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Noel. Michael Plemmons. Mrs. Hathaway brought the children downstairs single file and seated them on straight-back chairs around the reception room, boy-girl-boy-girl, seventeen in all. In the corner stood a robust Christmas tree bedecked with candy canes and tinsel tresses. The air was thick with the scent of pine and furniture polish as a ...
The main theme of the short story “Noel” by Michael Plemmons is that of objectifying children, treating them as objects instead of vulnerable human beings. The author’s intention with the short story is to show a cruel reality of children being traded, and an alternate society in which adults refuse to commit to the long-term care a child ...
Presentation of the text. Title: “Noel”. Author: Michael Plemmons. Date of Publication: 1985. Genre: Short Story. Michael Plemmons is an American author of short stories and novels. His most well-known fiction work is the historical novel “Fianna”, which deals with the Irish-American Fenian invasions of Canada.
The main theme of the short story “Noel” by Michael Plemmons is that of objectifying children, treating them as objects instead of vulnerable human beings. The author’s intention with the short story is to show a cruel reality of children being traded, and an alternate society in which adults refuse to commit to the long-term care a child ...
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Any special day of remembrance of the Great War must have for citizens of North Bay and vicinity proud yet bitter memories of its own battalion, the 228th, which left North Bay in the early days of 1916 and returned in 1919 with three years of distinguished war service ito its credit. So today when the returned men and citizens in general pay tribu...
On February 17, 1917, the battalion left the Toronto camp for St. John, N.B., where they spent three days in barracks before being shipped on the Missanabie, which has since been destroyed, and landed in Purfleet? Camp on February 28. In this camp the battalion was re-equipped and re- organized for service in France. The headquarters staff of the r...
Outline of any fighting unit must be a mere shell w[hich] only those who participated can properly fill in the days of discomfort, of near death, of heroism, of sacrifice and death itself. It can be truthfully said that the officers and men of the 228th bore themselves in a manner befitting the sturdy north from whence they came. They returned home...
Oct 11, 2023 · Noel grew each year with an air of laughter and love all-around him, imbued with the true spirit of Christmas – the spirit of giving, understanding, and joy. He was different from the other children though, for Noel aged but once a year, growing a tad older with each Christmas and eternally remaining the child of the holiday season.
Oct 10, 2017 · New Vessel Press, Oct 10, 2017 - Fiction - 142 pages. Joyeux Noël: “ [An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully...
