"Howl" in the Midnight Library
When I was reading my third-quarter reading selection "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig this week, the last thing I expected to see was a whole chapter dedicated to a poem called "Howl" that reflected the story's plot. And I couldn't help but notice the poem's strategic placement right after a climactic realization of the protagonist Nora Seed. "The Midnight Library" is about 35-year-old Nora Seed who is unhappy with her life choices and feels like she is no use to the world. However, when she tries to commit suicide, she ends up in an area between life and death called the Midnight Library. In the library, there are millions of books all featuring a unique life Nora could have lived if she made a different decision in her root life. At first, Nora believes she has no way forward but as she starts to explore more lives, she realizes the "success" she receives in other lives, didn't bring her the happiness she expected. For exam...