We grow accustomed to the Dark – When light is put away –
We adjust to things when what makes us comfortable is put away.
16 Matching Annotations
- Oct 2020
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Either the Darkness alters – Or something in the sight
Your imagination and thoughts might hold you back.
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The Bravest – grope a little – And sometimes hit a Tree
This tells us that it is okay to make mistakes and be afraid.
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A Moment – We uncertain stepFor newness of the night –
This tells us that we have to make ourselves uncomfortable to experience new things.
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- Aug 2020
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“Poor creature!” thought the banker, “he is asleep and most likely dreaming of the millions. And I have only to take this half-dead man, throw him on the bed, stifle him a little with the pillow, and the most conscientious expert would find no sign of a violent death. But let us first read what he has written here ...”
This sentence really shows emphasis to the theme since it is talking about how imprisonment affects a person over the years and how it ages you.
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The banker, who was younger and more nervous in those days, was suddenly carried away by excitement; he struck the table with his fist and shouted at the young man:
The imagery is very vivid since the reader can imagine the banker as someone shaking with excitement. You can also see hoe the table of struck and why he did it in this sentence.
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When the banker had read this he laid the page on the table, kissed the strange man on the head, and went out of the lodge, weeping.
This shows a change of heart in the banker since he realizes that he has stolen more life from the lawyer than he thought of by the bet.
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“Cursed bet!” muttered the old man, clutching his head in despair. “Why didn’t the man die? He is only forty now. He will take my last penny from me, he will marry, will enjoy life, will gamble on the Exchange; while I shall look at him with envy like a beggar, and hear from him every day the same sentence: ‘I am indebted to you for the happiness of my life, let me help you!’
This quote shows that the banker can not stand the fact that the lawyer may win since he is of younger age than the banker.
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I hop on the bricks and play with my dolls—stuffed unicorns and bears and rabbits, all with the same tea-stained mouths.
This shows that the author had spent time with her brother through tea parties and after his leaving, it was like time was still and the dolls were in the middle of the tea party with their "tea-stained mouths".
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death and God and the devil and war and sex and hate and love.
This is a phrase of words with mixed meanings which helps see what the brother shares with the sister and how it is affecting her.
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The music is hard and heavy with lyrics like poetry; he calls it heavy metal
The reader can imagine how the music sounds like due to this description.
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I know he’s sharing things with me that he can’t say out loud. He talks less than he used to.
She is saying that her brother has changed over time since he is being more secretive and silent.
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I picture forests echoing with laughter and shadows taller than souls.
This shows personification because it gives forests and ghosts human characteristics.
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The floor is littered with broken records.
This helps show the reader how rushed the brother was and gives the reader some good imagery since it is a vivid image.
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I listen very hard and press my hand against the wall. __
I think this line is very important because it shows how much the author was connected with his brother and after his leaving the author leans her ear against the thin wall.
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He listens on headphones but the volume’s so loud I hear everything: the tinsel rain of cymbals and urgency of words.
This is a good example of imagery since the reader can see what the author is trying to describe. The description of the cymbals also makes the moment seem intense, along with the word "urgency".
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