Pale

Whether one is attempting to glean the hidden meanings within the 999 lines of Pale Fire or determine the sanity and identity of the narrator, a great number of mysteries still surround Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Pale Fire. Many theories have been put forward by various academics, including those who were close to Nabokov, that helps to reveal the identity of Kinbote; many of the ideas revolve around Kimbote being a made up fictional character created for Shade’s novel, while another puts forward the idea that Kinbote is the full author who fabricates Shade for his own narration. However, what this essay will do is discuss a lesser-known colleague of Shade—V. Botkin. Botkin does not appear very often in Pale Fire, but I believe, and what this…

assistant director of procreator.' Jonas will be like a Physical Education teacher and won't have anything else to do in the book. In the movie he was a pilot and watches the community, when Jonas left to escape, Asher got him and let him go to release all the memories and was still his friend. He got in trouble because he was supposed to "lose" him. If Jonas would not have got to the wall in time, the Giver and Fiona would have been lost or "released" to elsewhere. To be released to elsewhere…

over his arms. I saw a pale stoic face, yet he looked to be in sheer peace. My mom was next to me holding my hand, waiting for my response as if I were going to collapse. I reached out to touch his hand and the heart monitor started to race as if it were a car’s revving engine. This was when I looked up to see his eyes open for the first time. Relief washed over me. Everything around me disappeared into thin air. I could no longer see the pale white walls. I could no longer see the wired…

My mom said the nurses were going to leave him in the bed until we got there so I could see him for the last time. Once we got there the nurses then told us that they weren’t able to leave him there so he was put in the freezer downstairs where they keep the bodies. I remember the trip down the long hallways like my worst nightmare. The pale grey walls smelled of antiseptic and it was colder than the rest of the hospital. The halls seemed endless and the walk there was the more agonizing than…

Dreaming about Reality: A Journey into the mind of victims of WWI and The Influenza Pandemic ‘Pale Horse, Pale Rider’ is a fictional retelling of Katherine Anne Porter’s own experience as an influenza survivor during World War I. Porter expresses the devastating effects the illness had on her life by chronicling a month in the life of Miranda, a reporter, as she enjoys a romance with Adam, a young Army officer, until she becomes a victim of influenza. Adam nurses her, and before she fully…

Would “pale” be the essence of this man? Aristotle would say no. “pale” is not essential to this man’s existence and this man can also not be pale. Aristotle would say that “pale” is accidental to this man’s existence and not essential. Therefore, Aristotle would say that the essence of a “pale man” would be the same as the essence of “Man”, which is “rational mortal animal”. If you take away any of the characteristics mentioned, the man would not be identified as a “Man” anymore, but if you…

Why do you want to be an NSU Shark? What would happen if a lion, who is the king of the jungle, combated against a shark, king of the deep blue sea? That would be a tremendous battle to lay eyes upon. The location where this catastrophic Massacre would takes place is vital. If it took place in the lion’s den, the shark will perish. If the battle took place in a shark tank, the lion will drown, and be shark meat. You’re probably thinking how is this relevant to me or my admission to NSU? Being a…

Life for the Russian Jew from the period of 1880 to 1920 was not a life desired by anyone. The Jews were forced to live in harsh conditions, lost their ability to have certain jobs, and faced extreme violence from their neighbors, the Russian peasantry. Emigration to America became a way of escaping these truly awful conditions and providing better for one’s family. In 1804, Alexander I created legislation known as the “Statute Concerning the Organization of the Jews.” This forced Jews to…

On December 30th, 1903, the worst fatal theater fire in the United States took place. This fire engulfed the Iroquois Theater in Chicago while the play “Let Us Swear by the Pale Moonlight” took place. It was a brand new theater and known to be one of the “finest” built in the country. The brand new theater as well as the play drew a crowd of more than 2,000 people which were mostly women and children. The audience entered the theater hearing that it was known “to be has fireproof as the Titanic…

Of course Pale Fire thought it was her fault, after-all, she had been raised to believe that any failings in a marriage or relationship were the fault of the woman. It had never occurred to her that husband could be at fault, she had no idea that men could shoot blanks. She had always wanted to have a family of her own, but with each failed attempt she had with Elliot, she began to accept that she may be barren and resigned to that fate. It took a lot from Pale Fire to admit this fear so openly…