In what way could this fictional story relate to the real world?
The story shows the corruption found in team sports today
The story may help someone cut from a team feel some comfort.
The story demonstrates how cruel and callous some coaches can be
The story shows that jealousy can sometimes have positive effects.

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used