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Review the Instrumental Version

Listen to composer Greg Harridine's "Cloud, Castle, Lake (for flute and piano)" (available online). After you listen, write a paragraph reviewing this piece. Give your personal reaction to the music and then explain how successful it is as a "translation" of the story into music, and why.

Describe Your Own Perfect Scene

Ivanovich experiences a moment of transcendent wonder at the scene of the lake with the cloud's reflection and the castle on its shore. But what would your "perfect" scene be? Use about two paragraphs' worth of vividly descriptive language to show readers this scene.

Write a Story About the Individual Versus the Group

One of the interpretations of Nabokov's story is that it decries the loss of individual autonomy to the collective will. Write your own short story, of at least two pages, on this theme. Your story should have a clear...

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