Orange is the last color to flood your vision. Before this, you are able to see the tall dark silhouettes of the buildings around you, the wide avenues lined with smoldering branches of trees,

the empty windows staring at you in judgement. You meet their gaze. This is your fault.

Before orange, you see red and yellow and shadows as people lie down on the streets and

accept the burning of the world. A man evaporates beside you. (Ashes to ashes, dust to stardust.)

The ground shakes beneath your feet, forcing to your knees. No prayer comes to your lips; only an

apology. Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry. Above the ruins, the dominant sun spreads his arms,

encompassing the horizon.

1.What does the shades and tints of colors mentioned in the selection represent?

2. What scenario did you discover in the selection? Cite details that will support your claim.

3. What is the character's feeling toward the scene? Why do you say so?