Northern Lights

The novel I chose for this assignment was A Northern Light, written by Jennifer Donnelly. Overall, I would say I enjoyed this read, my favorite part of this novel was following the relationships between the main character, Matilda or kindly referred to as Mattie with her father, her town, and her friends. I would recommend this novel to readers who enjoys a romantic storyline based off a true events and/or enjoys reading about crime. A Northern Light, follows the life of Mattie Gokey and her struggle to decide what she should do with her life. The main struggle she faces is the decision to go to college, which would be a first in her family, or to stay at home and fill in the role of her late mother. Despite not being able to to afford to attend college Mattie is offered a full scholarship…

Hope is something that can’t be touched, but can be felt. In A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly, a young girl named Mattie Gokey. A girl who has dreams that seem impossible, and hope that feels improbable. Mattie Gokey's’ hope drives her to do things she would’ve never imagined doing. Jennifer Donnelly describes hope as something that can help people through the toughest of times, but can also mislead people and end up bringing them somewhere they weren't ready for. Donnelly uses external and…

The Northern Lights are collisions of gaseous particles in Earth’s atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun’s atmosphere. Variation color are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding. The most common color is a pale yellowish-green is produced by the oxygen molecules located about 60 miles above the Earth. All red auroras are very rare, they are produced by high altitude oxygen at heights of up to 200 miles. Nitrogen produces blue or purplish-red aurora. In the 17th…

When the northern lights come out, it sometimes appears as if the sky is on fire. There is an eerie connection between the Sun and our planet’s atmosphere that can sometimes cause the sky to unexpectedly glow with shades of red, yellow, purple and green; an atmospheric phenomenon called the northern lights or Aurora Borealis. The Sun is constantly spraying the solar system with millions of tons of charged particles each minute. The stream of charged particles from the Sun, or solar wind,…

into question all aspects of life, thus enabling truly individual people to stand out from each other ("His Dark Materials"). Evident in the distinct writing style and touch of atheist ideals, Philip Pullman authored The Golden Compass. Philip Pullman was born October 19, 1946, in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He is a British writer who is widely regarded as an extremely influential member of the fantasy genre. As stated in the article titled "Philip Pullman," "Pullman 's books are acclaimed for…

for children’s literature and appropriate topics or situations for them to read about. In this essay, I am going to discuss the themes in northern lights and subject that Pullman thinks are appropriate for children books but not for adults and how is this novel of northern lights a crossover novel, and what is suitable books for children to read, and how the quotation relevant to this novel northern lights. Northern lights is a novel by Philip Pullman, it is a fantasy for young adult, and it is…

2. MEDIA ARTICLE: Polar auroras are most commonly known as the northern lights. The colours that appear in the northern sky have been studied for quite some time and scientists are discovering the reasons why they exist. Many believe that the reason these lights are not seen during the day is due to the strong radiation that’s given out through the day. These auroras are caused by charged particles that collide with the magnetic atmosphere. At first glance the aurora looks to be light in colour…

prospect of his friend dying. The ironic twist in this story was that when it came time for John to die because of Percy’s betrayal Percy was the one who died and John escaped unharmed. This demonstrates that not every betrayal ends in the way the betrayer expects it to and acts of dishonesty and bad intentions have more complicated consequences. Not only does Percy betray John, but Kismine betrays her family by telling John that they were going to have him killed. If she had not chosen John…

In The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, Lyra is an ordinary child from Oxford’s Jordan College living with her uncle at Oxford’s Jordan College in a parallel universe where people’s souls are portrayed by an animal or daemon in physical form. But like every other child, she is very curious, and this leads to her being brought into an amazing journey nobody could have imagined. It all started when she realized what power in society can do. After learning about a project involving Dust, which…

When you grow you will find that you have to make different decisions in your life some harder than others and some simpler than others. In the novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. The story is about a girl named Lyddie her mom and her 2 sister left to live on their aunts farm and her mom sold Lyddie and her brother to work. Lyddie started to work at a mill as a maid then she was transfer to a weaving room and her brother to work on a farm to pay det of her family. While there are many reasons…