“Games at twilight”

“Games at twilight”

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  “Games at twilight” By:Delfina Urquizu and Martina Safronchik
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  The story isabout Ravi, a young boy from a big family, that went to play in a very hot day, He played hide and seek with his brothers and he decided to hide in a unusual place, that was very dark and frightened, he spent a lot of time there. However, when he was out from there, he had the sensation of death. Plot
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  Born 24 June1937, she is an Indian novelist. As a writer, she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. Anita Desai
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  He was achild from The India, he belonged to a big family. He spent most of the story hidden in the hole, Ravi was desperated for winning as he never won before, but Ravi was very disappointed when he realized that nobody remembered him. He had not a good relationship with his oldest brother, Rahu. Ravi
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  The oldest brother,who took the role of leader in that group. He was self centered and seemed to be a bad loser “He started to protest, to cry ‘you cheated’ ” Rahu
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  It was usedcolours to describe: The setting, and how hot it was. To describe the feelings of Ravi about how afraid he was. Colours represent emotions and the sense of death “The white walls of the veranda glared stridently in the sun. The bougainvillea hung about it, purple and magenta, in livid balloons” Importance of colours
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  As he didn’tappeared he was like dead for them and they represent it with a song. “The grass is green, The rose is red, Remember me When I am dead, dead, dead. . .” “Death” in the story
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  When he washide, he was very frightened of touching some type of spider, as it was dark he had to imagine the things that it was next to him. As Ravi had never won, he started to think the different ways to win. However, when he ran saying “Den”, nobody remembered that he was still hide, so they continued with others game. Hide and Seek much more than a game
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  A hot day,his mother didn´t let they play, but they really wanted to. They were excited to do it, and when his mother let them, the first game that they played was hide and seek, with Rahu searching they. Excitement
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  Being in theshed, Ravi was very scared, because the place was very dark, and it could have been a lot of insects that he couldn't see. Triumphant, because of the darkness that help him, he started to imagine the many ways to win, because of the reason that he hadn´t won in his life. Scared and Triumphant
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  He was reallyconvinced that he would win, and when he ran, he started to say “Den”, but nobody paid attention to him. Melancholic because he was really sure he would win. Humiliating, because he started to shout because he wanted to be heard, but they didn't paid attention to him. “But what about the game? But what had happened? Could it be over? How could it when he was still not found?” Humiliating
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  He imagined theway he would win, but he was crushed with the reality that nobody paid attention to his victory. This fact, caused him a big deception and he got very disappointed and sad, because his brother forgot completely about him Reality versus. Fantasy
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  Alienation because whenhe hided far away from everyone and also when they called him to play the new game, he decided to apart from them. And insignificance, because as he was from a big family they didn't paid a lot attention to him, and nobody realized his absence. Alienation and insignificance
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  Martina Safronchik andDelfina Urquizu Made by: