Comments by Alex Plesscher Most recent public comments by Alex Plesscher https://nowcomment.com/users/130450 Mrs Hart, I think you bring up a very interesting point. A lot of American society has pushed our nations dark history into the past, instead of effectively acknowledging it and its effects on the present. This stops us from healing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966011 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966011 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:20:54 -0800 Knowing this makes reading Kindred even more interesting to me. I can draw connections back to the sheer brutality or slavery, and an entire society determined to keep one down, and it gives me more perspective into how difficult and evil the times were. https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966010 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966010 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:18:04 -0800 The creation of a strong independent female black character was very rare for its time. Its also very important seeing as how it resisted the stereotypes of the time. https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966009 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966009 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:13:19 -0800 Sophia I comepletely agree. I also think its interesting how Butler made more than a stereotype out of all of her characters. They are all so complex, and more than just one thing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966008 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966008 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:11:27 -0800 I find the clash between media and corporations interesting, because while corporations are quick to forget the past and present products with a new future, the miniseries roots probably forced people to come to terms with Americas past. https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966007 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966007 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:05:25 -0800 I completely agree Jack. They're almost acting like yes men, and putting the past in the past as fast as they can https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966005 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966005 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:00:19 -0800 I think its telling that in the individualistic American society, ads changed and developed around a growing consumer base, rather than morality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966004 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966004 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:56:04 -0800 Counter Culture https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966003 https://nowcomment.com/documents/335213?scroll_to=2966003 Its very interesting how a time of societal change was created through the counter culture of the 60s, part of which being inspired probably by the war in Vietnam. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:52:36 -0800 Usage of "and no" to answer the perhaps preconceived notions of what the lake consists of. https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956730 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956730 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:21:21 -0800 Maybe the water is a metaphor for their very large community, and that could be why the boy is laughing. A large community supporting one another in crisis is a very positive thing. Then again he could be laughing in sadness at the size ofthedisadvantaged https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956707 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956707 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:17:38 -0800 Meaning they look for solace or relief in the arms of one another, like community. https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956640 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956640 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:00:24 -0800 Gives poem context. Post hurricane, which affected predominantly black communities. https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956637 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956637 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:59:29 -0800 Deliberately specifying the arms raised from the lake are not surrendering, but rather asking for support https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956597 https://nowcomment.com/documents/334246?scroll_to=2956597 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:56:12 -0800