Most recent public comments by Sylvia Plath https://nowcomment.com/users/13070 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=331036 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=331036 Poetry is a medium through which Plath described her true life feelings. Poetry is integrated into this narrative as a way to giving specific examples for instance the line, "She would rather be dead than fat" to describe her husband's extramarital affair. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=331015 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=331015 "Destiny's doorstep" means an important part of her life as she "discovered her dream home." Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=331000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=331000 Quotations play an essential role in narratives because a good quote gives a character's opinion and identifies expression. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330999 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330999 Testimony functions in this narrative with the quotation, "Little man." Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330998 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330998 Background is essential for a narrative. It sets the tone for a narrative. It helps better understand the circumstances and situations of a character. This line is establishing a change in atmosphere in the narrative. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:49 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330990 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330990 Aurelia Plath is put into the narrative to show her witnessing the decline of her daughter, Sylvia. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:49 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330987 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25279?scroll_to=330987 Chronology shows time passage. This paragraph gives the chronology of the beginning her decline which eventually ended tragically. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:49 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328029 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328029 I completely agree with this! Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:02:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328028 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328028 The author well acquainted to the literary world but in his first travel he did not know Plath because she was still in the dim-lights a few years after her death. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328027 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328027 Establishes that the author has traveled from NY and he sees a vast distinction between London and NYC. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328026 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25283?scroll_to=328026 This is a diary because the author uses first person account. It's also listing what the author did throughout the day. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328025 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328025 The last paragraph is preparing the reader for a transitional phase in Susan's life. With her mother's new husband, and away from "the desert of her childhood and into the land of dreams: California" Susan's life was about to change. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328024 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328024 A phrase like "the ideal Curie" turns Marie Curie into a inspiration or role model for Sontag. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328023 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328023 Analysis gives the character more descriptions. For instance Sontag's analysis of Marie gave a more clearer view of Sontag's mind and her thought process. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328022 This paragraph transitions between childhood to career, which is the rest of her life. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328019 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328019 Our experiences make us the people who we become. Childhood has a very strong impact on a person and their development. Knowing Sontag's childhood could explain her decisions in life or could help the reader understand her personality better. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328011 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=328011 Gives the reader a better understanding of her personality when compared Tom Sawyer. In a way his vindictive, childish, conniving, and manipulative character is being referenced. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327995 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327995 The shift changed from past to present to paint a vivid description of Susan's memory to the readers. Also I believe since the building still stands today, that idea wanted to be made clear. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327954 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327954 Reading becomes the center of her attention. The previous paragraph describes her love for reading, and the next paragraph connects reading to her life. This connection between paragraphs may be portraying her life and her only connection, to books, because she is not connected to anything else. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327893 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327893 I completely agree with Stephanie. A "cloud of dust" can also mean negativity, but as we know clouds move, so it could be a metaphor for moving problems. I don't know if that made sense. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327881 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327881 Likely is used because it is not certain why Mildred was depressed, rather a presumption was made. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327880 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327880 So the reader may know that it is Sontag's point of view. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327878 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327878 The paragraph is brief just like the brief statement from her mom in regards to her father's passing. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327875 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327875 Keeping the reader interested, or intrigued to know / explore more. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327874 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327874 She was alone because she was in the world of discoveries. She gives the example within the paragraph, at four she "was engaging in critical analysis, wondering about that word 'high strung.' " Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327873 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=327873 I think because she was trying hard to remember. A if she was squeezing the memories out of her head. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318999 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318999 It is encouragment but also ambiguity in the part of Michael. I think this vagueness comes from his disinterest in disclosing certain parts of his life. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318998 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318998 I think the biographer cannot chronologically put stories together from such conversations. I think it rather distracts the biographer from their intention of getting more details from their subject. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318997 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318997 The mere idea of a person becoming friends with you or forming a relationship with you through the sole purpose of writing about your life, can be distressful. I mean where is the fine line between having dinner with your biographer and chit-chatting and worrying if something slips out which you do not want to reveal to the rest of the world? Now from a biographers perspective there is equal pressure. Where do they draw a fine line between revealing everything and then keeping a cordial relationship with their subjects? I simply do not find it easy to write without being offensive. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318996 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318996 I get an image of my room of a man who is completely broken. His house is dusty and his bed undone. I get a sense of a wrecking ball in turmoil as Miley Cyrus would have said it. Meh :/ Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318995 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318995 The biographer had a good relationship with Jill. They cared for one another and I have a sense there was affection involved. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318993 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318993 I think this switch means a transition to one period over another. To reminisce of the old times. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318992 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318992 I details of this paragraph reveals the dependency of Michael on Jill. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318991 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318991 I think the words "I wonder" implies the biographer is thinking beyond it's subject. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318990 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318990 The phrase "clashes of perception" means the obstacle biographers face when writing the story of another person without their subjective thoughts being depicted. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318989 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318989 A biographer is half the story because he tells the story of another person through his/her perspectives. Therefore, the story is half facts and half his/her views on the life of the person he is writing about. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318988 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318988 Raw records are bits and parts of the biography! Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318987 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30636?scroll_to=318987 I think it is difficult to acquire so much knowledge of a person by either interviewing them or having first hand experience by sitting with them through breakfast, lunch or dinner and still keep out the kitty gritty details which they might not want to disclose in a biography. How is it possible to write a biography and still maintain a decent if not respected relationship with the main subject? Questionable! Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30612?scroll_to=314093 https://nowcomment.com/documents/30612?scroll_to=314093 I feel grammar is essential for writing but I also like how Stephen King expands the horizon for writers. Gives hope to newbies. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:18 -0500