Most recent public comments by Noah Hankin https://nowcomment.com/users/89989 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300581 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300581 Georgiana had something she loved dearly taken from her, which was music. I think this idea touches on the immense importance the things that people care about have. Everybody loves something, and life becomes painful and even boring when that is taken from you. You could feel lost and dead inside. Georgiana was afraid to care about something because she was afraid that she would lose it again. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:17:14 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300572 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300572 People want to hold on to the things that the love and never let go because they fear they will lose it forever. This feeling is even more intense for Georgiana because she lost what she loved, music, only to briefly reunite with it. The same is true for families who are separated and reunited because they never want to leave each other again. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:09:13 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300562 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300562 In this sentence, Cather tries to get across the idea that someone's love for something never fades. In this case, Georgiana's soul is music and her love of it. Some things are part of you forever, even if you are separated from it for 30 years Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:03:59 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300415 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2300415 The narrator mentions that "those long bow strokes seemed to draw the soul out of me." Of course the soul isn't drawn out of the body, but music does create feeling. This quote contributes to the point of view because the narrator assumes that Georgiana would be having a similar experience after being away from society after 25 years. He expects her to be completely blown away by the opera. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:19:08 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294788 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251837?scroll_to=2294788 The nephew describes his aunt in her current state as lesser than what she was before she eloped to Nebraska. This is partly because she would be viewed as less sophisticated because she has been on a homestead for 25 years. Thus, she is seen as a shell of her former self. However, it may also be that she is viewed as lass feminine after years of hard labor as she assisted her husband on the homestead. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:23:27 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2169798 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2169798 I really like the ideas you brought up here. Americans are constantly calling for change because something inconveniences their personal agenda, just like the Revolutionaries in the late 1700s. In this context, like you said, Thoreau calls for unity. However, I think this is very difficult for the people to accomplish, simply because so much separates the general populous. Americans have polarized each other, and it will be a long time until we are a little closer to unity and Thoreau's hopeful revolution. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:47:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2168575 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2168575 This is the best sentence because it describes the inequity that existed in that time and still exists today. Thoreau discuss the fact that people are being wrongfully imprisoned, and he highlights that these are non-white Americans who just want freedom, like the Native American who wanted justice for the genocide against his people. He also points out that the United States, which fought for the freedom of its people, refuses to give people their freedom. Instead, it takes that liberty away and locks them up to silence them. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:43:24 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2163787 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236669?scroll_to=2163787 This sentence is a clear example of the Romantic ideal individualism. The idea that the government should generally stay out of people's way is a common thought that people who believe in individualism want. Thoreau openly accepts this idea, and wishes that it was enforced more effectively. Perhaps he wants this for economic reasons, mainly to become richer. However, I think that Thoreau and other Romantics believed in individualism because they thought that people should create their own system by which they live. Government automatically restricts this idea, and so Thoreau and other Romantics did not like a strong government. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:40:41 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2061525 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2061525 I agree with your statement as it exemplifies how the land was sacred and important to the Native Americans, but the Europeans just saw it as land for them to settle and farm. The diction is extremely important here in conveying how each party felt. Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:14:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2061516 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2061516 You are right that this word brings to attention the connection Native Americans had with the land. In this context, you have to pay attention to the connotation of this word, which is that these people knew their land so well that they remember everything and everything remembers them. Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:04:14 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225798?scroll_to=2051700 Dr. Smith's views clearly bleed through the translation. His use of the words "Red Man" is an exemplary instance of the extreme racism of the times. The tone is demeaning because he uses the racist term in the translation, whereas in the original speech the tone was most likely much more somber because it mentions how his people would be wiped out. Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:46:15 -0400