Most recent public comments by Grant Koplinski https://nowcomment.com/users/90115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302315 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302315 He compares his aunts body to one that is shared and coming out of a burning building. I think this is because she has worked all of her life and he can see that. She worked in the house and is getting older. She does not want to work anymore probably and is going to see new things. She does not have to work. She is a free women now that her husband has died and she is going to do new things like go to bigger cities and see what she could not before. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:36:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302309 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302309 She is leaving her little village in Nebraska to go to the big city of Boston. A reader can already realize that she is leaving because she is not tied down anymore by her husband. He was gone so now she was able to leave. She is going to seek out more things in the city and to meet with her family. Things she probably could not do when her husband was with her and when she was tied down. But now she was free. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:18:18 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302305 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302305 His aunt does not want to leave the concert hall and when telling him this she is sobbing. It's almost like the concert opened her up to new possibilities in life. The concert made her realize things that she has not seen her whole life. For her it was not just a concert. After she does not want to go back to her life. That is why she does not want to leave. It is because she sees it as an escape. We get to she what she is truly into and how she had to change for her husband. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:12:41 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302300 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302300 When his aunt goes into the concert-hall its an all new experience for her. She is amazed by her surroundings and shocked. This is opening her eyes up to the world. She is becoming free again and is wondering why she ever left. Taking all of that in really makes the reader think about how she was feeling before. Why did she leave? What was holding her back? Was her husband the one or the thing that was restricting her? Now that she is there she is seeing things she probably never has or did not think she ever would. It's almost like the world has opened up to her again. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:34:53 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251841?scroll_to=2302293 Clark's point of view and him telling the story really makes a difference. We see him in this sentence we see him thinking about his past and he's telling us how he has some regret. He thinks that it is important for him to show respect to his aunt. He is starting to realize how he should have given her more respect and did not truly see how much she meant to him. This is just one way how the point of view in the story has a different meaning when coming from him. Now he is thinking about what she did for him and how she cared for him. After thinking about that he wants to show her how much she means to him and treat her how he should of all his life. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:19:44 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2168585 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2168585 This line really stuck out to me. He says that he does not want no government. That would ultimately hurt the U.S. and our economy. But he says that he thinks the government needs to make some changes and a better government. One that is something that will help everyone with what they need. This could help the country and change how we see each other and how we do business with other countries. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:40:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2168563 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2168563 I totally understand what you mean and agree with you. Individuality was one of the things that was very stressed in the romantics era. The government may not get as much thing done as an individual might. The government in a way takes away the individuality of people and force them to do certain things. Every human has a use and has those individual qualities that they are able to express. The argument that individuals would get more done than a group could work out, but on the other hand we still do need the government to help pass laws and do other things. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:43:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2168549 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236829?scroll_to=2168549 In this sentence Thoreau talks about individuality. This is one of the main ideas of romantics. This sentence talks about how everyone deserves their chance and opinion. He does not want to just do the same thing as everyone else. He has the right to be his own individual and have his own opinion. Even if he does not agree with everyone else he can still contemplate his own way and have his own opinion. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:32:33 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2109625 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2109625 The rocks show them memories and mean more to them than any rock could mean too us. We might find this unusual but too them the rocks and the land is their greatest value and anything along with it Is very meaning fun to them. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:39:33 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050656 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050656 I agree as well. It is showing how connected and how much they care for the land. The land that they have is special to them and the word choice that the author uses shows that. Using the word loving shows how they feel and how they take care of the land and what it means to them. The land is irreplaceable and they would never want to leave because all the memories and love they have for it and you can really understand that from these first sentences and the rest of the passage. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:30:15 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050647 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050647 I agree with you as well. The natives know that the "white men" are pushing them out and don't want anything to do with them. Even though this is their land after they are gone they won't have anything to do with it. Their memory and history will be forgotten and nobody will know who really took care of the land. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:43:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050641 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225811?scroll_to=2050641 The use of the word thrill in this sentence show you how much the land means to them. They are talking about rocks which are normally boring and dirty, but since the land means so much they think of the rocks in a whole different way. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:39:33 -0400