Most recent public comments by Aluth Lual https://nowcomment.com/users/43538 https://nowcomment.com/documents/109227?scroll_to=1077147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/109227?scroll_to=1077147 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:56:07 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/109227?scroll_to=1077109 https://nowcomment.com/documents/109227?scroll_to=1077109 I think Alexie's word choice and the arrangement of these words in this excerpt is very significant in the meaning of the text itself. In the first half of the paragraph he repeats the word "I" a lot, its the main subject. But in the second half of the paragraph he uses "They", as in referring to the Indian kids. I think Alexie is trying to explain to us the internal change he went through. At first everything was about himself but he realized by the end by his paragraph by using the word "our", that life is about all of us.Also, throughout the excerpt he uses a lot of negative terms like "sullen... defeated...refuse and resist...arrogant. by doing this I think he is trying to exaggerate his argument for equal education. Alexie is telling us about his experience with the Indian kids. He makes the audience understand the dire need for novels, short stories, poems , and overall a good education for all kids. Through the second half, he's speaking for kids who cant speak for themselves. To sum up everything the Alexie said I would say, everyone has the right to a good education, and the means to have an open mind. How we educate our children is how they will grow up to be so its saving our lives to teach them well. If we don't invest in our future, how do we expect to have a virtuous one? Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:51:41 -0400