Comments by Shaurya Mohapatra Most recent public comments by Shaurya Mohapatra https://nowcomment.com/users/165899 Simile: about the author and his condition. Good for an essay prompt "about the author". https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667582 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667582 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:54:34 -0400 Stereotypes: psychological self-fulfilling prophecies. Ties in with modern racism. Good for an essay prompt on "effects". https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667574 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667574 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:47:39 -0400 Quote: Ties in with identity, good for an essay prompt about "the author" et al. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667569 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667569 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:43:54 -0400 What on earth? :O https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667141 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667141 This guy has crazy humour. Edit: I stand corrected, he is extremely philosophical and introspective in his analysis of his life and lifestyle. Kudos to you man. Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:21:56 -0400 Motif: Blood as repetition establishes a morbid motif of blood. Fine. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667137 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667137 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:16:47 -0400 Quote: Identity and social studies. Good enough for an essay prompt on identity and the "suffocation" of a culture. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667134 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667134 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:15:39 -0400 Quote: About identity and memory. Good for a prompt about natives grappling identity. Pretty good. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667129 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:13:52 -0400 Oblivion: Consequences of historical colonialism. Tying in with long term impact. Good use in an essay for a prompt about how the natives were affected. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667126 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667126 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:11:02 -0400 Metaphor/Simile: "the land moves with you like memory" tying in with memory studies. Good. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667124 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667124 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:09:29 -0400 Great quote! Talks about present-day impacts, long term impacts, and memory study-esqe applications can be derived from here. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667122 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667122 Shaurya. Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:08:39 -0400 Metaphor: "The bullets were premonitions" https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667121 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667121 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:50:18 -0400 Metaphor, Simile, Juxtaposition, and historical allusion all in one! Great for an essay... :) https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667119 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667119 Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:06:48 -0400 Simile: "like blood through a blanket", talking about memory studies and historical violence. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667115 Chris Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:04:01 -0400 Memory studies: remembrance of ancestors, essay topic perhaps. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667113 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3667113 Chis Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:00:42 -0400 Metaphor: Synecdoche, Trope, "reduced to a feathered image". Shows how colonialism flattens rich human histories. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666657 Chris Shaurya Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:55:41 -0400 I like what you're saying, keep it up! https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666636 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666636 Chris Shaurya Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:53:38 -0400 Central point: They have been portrayed in many ways, often untrue and racist, tying in with historical allusion. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666619 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666619 Chris Shaurya Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:43:54 -0400 Allusion: Historical allusion to capitalism, greed, and common settler ideology. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666570 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666570 Chris Shaurya Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:49:49 -0400 Metaphor: "she brought the thorns to life" Descriptive IMAGERY alluding to a nature focused culture. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666566 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666566 Chris Shaurya Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:48:12 -0400 Repetition:"a head rolled in" https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666562 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666562 Chris Shaurya Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:47:22 -0400 Simile: "the indian head on a spike were LIKE flags flown". https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666542 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666542 Shaurya Chris Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:44:30 -0400 Repetition: Beheading and selling of body parts, alludes to historical violence, tying in with memory studies. https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666481 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:56:55 -0400 This is such as awesome play on words! Obvious allusion to "thanksgiving". https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666264 https://nowcomment.com/documents/421272?scroll_to=3666264 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:01:32 -0400