Flash Fiction analysis

Analysis of "The Flame" by Adam Drake

I feel that the theme of the story is that love is blind and fragile. The female speaker in the story talks about how she wishes she had someone that truly loved her and appreciates every little detail of her. She broke up with her boyfriend Mike the day after Valentines day to be with the male speaker in the story because she saw the card that he had wrote for his girlfriend Jenny and immediately knew then that she wanted to be with someone like him. She was touched by the card and the feelings that he expressed for Jenny. When the male speaker and his girlfriend Jenny broke up she stepped in and got with him. When the female speaker in the story tells the male speaker why she fell in love with him he tells her that he wasn't the one who wrote that card and that it was actually Mike. In the story it says "A single tear crawled down her cheek". The female speaker realized that she broke up with the person that she truly wanted to be with. She wanted to be with the person who wrote the card which she thought was the male speaker in the story but it was actually Mike who she broke up with. The theme that love is blind is evident here.

The diminishing candle flame in the story is a symbol for the relationship of the speaker's in the story. The candle flame is burning out and so is their relationship. In the quote "A single tear crawled down her cheek as the flame died leaving only a trail of smoke and the smell soot." she is realizing that the relationship is over just as the candle flame burns out. When the flame goes out so does the relationship.

http://www.shortbreadstories.co.uk/story/view/the_flame/ 

Open Letter

Dear Government of Newfoundland and Labrador,

I would like to bring to attention the lack of indoor training facilities for track and field in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland does not have a indoor facility where track and field athletes can train year round. There's the field house but we often get yelled at for "running too fast" and we are also not allowed to wear our spikes because it will "tear up the track". Although training for running is hard in the winter it is also the smallest of our problems. Long jumpers and triple jumpers have no where to train in the winter. There is no indoor jumping pits in this province. There used to be one in the field house but it is no longer there. It got replaced by a weight room and even when it was there we were not allowed to use it. It is extremely hard to compete and keep up with others across the country when they have access to training facilities year round and we don't. There is defiantly potential for athletes in Newfoundland to do well at National meets. One of Newfoundlands two medals at the past Canada Summer Games came from track and field. There was also a few athletes who made A finals and were competing for medals. Newfoundland had a excellent showing at this past Canada Games so imagine how much better be could do if we had a facility where we could train year round.

After reading this I hope you take into consideration of building a facility in this province for track and field athletes to train year round. This would help us reach our full potential and achieve our goals.

Nicole

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