Comments by Lena Flamm Most recent public comments by Lena Flamm https://nowcomment.com/users/94631 I like this phrasing, it's very poetic. I don't really understand all the metaphors, but it looks pretty. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300315 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300315 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:48:55 -0500 I wonder why he capitalized lesbian. Did everybody used to capitalize that word and stop? When did we stop? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300299 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300299 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:47:40 -0500 I wonder why she doesn't want to go to Puerto Rico. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300297 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300297 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:46:07 -0500 I wonder what difference one white woman and one black woman would make as opposed to two white women and two black women. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300296 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300296 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:45:32 -0500 I think this means they want to make the state witness' testimony less believable. I wonder how they're planning to do that. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300293 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:44:19 -0500 I wonder how different the East Side was then compared to now. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300292 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300292 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:42:14 -0500 What does he mean it doesn't cost a whole lot of bread? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300291 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300291 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:41:03 -0500 I was unsure what this meant at first but now I think it means that she disliked Daniel but is trying to think of him the way Fonny does. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300290 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300290 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:40:11 -0500 What does varicose mean? What are synonyms of varicose? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300288 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300288 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:38:14 -0500 Is doodbye a typo or is that something people actually said? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300287 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300287 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:36:50 -0500 I wonder what she means by 'poorhouse'. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300285 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300285 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:35:37 -0500 I think this was from a time when the expectations about marriage were more strict, so a lot of things that are common now would have been taboo back then. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300284 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:34:19 -0500 I think Sharon thinks that her getting married at 18 will be a mistake. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300283 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300283 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:32:30 -0500 I wonder how long they've been together before wanting to get married. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300282 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300282 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:30:56 -0500 Fonny was a gentleman for dropping her off. That shows that he's a nice guy. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300281 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2300281 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:30:05 -0500 Ah Kiran why did you make a bunch of 14 year olds read this book. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299184 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299184 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:05:41 -0500 That's a really funny way to describe sex. James Baldwin really loves that graphic imagery. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299168 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299168 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:56:29 -0500 Ok that was super intense. And there's more ok... https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299165 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299165 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:54:30 -0500 That's super poetic. I didn't peg James Baldwin for a romance writer, but he's been writing some really romantic sentences. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299163 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299163 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:52:30 -0500 That's actually very sweet. You can see that Fonny deeply cares about Tish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299162 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299162 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:50:24 -0500 I wonder what makes Tish think that, and if this is James Baldwin's opinion, what made him think that. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299146 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299146 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:47:16 -0500 I have absolutely no idea what she just said. Someone's gotta explain that to me. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299142 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299142 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:45:15 -0500 This whole paragraph is really poetic, because sometimes people can feel like they're loving someone that's not really there. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299129 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:41:44 -0500 It makes sense how she's thinking of good memories in bad times. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299127 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299127 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:39:52 -0500 She really hates the law. I wonder if it's specifically the drinking age or just the U.S. laws in general that make her angry. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299125 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299125 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:39:29 -0500 I wonder why none of the family members had brought it up, even when they were all thinking it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299077 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299077 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:31:56 -0500 I don't understand this sentence. Just the way it's phrased is confusing to me. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299058 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299058 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:28:20 -0500 I think in the time period it was probably taboo to have a baby and move in together but NOT be married, so it seems right that her dad would assume that. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299043 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299043 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:22:37 -0500 I wonder when Ernestine figured out that she was pregnant, and also why she didn't say anything about it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299037 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299037 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:20:10 -0500 Her parents are supportive of her baby, which is surprising because of how they acted before. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299033 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299033 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:17:34 -0500 I think that's very true. I've definitely experienced moments like that before. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299029 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2299029 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:15:13 -0500 That's pretty rude but believable sister behavior. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294486 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294486 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:39:52 -0500 She is using the way he works on materials as a metaphor for the way he loves people. Very interesting. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294483 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294483 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:37:41 -0500 It is a sad but common feeling to feel that you are alone with your troubles and no one can help you, I think everyone has felt this way at somepoint. It can be very confusing and lonely. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294480 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294480 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:36:10 -0500 I agree, I think love you can't really predict or plan love, so it's always surprising. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294477 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294477 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:33:36 -0500 This is a cultural reference to the music that was popular at the time. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294474 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294474 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:30:06 -0500 I feel like all of this childhood drama severely affected their relationship and will come into play later in the book. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294473 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294473 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:27:43 -0500 What does Sanctified mean? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294472 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294472 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:26:09 -0500 I wonder how this will affect their relationship. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294470 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294470 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:24:28 -0500 I think it is foreshadowing the reason he's in jail, and it's going to be revealed later. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294469 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294469 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:23:31 -0500 I think he is ashamed because at the time there was such a divide in between black and white Americans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294468 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:21:25 -0500 I get it when people say that "God has a nasty sense of humour" because they're questioning whether they deserve to be in the situation they're in. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294467 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294467 I get it when people say that "God has a nasty sense of humour" because they're questioning whether they deserve to be in the situation they're in and whether the idea of fate guiding their path really exists, which calls back to what Clementine says in the first paragraph. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:19:52 -0500 I don't really know what the first sentence means but it sounds wise and I feel like I'll understand it later. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294462 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294462 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:15:11 -0500 It's very poetic. I also think that could translate to everything that's going on with the Covid crisis. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294460 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294460 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:12:09 -0500 Why is he in jail? Is he actually guilty or was he wrongfully convicted? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294459 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294459 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:10:38 -0500 I think Tish is questioning herself and she is thinking about the age old question of "does everything happen for a reason?" https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294458 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2294458 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:08:23 -0500 He has always had a bad relationship with his father. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170530 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170530 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:28:11 -0400 I think he is talking about God or Jesus. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170523 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:20:29 -0400 He is saying that the Church is incomparable. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170522 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:19:48 -0400 He is relishing being a Minister of the Church and the new life it comes with. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170513 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170513 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:16:29 -0400 What is a principle? https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170500 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:14:01 -0400 He is keeping a secret about what he was doing that summer, I think. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170496 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170496 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:12:56 -0400 I'm confused by this. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170342 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170342 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:55:31 -0400 This is really good poetry! https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170308 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170308 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:52:16 -0400 He was questioning himself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170297 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170297 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:49:57 -0400 People of color cannot respect the white people who discriminate against them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170293 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:49:12 -0400 He is saying that white people's oppression of people of color is rooted in their own insecurities. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170286 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170286 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:46:45 -0400 hahaha you're underestimating girls here https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170275 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170275 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:43:59 -0400 They are going through puberty https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170272 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170272 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:07:44 -0400 He was not exposed to life outside of Christianity. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170259 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170259 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:40:45 -0400 I think he is talking about Jesus. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170256 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170256 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:39:51 -0400 I don't really understand what this means. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2170252 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:39:01 -0400 It was 1962, so he is using very outdated offensive language. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2150553 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2150553 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:18:04 -0400