For Philip on His Last Night T the Palace

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Usually a palace is a building where the king and queen live. In this case the king is Philip while Margene is the queen. A king and queen will find comfort in the palace. In this story ”the Cantonese Palace” is definitely a place, which Philip finds comfortable and warm. Furthermore in line 118 page 12 it says “It was summer outside, but still, he was cold and wished he had a coat”. This line indirectly says that the Cantonese Palace is a warm place. A king and queen have their own servants. In this case Han is the server. He is even described as a faithful server.

In line 80 on page 11 it says, “Looking up, he realized now that all the tables had been removed around him. He hadn’t noticed”. This means Philip feels empty since it is his last day in the Cantonese Palace. To go to the Cantonese Palace was a special habit for him. The fact that it is not going to be a habit anymore creates an empty feeling inside of him. All in all ”the Cantonese Palace” has a big impact on Philip.

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Short essay

The role habits and routines in people’s life

The story “For Philip, on his last Night at the Palace” is about Philip and his habits. In the story his main routine is to visit the Cantonese Palace every Friday evening.

Like Philip we all have habits and some particular routines in our life. It is not all of us who are aware of them. If you drink water every night before you go to bed it is a habit.

For some people these special habits and routines can have a big role in their lives. On one side routines or habits enable us to do things without having to think too much about them. There are a lot of good habits such as smiling and helping each other. On the other side there is also a negative side of habits and routines in people’s everyday life. You can easily become disturbed if you can’t continue a special routine. This was the case with Philip in the story “For Philip, on his last Night at the Palace”. If you follow the same routine everyday you have a tendency to be inside the same box. Sometimes you have to break some certain routines and try some new habits out. This is healthy. Moreover you won’t become sad if you by all sudden can’t continue your regular routine, since you have tried some other routines out.

All in all there are negative sides and positive side of having habits and routines.