn have some extra money for herself. Skyler has made many new friends at her job and enjoy hanging out with her coworkers after work on the weekends. She is known for being honest and a hard worker by her coworkers and boss and is now being considered for…

Pale yellow-green grass hills rolled for miles in front of me. A massive ten thousand foot red rocked mountain met these hills, then instantly towered above them. As I took a sip of water, I eyed the summit and felt a little cooler on the hot summer morning. Already heating up I needed to remind myself to conserve water. My journey had just started. Cruising through the empty hills a massive crater came into view. As I the edge of the crater a lake formed by snow melt rested at the bottom;…

Assignment Part 1: Denotative and Connotative Meaning Kismet Diner is a collection of Cornetto Cupidity Love Stories, and it is a short film about following one’s heart and encouraging the youthful experience of love. Mark Nunneley directed this short film in September 2013, and it was nominated for the Los Angeles Shorts Festival and won a Manhattan Shorts Festival award and a Cannes Silver Lion. Kismet Diner is a heartwarming short film, describing a shy young diner waitress named…

“Over one year the Sun appears to us on Earth to follow a route through twelve-star constellations we call the Zodiac. If there is this dark star—or whatever it is because at this stage we don't know—coming in, then the evidence points to its current location at the feet of Virgo.” Karl paused to check his supervisor's reaction. “That's where we would see it if we could. It might be a brown dwarf.” Michael raised his eyebrows and frowned. The table gave a threatening creak as he shifted his…

getting as close as he could without escaping his prison. Ruby Ann hadn’t realized it, but she moved, too. One foot followed the other, bringing her closer to him until she could reach out and touch him. Or he could touch her. Her breathing became labored, her heart pounding in her chest and she felt hot. Too hot. She remembered seeing him for the first time the previous night, watching him as a wolf and then the man walking around after his transformation, completely naked. The thought made a…

Darkness. That's all I could feel; all I could see. Then suddenly, it was light. I had always had these random black-outs as a child. The doctors always told me and my mother not to worry about it. When I finally came all the way back into the now, I was at home on my oh-so-familiar street. I looked at my wrist to see what time it was. 9:02 am. I had to be at work in less than an hour. I started to walk down the street, seeing all of my neighbors bustling around. Some were leaving for work,…

One of the first things I noticed as I walked past the famous San Francisco cable cars was his sign. “It’s tradition to tip San Francisco’s street performers because they actually do shit crap to earn money, rather than begging for nothing!” He was sitting on a white rice bucket with a harmonica pressed firmly between his lips, howling out a random assortment of notes. He would occasionally interject with his version of the blues. His lyrics immediately caused us to erupt into a fit of laughter.…