Haig uses an island, because it represents a single unit in a vast expanse of area. The island represents us and who we are in a diverse and complicated expanse of nature and life. Nora has found an island that is flourishing against all odds. This island is beaming with greenery and all these joyous forms of life in an environment that seems like it’s out to get it. She finds a hopeful, passionate island of opportunity in this. I’ve had a few experiences of vastness before. There have been times where life just seems to beat down on you, and then all of the sudden something happens that shifts your perspective. It gives you a sense of hope and a chance to look beyond the narrow focus that is pain and suffering. Whether it be church or family or whatever, something has happened in my life to open my mind and eyes to new possibilities and it’s given me the chance to look for new islands. To travel and explore unforeseen areas. -Elliot Riden
The island represents Nora in that moment. There is finally hope of a growing promise inside her cold and barren life. She realizes she wants to live against all likelihood, and it is beautiful to her. Nora spotted that island out of all the other icy and bare islands surrounding it. I went to Oregon on vacation a couple years ago. It had recently been a hard time for my family, but we had planned and paid for everything months ago, so my parents said we had to go. I was slightly depressed when we went, and I was so anxious all the time. I can't speak for them but being on the cold coast seeing those huge rocks in the ocean put me at such peace. I felt so tiny compared to those rocks, and I thought, those rocks are even more miniscule to the ocean they are in. I feel like it relieved pressure off of me to be so perfect, and my choices didn't really have that much of an effect on the world. I became less anxious in my life because I could see bigger pictures instead of pinpointing on only my life. -Anna Stone
Haig uses an island, because it represents a single unit in a vast expanse of area. The island represents us and who we are in a diverse and complicated expanse of nature and life. Nora has found an island that is flourishing against all odds. This island is beaming with greenery and all these joyous forms of life in an environment that seems like it’s out to get it. She finds a hopeful, passionate island of opportunity in this. I’ve had a few experiences of vastness before. There have been times where life just seems to beat down on you, and then all of the sudden something happens that shifts your perspective. It gives you a sense of hope and a chance to look beyond the narrow focus that is pain and suffering. Whether it be church or family or whatever, something has happened in my life to open my mind and eyes to new possibilities and it’s given me the chance to look for new islands. To travel and explore unforeseen areas.
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The island represents Nora in that moment. There is finally hope of a growing promise inside her cold and barren life. She realizes she wants to live against all likelihood, and it is beautiful to her. Nora spotted that island out of all the other icy and bare islands surrounding it. I went to Oregon on vacation a couple years ago. It had recently been a hard time for my family, but we had planned and paid for everything months ago, so my parents said we had to go. I was slightly depressed when we went, and I was so anxious all the time. I can't speak for them but being on the cold coast seeing those huge rocks in the ocean put me at such peace. I felt so tiny compared to those rocks, and I thought, those rocks are even more miniscule to the ocean they are in. I feel like it relieved pressure off of me to be so perfect, and my choices didn't really have that much of an effect on the world. I became less anxious in my life because I could see bigger pictures instead of pinpointing on only my life.
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