Comments by Kaitlyn Booher Most recent public comments by Kaitlyn Booher https://nowcomment.com/users/24490 The word "fastidious" means "paying attention to detail." https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868159 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868159 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:49:31 -0400 The word "paroxysm" means " a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity." This makes sense because this grief literally overcame this man so suddenly. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868158 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868158 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:47:36 -0400 This shows that he does not value human life. No one should have to die, but it seems that if the situation came up, he would sacrifice that person without a second thought.... https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868157 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868157 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:46:04 -0400 The word "capitulated" means to "surrender." At first this did not make sense, but he surrendered to the captain and crew for his own safety/. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868156 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868156 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:41:45 -0400 Robert is smart enough to lay low until it is morning. In this situation he thinks ahead and does not dare risk anyone's life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868155 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868155 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:39:07 -0400 "Apparition" means "The ghost or ghostlike image of a person." Because of this apparition, the crew changed their perspective of how far away they were from land. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868154 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868154 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:37:52 -0400 Just this sentence right here indicates that even Robert notices something is off. Normally the hero doesn't notice until it is too late or they ignore it. He also thought it was important enough to record. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868151 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868151 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:34:51 -0400 I have a picture of what this must look like, but I cannot figure out how to attach it. Here is how I imagine the terrain; Cold, cold water. Ice sheets floating past the ship as the bitter wind whips at all aboard. The air so cold you can see your breath. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868150 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868150 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:32:27 -0400 I have noticed this "Archangel" appear quite a few times in each letter. What is this place or thing or person? (The clues in the sentence lead me to believe it is a place.) https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868148 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868148 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:54:38 -0400 This shows yet another example of his arrogance. Typically heroes do not brag about themselves and how they will face the monster bravely, yet here he is, telling his sister that he can tackle any challenge with his head on straight. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868147 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:27:28 -0400 This first paragraph has a mood of hope, happiness. He is being positive and the men are too. The journey is smooth sailing so far. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868146 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87611?scroll_to=868146 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:26:04 -0400 It seems to me that he is having conflicting feelings and it almost foreshadows to whatever wrong he will commit later. The tone of this story changed and it is like he knows that he will do something wrong. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868142 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868142 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:18:05 -0400 I think this is more of his arrogant attitude coming into play. This shows that he knows for a fact what bad would happen if he killed the bird. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868141 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868141 He had thought it all out and he probably knew what kind of consequences would happen if he did kill the bird. This is very messed up because he sits here and tells her what might happen if he did kill it, yet later he throws this out the window and curses everyone. Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:18:40 -0400 Now he is acting bipolar for he was just trashing the guy for being after glory and now he is saying how awesome his qualities are. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868139 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868139 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:10:21 -0400 This is ironic because the main character is after all of the glory and he complains about this other guy wanting to pursue his profession and he describes him as "madly desirous of glory." https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868137 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868137 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:08:34 -0400 He is becoming bitter and focusing on himself and his feelings. A Byronic hero tends to have conflicting feelings and he does. He was so happy at the beginning now he has become bitter because "he has the want of a friend." https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868136 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868136 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:06:05 -0400 Now it seems to me that he is complaining that he will have no one to praise him when he comes back after discovering the new land. This is more selfish behavior showing itself. This is definitely a Byronic trait for he is arrogant and selfish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868134 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868134 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:04:48 -0400 This is a Byronic trait. Just in this paragraph, he says "I" at least 5 times. Already this hero is showing his true colors and how highly he thinks of himself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868133 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868133 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:02:58 -0400 Why does he he say that NOW he is going on the long journey? He had said earlier he has sailed for 6 years, but why is NOW the time that the real journey begins? https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868132 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868132 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:00:01 -0400 Again, he is being selfish and using the word "I" a lot. He is now going on about how he did this and he did that, all to find new land. Again, he is giving himself too much credit and acting impatient and saying how HE made this all happen. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868131 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868131 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:58:59 -0400 This word "perused" to read or examine something. The way this young man speaks shows that he is very wise, but he also shows how selfish he is. This guy thinks the key to success is knowledge. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868130 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868130 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:57:12 -0400 I think the author is a little bit arrogant. Not once does he mention his crew, or anyone for that matter. He is selfish and arrogant right off the bat. This guy obviously thinks he will become a huge deal for discovering this land and he gives no credit https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868127 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868127 to anyone else. He says the word "I" a couple of times throughout the passage. He also mentions that this undertaking is "mine." So obviously he thinks he deserves more praise than anyone else aboard the ship. Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:53:59 -0400 The definition of "satiate" that I have found is "satisfy." This makes sense because typically one satisfies their curiosity. It seems to me that the author will not stop until it is satisfied. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868125 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868125 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:51:36 -0400 The definition of "hitherto" means "until now or point in time under discussion." This is kind of confusing, but I understand that this is referring to the places discovered until now. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868108 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868108 This makes sense to me, I just cannot word it right. Here is another way to put this; every region previously (another word for hitherto) discovered on the habitable globe. So, this is talking about the lands discovered before and he is talking about trusting the navigators from before and finding the beauty in the things already discovered alone his way to discover the new land. (I really hope this makes sense!) Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:49:10 -0400 The word "undertaking" means a formal pledge or promise. This promise is not taken lightly because of the words the author uses. He says "success" and "confidence" meaning this promise WILL be fulfilled in some way. https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868102 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868102 I am not entirely sure what promise he has made, but it is a serious promise if the word is defined as "a pledge." Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Why does this letter start with "to" instead of "dear?" https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868101 https://nowcomment.com/documents/87610?scroll_to=868101 I find this interesting because in our letters nowadays, we tend to write "dear" at the beginning when we address the person we are writing to. Is this wording perhaps showing the difference from back then until our time? I can't think of any other reason why the letter would say "to" on the inside, on the beginning of the letter. Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This is funny that they ask this in the paragraph because I am sure 95% of people did not know this, hence why we are discussing this particular subject in this article. https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=797833 https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=797833 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This reason alone is why so many people are caught plagiarizing papers because they do not know the definition of plagiarism, or they do not think what they're doing is considered plagiarism. https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=797831 https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=797831 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This probably happens fairly often. Students have so much work to do and get turned in on time that sometimes they might actually forget to cite their source(s). It is still a serious offence though, so we need to watch that we do not do this. https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=790583 https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=790583 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This can happen when you are rushing to get an essay done on time and you do not have time to read the source entirely so you just copy and paste sentences at a time to make your essay longer and in doing this you give no credit to the author. https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=790581 https://nowcomment.com/documents/81005?scroll_to=790581 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 The value of this story is also freedom. How did the Sky Spirit never find his daughter? Did he look for her? It seems like he did not care until she had children and they were not his creation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573713 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573713 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Secrecy leads to disappointment and death. The grizzlies should have come forward with the info about the Sky Spirit's daughter, but they did not and it ended horribly for them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573712 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573712 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 The value I saw the most of in this story was that of secrets. The grizzlies didn't dare to come forward with his daughter until the end and it cost them dearly. They did not care to tell him anything and that is like keeping a secret even if you dont lie https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573710 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573710 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 He had the right to become very angry. None of the grizzlies bothered to tell him that his daughter was not dead. I would have been pissed off too if someone came up to me with my GROWN up daughter and said they took her and raised her for me. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573709 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573709 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 If they knew that they had his daughter, why didn't they return her a long time ago? Why did they even take her in the first place? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573708 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573708 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This story reminds me of Artemis and the girl who ran away from Aphrodite. The girl was cursed and fell in love with a bear and Artemis abandoned her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573707 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573707 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Why did he carry her home? He could have easily eaten her. I don't understand why he kept her alive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573706 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573706 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Doesn't the snow come back eventually? How do we get snow on our mountains according to this myth? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573705 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=573705 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 I forgot what vanquish means so I looked it up and it means "defeat thoroughly." https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573704 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573704 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 I do not know what a baneberry plant is so I looked it up. Apparently it is a very deadly plant and when eaten, it usually gives you cardiac arrest and then you die. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573703 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573703 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Is this the story of Cain and Able? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573702 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573702 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 "Fainted dead away" basically means that she passed out cold and wasn't waking up anytime soon. Why does this girl pass out from seeing a stranger? Why does he lay arrows on her?] https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573687 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573687 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 All of these paragraphs seem to link to a movie or story in some way. I am seeing The Life of Pi and the giant turtle in that movie. Everything reminds me of something in one way or another. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573686 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573686 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 The images I am imagining remind me of Alice in Wonderland as she fell. The paragraph does not say if she swam, sank, or fell through air. Why was she snooping around when she was pregnant? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573685 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573685 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 How does the author know that she saw the ocean below? I thought the man saw nothing under the roots in the above paragraph? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573684 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573684 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Why did the people let a pregnant woman wander off by herself? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573683 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573683 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 I can see the man breaking the ground and like in a movie, the picture zooms out to show the whole planet and it is held together by the sacred tree's roots. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573682 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573682 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 After re-reading this paragraph, I realized that this story sounds very familiar to me. The way that tthe first two sentences talk about pregnancy cravings and then they jump to a sacred tree, reminds me of Adam and Eve. Is this the story of Adam and Eve? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573681 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573681 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Supposed? uh oh. Why do they use the word "supposed"? The words used in this paragraph are already foreshadowing what may or may not happen, in my opinion. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573679 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573679 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This puts the image in my head of the giant mother tree in Avatar. It looked normal on the outside but inside there was a spiral branch type thing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573678 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573678 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 This reminds me of the newer version of Hercules with Dwayne "the rock" and the very first scene of that movie is a woman struggling to give birth. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573663 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573663 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Is the Sky World supposed to symbolize heaven? This reminds me of Avatar a lot because they called humans, Sky People. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573660 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573660 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 Who is telling this story? This paragraph has many beliefs from our day in it and this shows how lots of people believe very similar beliefs and I can help but to wonder who is telling this story? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573659 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573659 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 So far, this paragraph is showing how many people believe the same thing, the story is just told differently. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573656 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573656 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400 The beginning of this paragraph reminds me a lot of the beginning of the Bible. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573655 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=573655 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:01 -0400