Most recent public comments by Carmen Sanchez https://nowcomment.com/users/88780 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302308 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302308 Their presence at the concert-hall made Clark wonder and fear a bit if Georgiana was going to realize that the way she was dressed was inappropriate for the event. She is dressed in dirty and dusty country clothes while the rest of the women in her surroundings are dressed very elegantly and colorful for the occasion. After Georgiana realizes the fanciness of the women around her, but she only looks about but does not complain one bit about her own appearance. Georgiana's behavior and decisions about her appearance demonstrate that one should not adjust their looks to the beauty standards of other women or men. The physical appearance of someone should not matter to others and it should especially not matter to one's self. Just as Georgiana showed Clark that her appearance was of no importance to her, but what was important in the moment was the beautiful event they were experiencing. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:15:46 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302301 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302301 Clark remembers the life he had when he lived with his aunt Georgiana, by which he recalls her image to be awful, and that he had sympathy for her ugliness. He also remembers how he suffered from working in the corn fields, and of how he was a weird and ugly person too. Clark is admitting that his aunt is the complete opposite of being beautiful or of even being decent at the least. Although the aunt's appearance is clearly horrible for people to see, he does not complain or make any small remarks about fixing up her appearance. This is because he has respect and a full understanding of what his aunt has gone through; he knows the pain Georgiana has endured since he experienced part of it when he was living with her and her husband, painfully working in the corn fields that have shaped his ugly figure, as well as Georgiana's ugly figure. Experiencing the experiences of others allows a person to fully understand the reason why a person behaves or looks a certain way, but at the same time we are able to sympathize and respect that person now that one is not ignorant of their past. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:38:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302223 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302223 In this sentence, the point of view is coming from Clark, and his overall perspective in "A Wagner Matinée" is directly towards his aunt's lifestyle that is described as "dark" and "unpainted". In this same sentence, the setting of her aunt's home is created with tons of ugly and old descriptions such as "naked as a tower" by which the reader can obtain a vivid image of the house's condition. The place is understood to be a rural place when Clark mentions "the cattle-tracked bluffs", as we know that cattle is found in rural areas and that there are dirt paths in these areas too. Clark's point of view on the country, poor, old, and ugly setting in which his aunt Georgiana lives, shows that this is the kind of life Georgiana led herself into when she played along the game of love with Howard Carpenter and both ended up building their country home that swapped Georgiana's young, happy, musical life for a lonely, repetitive, and burdensome one. It is extremely important for women to ponder through and understand the consequences of marrying someone. It may bring a good life, but then it can also bring a horrible one like it did to Georgiana. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:05:43 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2300563 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2300563 Here, Clark shows that he has full respect, admiration, and sympathy for his aunt in which he noticed in his childhood that she has suffered a great deal. The sufferings of his aunt, he judges to be terrible but fascinating and that she deserves better. This clearly shows the way Clark feels towards his aunt and his feelings are what guides him to behave a certain way. Since he feels that he owes her all the good things that has happened to him, he feels the need to give a special surprise to his aunt, as a way to show his appreciation. It is important to notice, appreciate, and show affection for someone who has suffered greatly for you. By feeling this way, one is able to give something special back to them, just as Clark's affection and great respect towards his aunt was able to lead him to the idea of taking his aunt to an instrumental concert by which she adored. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:04:32 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2300397 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2300397 When Clark inspects his aunt's profile, he compares her distant look to the exhausted, suffering faces and isolated presence of old dirty miners. This discovery and comparison that Clark makes shows the reader how he is so attentive on the aunt's expression and her emotions that he ultimately and simply found fatigue, loneliness, and emptiness, based on how he was able to descriptively compare her expression to the old miner's. Clark views his aunt as a very distant-minded woman who has worked abundantly to the point of being unwell. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:06:05 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2158616 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2158616 I agree with the points you make throughout your paragraph to prove how the government does not meet the needs of every single individual. What this does not mean is that the government should be attending every single person in a country where there are millions of people; that would be tiresome. Instead, the government should be more liberal towards everyone, because like you claim that Thoreau says, the government should be serving us, not us to them. I like the connection you made about the quarreling government and the silent society, and I would like to add that there have been governments who only desired to benefit themselves rather than to serve their country. For instance, quite some years ago Mexico's ex-president had received a lot of money to help people, especially children, with cancer to get them the medicine needed for their vaccinations. Instead, he was corrupt and spent the money on himself, leaving the ill without the treatment needed. These behaviors are classified as unfair, and an unfair government is what made Thoreau want to reform it, so that they serve the needs of all. Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:44:30 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2157293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2157293 In this statement, Thoreau is describing what happens to a person when they feel regretful for defying an unfair large group, or when they sacrifice what was important to them. Thoreau describes these hurting people as humans who have lost their strength, braveness, courage, and the brightness that was once in their spirit. When connecting Thoreau's statement to the beliefs of a Romantic or those of a Transcendentalist, it is clear that Thoreau means to say that once upon a time, before these people began to "bleed", they were successfully working towards revolution. But as soon as they felt regret for what they did, that is where they immediately start to fail and become disloyal towards themselves. Romantics and Transcendentalists strongly believe in the existence of true power in every single individual living on this huge, wide world. Although this is true for a Romantic, many humans tend to incline themselves towards the popular opinions that society creates, therefore influencing the individual's opinions. Situations like these happen nowadays, where a person has an issue, but is afraid to speak up for fear of losing something they may eventually regret. Such as the case of many immigrants, where many come illegally for the reason that it was made impossible for them in their former country to ready themselves to come to America legally. Many immigrants get deported since they came here illegally, but their reason behind it for doing it illegally is never realized and they immediately get sent back to their country. Since this happens, many immigrants have learned to keep silent, for fear that they could lose their opportune life here in America. Though others have made the courageous act of exposing themselves, and some have even regretted doing this as it is a dangerous act that is putting their safety on the line. This influence from society is exactly what Romantics and Transcendentalists like Thoreau, do not want anymore. As part of their revolution, it is obligated for each individual to create loud noises for what they truly believe in, so that unimaginable possibilities can be created in our society. Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:24:32 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2153471 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2153471 In this sentence, Thoreau says that the American government is not as strong and active when compared to a human. This means that a single individual can have the power to get more things done than that of a huge group, like the government. In the era of Romanticism, people who considered themselves as Romantics believed in many ideas that defied and differentiated from their previous beliefs. One of them being the idea of the great importance of an individual. They believed that every single human is vital and much more useful in this world. This is what Thoreau meant when claiming the uselessness of the American government. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:40:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050056 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050056 I did some research and I found that most people who are native americans found this as offensive, and that many white leaders began addressing native americans with the term "red skins". So I do believe that this is something that the translator did. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:30:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2049955 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2049955 I really like how you included in the end that "they treat it with care" because the text isn't only showing how they feel, but also how they show their feelings through their actions, like where it says "and our bare feet are conscious of the sympathetic touch" Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:17:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2049916 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2049916 Yes, I agree with you. He definitely gives a list of the objects and feelings that is present in that territory Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:06:48 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2048772 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2048772 The narrator also uses the word "thrill", which makes us think they are excited. He uses this to show how the natural things on the land, such as the rocks, even reminds him of happy memories. Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:11:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2048718 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2048718 The word "lovingly" emphasizes how the narrator feels about the land. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:30:15 -0400