Horses of the Night crossword

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  1. 2. When Chris is unable to escape into his mind anymore, the chaos outside during the war was too much for him, he takes this action out of desperation and frustration.
  2. 5. The difficulties caused Chris to go back to Shallow Creek
  3. 7. Perspective on reality expressed by Chris when he was camping with Venessa
  4. 8. The symbol symbolizes how Chris separates himself from reality.
  5. 10. Richard Haliburton, a literary device
  6. 11. What isn’t in the lake behind Chris’s House.
  7. 13. The old, weathered, cheap suit we see Chris wear when Vanessa is 11
  8. 14. Town north of Winnipeg
  9. 16. Vanessa's thoughts of Chris when she saw how he reacted to Grandfather Connor’s harsh comments, and the reason why she believed that he was nice to him.
  10. 18. The high low-sweeping spruce trees shutting out the sun with their dusky out-fanned branches
  11. 20. Chris’ imaginary ranch where his two racing horses are held
  12. 22. Chris's age when he starts seeing the complexity of reality
  13. 23. The reality of what is inside the lake.
  14. 24. Chris uses these to escape from the harsh reality of the world, where he is incapable of achieving his dreams.
  15. 25. Shows the extreme difficulty, poverty, and unsatisfactory life Chris had in Shallow Creek. The lack of hygiene and lack of competent living standards
Down
  1. 1. How Vanessa thinks about her feelings after seeing Chris’s house
  2. 3. Duchess and Firefly are an example of which literary device?
  3. 4. The Great Depression and Drought were abstract and external concepts; they were malevolent gods whose evil I only noticed superstitiously.
  4. 6. Even Vanessa’s family could not afford this, and yet Chris is delusional to believe he can sell this to everyone in the town.
  5. 9. One of the main forces driving Chris to be unable to achieve his dreams and makes the reality more challenging to him.
  6. 12. Symbolizes Vanessa’s initial impressions of Chris, as well as one of his first escapes from reality and writing his homework assignment.
  7. 15. Symbolizes Chris’s escape into delusions and imagination instead of facing reality head on.
  8. 17. Symbolizes Grandfather Connor’s unwavering and stubborn nature, as well as his negative attitude towards Chris and his father
  9. 19. Chris’s imagination when he realizes that he is not able to get into university, that he hopes that he can become one of these.
  10. 21. One of the symbols that pulls Chris back into the harsh reality he is facing.