Most recent public comments by Collin Schiff https://nowcomment.com/users/88532 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294299 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294299 Even though she was no less than 50 miles from home she has drastically changed. I think this shows that even when you are with or near people that you have been with your entire childhood; change is a part of life and distance does not create this change but rather the experiences you have encountered. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:19:52 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294294 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294294 The concert hall has brought something special to Clarks aunt, it is something that can only be appreciated at the hall. Since Boston has changed so much she does not want to leave, knowing that when she walks outside it will be foreign land. In a way you could call music her home and the hall was simply the place that brought it to her. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:15:09 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294275 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294275 In this sentence we see that her feelings have remained intact and that her love for music never died but was rather tucked away. The theme here is that if you truly love something no matter what happens you or how long you have been withdrawn from that thing your attachment with it will endure Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:11:03 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294242 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294242 Comparing her aunts figure from 30 years prior to what she is now we understand that the narrator may have brought her here to revive her old self. The metaphor here is that her aunt has not actually been dead for a quarter of a century but rather solitary from society. This sentence also tells us that her aunt is oblivious to that fact that she looks ridiculous in the concert hall and that the narrator knows this. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:02:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294227 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294227 In this sentence we understand just how tunneled the narrator is on understanding her aunt. After all these years does her appreciation for music remain. Since the point of view resides in the narrator this creates curiosity. Since we do not know whether she is enjoying the music either. However we do realize how focused she is on finding out that fact. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:53:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2050915 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2050915 I agree, and molestation has a very negative nuance and polarizing tone. This changes the readers interpretation and feeling towards the statement. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:15:51 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2050914 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2050914 I think this is a really good point, especially because they are not simply dying, their memories will live on and eventually when their is no bloodline left it will die. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:12:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2050911 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2050911 The word solitude is used twice. Once in Sentence 6 and then again in Sentence 8. The placement of the exact same word in two places stood out to me. Although The sentence that splits these two words also has meaning to me. In sentence 7 he describes what the life would be like when the last Native American is gone. Before the solitude is referring to peace and joy (happy memories) of the Native Americans (before they are all dead). Where as, after the sentence when he says "the last Red Man shall have perished" the meaning in the word solitude that follows is that of remorseful thinking of the Natives and how they will in a sense haunt the land (bad memories). I think this may be a bit far fetched. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:39:11 -0400