The Game of Your Life

Catching Fire
By: Suzanne Collins

Experience the thrills and adventure of Katniss while she fights for her life.

The romances of Katniss will entangle you in a plot so enticing that the only way to stop is to finish.

Katniss's every move leads to the collapse of a huge conspiracy within the oppressive  government.

Green

Jonathan Kolson

Mrs. Zurkowski

Honors English

10/28/10

The Green Room of Edgar Allan Poe’s Story “Masque of the Red Death”

            The Green room in “Masque of the Red Death”, by Edgar Allan Poe, has many different interpretations.  The first of the three is a stage of life, adolescence in this case.  The second is time of day relative to life span.  The last is related to the seasons of your life.

            Green is the third room of the seven in Poe’s story, being the third room means that it would be the third title given to you.  First title is baby, second is child, and third is teen.  Teens seem to try and rebel and fight against the other colors. Green is outstanding against the earlier blue and purple and the later orange.  It seems fitting for green to be associated with teens.

            The time of day for green is morning along with blue and purple.  Green is the latest in the morning when everything is becoming green again.  It is not hot yet but it is not cold either.  It is the best time for things to grow.  Relating this to age, teens grow maturely and physically during this time.  Green seems to be the most vibrant time of the day, and teens are extremely vibrant too.

            Green, in the form of seasons, is summer.  It fits with summer because summer is a fun time and teens just want to have fun.  Summer is also very green.  Summer is full of green leaves and grass.  If spring is the time of new life, then summer is the time of learning and growing.

Some Notes of O. Henry

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• O. Henry was an amazing short story writer who included a plot twist in many of his stories.
• William Sydney Porter was O. Henry's real name, O. Henry was just a pen name.
• He was born in Greensboro, South Carolina.
• He moved to Houston, Texas when he was fifteen.
• He moved to Austin, Texas in 1882.
• During 1897, William was accused of embezzling money.
• He moved to New York City, New York, in 1902, after completing three years of his five year sentence.
• O. Henry published over 600 short stories.
• He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907.
• O. Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver during June 5, 1910.

Sources:
http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/

Edgar Allan Poe

1. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts.  He died October 7, 1849.
2. Poe's father left the family, and, shortly after, his mother died.
3. The cause of Poe's death is unsure, here are five theories: Cholera, congestion of the brain, heart disease, epilepsy, and syphilis.
4. According to the Poe museum, Poe's home state was Virginia.
5. The Baltimore Poe Society says that Poe's home is in Baltimore.
6. Poe was expelled from the United States Military Academy in West Point, South Carolina.
7. Poe married his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Clemm.
8. I think that Poe's marriage was not right, it may have been back then but it is against my morals.
9. "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was the first of the Poe scary stories.
12. I envision Poe as a twisted old man.