Most recent public comments by Christina Whitt https://nowcomment.com/users/23954 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608161 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608161 Toughen, condition, as in he was conditioning his body to hardship. He was preparing himself. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 08:32:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608160 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608160 To me, he seems to be really determined to achieve his dream, no matter what. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 08:25:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608159 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608159 concluding something without complete information. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 08:22:33 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608158 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608158 enthusiastic or passionate. (Sounds like the word "fervent!") Sun, 30 Oct 2016 08:21:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608157 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608157 To spread over a wide area. In this case, he is marveling at the sun's beauty, and notices how its light spreads over the horizon. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 08:13:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608156 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608156 Fervent means passionate. It sounds like the more he travels, the excited he is becoming excited about the possibilities of his daydreams becoming true. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 08:10:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608155 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62808?scroll_to=608155 Robert Walton is a main character, a ship captain, writing a letter to his sister, Margaret. He is planning to go on a long journey in hopes of fulfilling his dream of finding a passage to the North Pole. Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:55:54 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576288 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576288 But that was also his criticism with the church, that it was corrupt itself. After all, the Pardoners represented the church! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 06:13:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576287 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576287 Chaucer is criticizing the church for making people literally pay for their sins to be forgiven, which God never said. He said that if you repent and turn of your ways, He would forgive your sins. He never said that you had to pay for it. Sat, 17 Sep 2016 06:09:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576286 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576286 It was greed! Greed is the most "poisonous" sin of all. It makes people do things that they would not normally do, but might not even regret. Sat, 17 Sep 2016 06:01:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576285 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576285 These three men ended up being Death itself, because they caused the death of each other! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:58:57 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576284 Verbal irony He says, "by my word," but how good could his word be, when he just betrayed the other friend! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:54:24 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576283 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576283 The men gave up looking for Death, and instead chose to succomb to greed. At this point, they do not see the connection. Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:48:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576282 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576282 Who, or what, do you think the old man represents? This sound crazy, and I hope I am not the only one who has thought about it this way, but perhaps he represents goodness! I know that this is a little confusing. He seems to know a lot about death, but then again, he admitted this. If we were to believe him, then he is actually a good person, who simply is painfully waiting for death to come. If this is true, then he would represent the only goodness here. After all, why are the three drunk people seeking Death? They want to kill him! That is murder, which is bad. This man simply wants to be dead, so he can be with his mother. He admittedly did not "trespass in act or word." Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:38:53 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576281 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576281 This could be verbal irony, because he asks his dead mother to let him in, which she can neither hear him nor let him do. (I think verbal, because he is speaking those words to his mother.) Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:24:57 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576280 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576280 I believe this is verbal irony. After all, you cannot kill Death. Death is inevitable. I could be wrong, because in this situation, they think that they can, but that could make it dramatic irony! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:18:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576278 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576278 I think this is situational irony. First, Although these younger people, including younger men, women, and children have all died, he does not. Secondly, he wants to die, but cannot. Again, that sounds like situational irony. Sat, 17 Sep 2016 04:05:54 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576277 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576277 I thought it was strange that a man "blessed" the drunks. I just didn't figure out what he meant! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:58:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576276 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576276 This is dramatic irony. Apparently they do not realize that they cannot kill Death. Death is already ... DEAD! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:55:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576275 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576275 I missed that one, but that's right! Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:53:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576272 https://nowcomment.com/documents/60379?scroll_to=576272 This would have to be situational irony, because it says for the LOVE of Christ Who died for us, then tells us to forsake any oath. I would not forsake any oath, especially for the LOVE of Christ. Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:37:42 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57214?scroll_to=564741 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57214?scroll_to=564741 I apologize for putting my document in the wrong place! I decided to come back and delete it, and copy it over to the correct area! Mosaic plagiarism is taking a sentence and changing a few of the words. This might be done from different sources, and could be accidental. For instance, you might have forgotten to write down the source or thought it did not matter since it was only a few words. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid plagiarizing. One way is to use an electronic application that checks your document for possible plagiarism. This is important, even if you are certain that you documented all of your work. Perhaps you read something and accidentally wrote it, with just different words. The best way to prevent plagiarism, however, is to cite all your sources, no matter how few words you copied. Make certain to paraphrase often, and put quotes around two or more words written together. That said, I did get confused about the differences between citing and references. I hope I can come to understand all these rules this year. It probably sounds more complicated than it is, but it is not something I would want to do, even by accident. Sun, 04 Sep 2016 20:06:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57214?scroll_to=562870 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57214?scroll_to=562870 Mosaic plagiarism is taking a sentence and changing a few of the words. This might be done from different sources, and could be accidental. For instance, you might have forgotten to write down the source or thought it did not matter since it was only a few words. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid plagiarizing. One way is to use an electronic application that checks your document for possible plagiarism. This is important, even if you are certain that you documented all of your work. Perhaps you read something and accidentally wrote it, with just different words. The best way to prevent plagiarism, however, is to cite all your sources, no matter how few words you copied. Make certain to paraphrase often, and put quotes around two or more words written together. That said, I did get confused about the differences between citing and references. I hope I can come to understand all these rules this year. It probably sounds more complicated than it is, but it is not something I would want to do, even by accident. EDIT - I tried to delete this after copying and pasting it to the correct area, but could not figure out how to delete this! Sun, 04 Sep 2016 20:07:02 -0400