St Canice’s Cathedral

Cathedral and early medieval round tower in Kilkenny, Ireland.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question - Where Did American Prosperity Go	Kyla Scanlon	turning point	The round tower that answers the essay’s question.

30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question: Where Did American Prosperity Go? — Kyla Scanlon (2025)

Source: 30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question - Where Did American Prosperity Go · Original · Readwise highlight

I then climbed the narrow staircase of St. Canice’s Cathedral to the old monks’ tower. It’s been standing since the sixth century, where bells once rang to call monks to prayer.

• Role: turning point
• In the article: She climbs the narrow stairs of the monks’ tower, standing since the sixth century, reflects on the month and cries. She calls the tower the answer to her question about visible, maintained prosperity, noting St Canice is patron saint of the shipwrecked and that her family came from Ireland.
• Why it matters: It is the essay’s emotional and argumentative end point.