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This is how I pictured the Aurora when it docks while Lo is escaping. It’s a small yacht that represents the claustrophobia that Lo suffers, and the purple lights signify the Aurora to which the boat was named. It’s the type of boat where it looks cute on the outside, but it’s suffocating on the inside.

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Discussion Question

In the commencement address it says “look beyond your tasseled caps and you will see injustice. At the end of your fingertips you will find cruelties, irrational hate, bedrock sorrow and terrifying loneliness. There is your work. Make a difference use this degree which you have earned to increase virtue in your world.” How will you use your degree to change the world?

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I see Letters to My Daughter like writing in a diary. It’s like getting a glimpse at Maya Angelou’s life and finding life lessons shes learned. The only reference I can think of where a main character is constantly writing diary entries is Vampire Diaries. Any type of writing whether it’s a letter or a diary entry gives a personal touch and brings you closer to the character.

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City of Glass Quote

“My name is Paul Auster. That is not my real name.”

I chose this quote because I think it fits the book perfectly. It shows that nothing is as it seems. We all have confusing stories that need to be discovered. As far as this book goes I’m still trying to figure it out.

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The Woman in Cabin 10 Connection

I gotta say, that so far this is one of my favorite books I’ve read so far in LIT 243. How the plot developed kind of seems like the book The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. They both start off with a mystery, and then towards the end of the book both main characters end up fighting for their lives. Lo from The Woman in Cabin 10 and Julie from The Guardian each have a different outlooks on life, but they have one thing in common. They are both survivors.

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Discussion Question

I get why the girl was hostile with Lo, it was because Lo ruined their plans. She even becomes enraged when Lo keeps fishing for answers to try and get the girl on her side. However, there are moments when the girl is nice to Lo by going out of her way to bring Lo her book, pills, and food. What I want to know is why does the girl bother on being nice to her prisoner?

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The Woman in Cabin 10 Quote

“”You only live once. Isn’t that what they say?”” pg 76.

I chose this quote because I feel it’s a quote that represents Lo in a way. Despite having gone through a traumatic experience she still makes an effort to still take a trip on the Aurora. I think she’s brave for venturing out especially since she’s getting an opportunity to take Rowan’s place and move up in Velocity. Even when she’s shocked over the fact the woman’s body was thrown overboard she still manages to investigate and talk to people.

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Holy Cow Connection

Holy Cow seems a lot like the Wizard of Oz. Like Dorothy, Elsie leaves home to find adventure and acceptance. When they reach a new land, it seems like everything they dreamed it would be. In the end they both realize that no matter how bad their home might seem, there’s still no place like home.

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Holy Cow Quote

“It’s like you’re going over the same ground again and again and again, knowing that you will eventually wear a path so deep that you will break through to the knowledge that you seek, break out of this world that makes you want to bang your head against a wall and into another, better one.” (Duchovny 53).

I kind of like this quote, because it’s so relatable. It’s like being in school where you feel like you hit a wall, and you feel like you’re not getting anywhere with learning something difficult. If you keep pushing and banging your head against the wall like Elsie did then something will finally click, and you’ll reach the knowledge that you’re trying to find.

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Essay Idea

The topic I want to write for my essay centers around the Phantom of the Opera. The topic I want to explore is that Erik would’ve turned out differently if people had loved him despite his outward appearance. It will explore his relationships with everyone in the text.

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Artwork

I chose this digital piece of artwork Ali Oppy to represent the Phantom of the Opera. It represents how we hide behind masks, how music draws people together, the feather representing how everyone’s reputation in the story is delicate, and the rose representing the romance behind the story. Everything other than the rose is black and white, and it could represent the light and the darkness of the phantom of the opera.

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Connection

I know I based my discussion question based on Romeo and Juliet, but I feel like I need to talk about it. I can’t shake the feeling how similar they are. Christine and Raoul talk about getting married and running away together just like Romeo and Juliet did. However, like Romeo and Juliet it’s not meant to be because Christine disappears during her performance causing Raoul to go rescue her. Even Romeo after hearing of Juliet’s “death” rushes off to go find her. Both stories are even staged in romantic cities. For Romeo and Juliet they live in fair Verona. In the Phantom of the Opera, it’s staged in Paris. I don’t know what will happen in the end, but I feel that like Romeo and Juliet it will end in tragedy.

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Discussion Question

In what ways is The Phantom of the Opera related to Romeo and Juliet?

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Discussion Question

Why does the phantom only talk to Christine? The phantom could’ve talked to anyone else in the entire theater, but why would he reveal himself only to her?

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Monsters are metaphors

In the reading, it says that “the monster is born only at this metaphoric crossroads, as an embodiment of a certain cultural moment- of a time, a feeling, and a place.” In a way the monster represents the fears we have. It kinda reminds me of Divergent where Tris is in a simulation, and facing an army of angry crows. However, Tris was never afraid of the monster like crows, because they represented her being afraid of losing control.

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Discussion Question

There have been many vampire stories told in our life time including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, Vampire Diaries, and of course, Twilight. What makes Twilight so much more interesting and popular than all these other vampire books? Why do people instantly think Twilight when someone mentions a vampire book?

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I chose this passage, because it kind of reminded me of a type of fairytale setting. The irony is that something so fairytale like can be also deadly at the same time. Edward Cullen is like that too. Between Edward and the house they are a “nightmares dressed like a daydreams” (Taylor Swift). Edward is an irresistible human who is a vampire, and the house is like a castle housing these deadly creatures.

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