Comments by Ella Morrow

Some more quick facts about the Buffalo Soliders

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:53:31 -0400

Here is a video of Mr.Johnson discussing black history month. There are several other videos of him speaking on that same channel.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 06:32:17 -0400

This situation calls back to a similar instance in US history wherein many Black Americans who served were denied (partially or in whole) their GI benefits

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:23:45 -0400

A quick look at the GI Bill:

Decisions

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:03:28 -0400

It comes into question here how much of Granny's decision was actually based on Jane kissing the boy at the gate. Had she already decided to marry Janie off in the past due to her age, and Janie's kissing was just the catalyst that pushed her?

Contrasting actions and words

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:45:22 -0400

Granny says she would not harm Janie directly after she slapped her violently. In addition, she's doing Janie quite a bit of emotional harm at the moment, despite her soothing. This gives the reader an insight into both Nanny's temper, and her definition of harm.

Logan Killicks's character

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:01:09 -0400

It calls into question what kind of person Logan Killicks is that he's already been asking after 16 year old Janie for some time now, especially taking his age into consideration. It also says something about Granny and her viewpoint on the situation that she sees Killicks as a good enough person to give her Janie too. Does she not see this old man coming after her young granddaughter as slightly disturbing? Or is she that desperate to marry her off?

Jane's entrance into womanhood

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:02:11 -0400

Womanhood and its context in society is starting to emerge as a theme within the book. Janie pushes at the boundaries, definition, and constraints of her womanhood. Here, Granny has saddled Janie with her interpretation. She has decided that Janie is now a woman. It calls into question how the reader themselves defines womanhood. Would they agree that Janie s now a woman? Why or why not?

Names

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:48 -0400

One again the author calls out the name of a student. This gives the poem a personal feeling. Jaylin is not just some kid. He has a name, a face, a family, and a story that are all his own.

This is something I sympathize with.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:48 -0400

I think a lot of creatives have these perfectionistic tendencies where they just want to keep working and working on a piece, whether that be a painting, a poem, or a chapter of a novel. This never finished feeling has been the conversation topic of many a day at the Inklings Club at the library.

"Teachers have begun updating their wills."

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:48 -0400

That is a bone chilling statement. Because of this situation, a large group of people have begun updating their wills. They are going into this with a strong feeling they may not come back out again.

"Hidden" reference

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:48 -0400

This good be a good link back to the "Cultural literacy" poem by Mr.Harris where children shout "not us" at books that do not represent them.

Immediate joy

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:48 -0400

Its a big deal for an author to get an agent. You can see the immediate joy on Mr.Harris's face when DGK mentions this. Its a little infectious.

"Isn't age appropriate"

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:44 -0400

People have a funny idea of what is and isn't age appropriate. Mr.Harris learned to fear cops before he could write, and yet his own second grade students are not to allowed to learn how to grieve over a lost member of their community, a member that wouldn't have been that much older than them.

"Intended and unintended dehumanization in the classroom"

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:44 -0400

It is outrageous that at any modern point a classroom would be described as dehumanizing, let alone intentionally dehumanizing,"

"I try to write about it a lot"

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:44 -0400

For some, writing can serve as a form of therapy. It can also be a way to puzzle out and think over a situation. Mr. Harris's poems seem to have been about things he has experienced that have upset him. It could speak to the depth of his distress that Mr.Harris is writing about these situations now. A little bit of pathos.

References to current events

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:44 -0400

This video could serve as a sort of historical time capsule going forward, with references both to recent race issues and to the pandemic. Decades into the future, this could provide a very clear and very human snapshot.

"What I'm hearing you say."

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:44 -0400

Readers can have many different interpretations of a piece. Many time it can be different from what the author intended, but I think that's part of the beauty of poetry and literature. The readers start to see pieces of themselves and their own lives in stories.

"Ripe age of 19"