Most recent public comments by Madeline Garbacz https://nowcomment.com/users/88710 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291867 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291867 This shows the point of view because this shows that they have based their assumptions on what their aunt was like in their childhood, and how they perceived them when they saw them getting off the train. By using the word 'again', it shows that this is not the first time they have misjudged their aunt, setting up the rest of the story for what a quick Whitted (can recognize a ton of melodies and remembers a lot from her childhood) woman she is. This also sets up the idea that this woman is fully capable of being happy and independent for herself and the idea that she would not want to go back to that life later on because by misjudging her, it means that she has not been living up to her true potential on the farm and she knows it. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:22:15 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291862 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291862 Home and comfort is not a place, but an idea, or in this case music; showing how while they are sitting in the concert hall in Boston, for the Aunt, outside of the concert hall is not the city of Boston, but the house she has been living in in the country for years. This symbolizes that she sees music as her home, and specifically the music of Boston/cities. This means that she does not see the country as her home, but this also shows that she doesn't see the city as ehr home, just music. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:17:42 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291859 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291859 Once again, the author is connecting the city to the country and its people in the same way. The orchestra played a piece that the woman clearly knew, and then the author says that music was this woman's soul, because she clearly had not heard this piece in a very long time, since she had lived in Boston, and yet when she heard it again, her soul 'bloomed'. In this scenario, the soul of this woman seems to thrive listening to music in a big city, but the soul itself is described as nature. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:13:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291855 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291855 This illustrates a theme of comparing the country to the city because the author talks about how they went to see an orchestra in a concert hall in Boston, a very big city with a lot going on in it. Yet when the music started, the writer said they felt like they were back on the farm again, and begins to describe what that feels like. By talking about the farm while in a big, bustling city, the author is trying to say that they are not as different as they seem. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:08:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291853 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2291853 This metaphor of feeling the details sinking into her soul illustrates that she is taking everything in and absorbing it; memorizing it and the person telling the story can sense it. This builds on the point of view of the story because the person immediately compares her experience in the concert hall to the First-person experience of the storyteller. This continues into the next line of connecting fields of corn to a treadmill because it tells us from a firsthand experience how new this once was to the storyteller and connects it back to how it is now suddenly new for the woman again. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:04:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2152101 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2152101 It is interesting because when I first looked at this sentence, I did not get how truly it represented romantic ideals. Your explanation that it highlights the ideal that the individual is more important than a law and especially if that law is unjust makes sense. It is interesting how a different perspective can cause things to shift in your head as to how you understand something, and tying the quote into today's events was a great way to relate to the people of today. It is interesting that you bring up how we keep and exhibit the romantic ideals today, and makes me wonder: what other characteristics have we brought from the past? Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:57:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2150240 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2150240 This line is the best in the text because he is saying that the government slows things down instead of gets them done and that he does want a government, just not the one that is available right now. This is great because It has a deeper meaning, that he is comparing those who slow down trade as the same as people who are punished for blocking railroads. This could signify a strike from a railroad company, and the people forming blockades are the protestors. Also, the fact that he is not wanting no government shows that he knows that a government is the best thing for a people. But by asking for a better government, that is pretty general, meaning that he wants the best government for all, not just himself. I find the comparison with this quote in today's world because there are a lot of protests and hypocrisy among congresspeople going on right now, and calling them out on it does nothing. The asking for a better government for the people is also a common theme in the protests, and I am sure that like today, he was misunderstood for only wanting a government that benefits him. Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:20:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2147622 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2147622 This quote, including the 3 sentences above it demonstrates the romantic ideals because it is saying that the American people were the ones who kept their country free and settled the west, not the constitution. He is arguing that unlike what many thought at the time the constitution did not serve to make these things happen for Americans. He is arguing that the spirit of the people motivated them to accomplish what they did. In the time of today, we tend to think that the constitution accomplished a ton of things after it was written, but in reality, it is a piece of paper. The only reason that it carries weight is that the American people honor it, and follow it. Therefore the accomplishments of the constitution are in actuality the accomplishments of the people. Sun, 22 Nov 2020 17:18:21 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051044 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051044 I completely agree with Celia, and that 'molestation' has a more negative connotation to it. However, I wonder if that negative connotation existed when the word was used. I think that it was a very interesting word choice. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:48:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051021 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051021 I also noticed the repetition, and agree that it is so that the people who hear the speech know that their culture owned the land for a long time. I also think it shows how well the tribe and this person know the land. It emphasizes the fact that they were there long enough to learn all the secret hiding places, where anything useful might be, etc. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:44:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051020 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051020 I agree with the idea that the use of perish illustrates that his people will die from things they were forced into. I also feel like the use of the word 'perished' puts an image into your mind of suffering. Using the word 'die' is more passive, because there are many ways one can die. However, the word 'perished' is used for events such as dying on the battlefield. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:41:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051018 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051018 The choice of 'brief season' is very interesting because it stresses how little time the young children had on their tribe's land, and how they are being forced out. It also shows exactly how the speaker feels towards the fact that the tribe has to leave, because the children are the only ones who are described with timeframe words (brief, season) Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:53:51 -0400