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The Lesson of the Moth
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The Lesson of the Moth
Literature
Archy and Mehitabel
Question #1
Why didn't the author use any punctuation?
Lojayn
In 1916, Marquis introduced Archy, a fictional cockroach. Archy would climb up onto the typewriter and hurl himself at the keys, typing out stories of the daily challenges of a cockroach. Archy was unable to operate the shift key on the typewriter, so all of his verse was written without capitalization or punctuation. Archy's best friend was Mehitabel, an alley cat. The two of them shared a series of day-to-day adventures that made satiric commentary on daily life in the city during the 1910s and 1920s. .
The first illustration of Archy. Seen in an advertisement in the New York Tribune on September 11, 1922
Question #2
What is something you would risk your life for?
Lojayn
Raghad
The author: Don Marquis
Question #3
Would you rather have unlimited happiness but live a shorter life, or a longer life with half the happiness?
Lojayn
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Donald Robert Perry Marquis was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, and newspaper columnist. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. Marquis was the author of about 35 books.
July 29, 1878 to
December 29, 1937
Raysa
Moths are attracted to lights.
Cockroaches are repulsed by light.
People are two types, some are brave enough to go to the public and do what they feel is right, and others are like cockroaches the moment they're noticed they just hide in darkness.
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Summary
Shaima S.
The poem tells a story of a moth, an insect that has a strange habit of being attracted to the bright light. The story is being told by a fictional cockroach named Archy. The cockroach finds the moth trying to break into a light bulb to get the light inside; when he asks why he is doing this, the moth replies: “It is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty.”
One of the major symbols in the poem is the flame in which the moth is willing to die for. It implies that there are things that certain people are willing to do even if it may cost them their lives. The cockroach in the poem represents all the people who live their lives very carefully to ensure a long one. The moth symbolizes all the people who don't.