Most recent public comments by Jayden Robinson https://nowcomment.com/users/96052 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556794 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556794 This line has struck me as odd in many forms. Not because of the power it is trying to hold, but because it strikes me as odd that she has never gazed upon herself. I understand that looking in a mirror was not a common activity, but i have memories of gazing at my arms as I was walking, or watching my legs as I ran. It seems strange that someone could've not looked at themselves at all until the age of six. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:31:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556776 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556776 This line has two parts, dawn, but also doom. Dawn representing the rising moments of her life, moments meant to be savored and cherished. The doom was meant to represent her anguish, the pain she felt through her every day life that is later exposed. All of this is told to the reader in the previous line, explaining it in vague metaphor as well. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:22:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556775 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556775 This moment is meant purely to make the reader wonder. It gives the reader answers to questions they didn't know they were supposed to ask, in turn just leaving the reader with more questions. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:17:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556774 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2556774 This is the start of the story, the tone setter. By saying "their eyes flung wide open in judgement," the author is setting a serious tone, hinting at anguish for the reader in the future. It is a form of foreshadowing that happens to be less foreshadowing, and more just downright telling you what is going to happen. It's a dance around the inevitable. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:15:34 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260279?scroll_to=2376835 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260279?scroll_to=2376835 This stories theme to me is "sometimes showing kindness when hatred is expected can change someone's life." Roger will remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, and that is because she was nice to him, fed him, cleaned him after he had tried to steal from her. Even gave him the money that he was trying to take. Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:01:29 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373801 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373801 Imagine how difficult it would have been to move somewhere and be scared to respond to people. I feel like it would have been excruciating. Just more Pathos added to the pile. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373798 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373798 This statement bleeds Pathos. It makes you feel so bad for the poor students. It gets your mind thinking about how hard it would be to live in Paris alone while barely being able to understand French. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373797 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373797 This sentence makes me smile. It seems absolutely wild that the teacher would be able to get away with insulting the students so much, and even harming them. The author also said there were more "good and bad moments" as opposed to good and bad days, by saying this it shows that the teacher wasn't always a "wild animal." BY going off this it becomes clear it was the authors choice to portray her as absolutely terrifying, but still as a good teacher. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373794 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373794 "Over time it became impossible to believe that any of us would ever improve." This is the first sentence in paragraph thirty, and then three small paragraphs later the author is jumping for joy at the fact he can understand what the teacher is saying. By doing this, the author has strengthened the join, or Pathos, the reader will feel when getting the satisfaction of the character finally understanding. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373789 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2373789 "...poked a shy Korean in the eyelid with a freshly sharpened pencil..." The fear and surprise this statement brings is a clear example of Pathos. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2373713 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2373713 School used to be somewhere where people looked forward to going to, now the thought of going to school is a dark angry cloud that rains on my mood. Being at school feels like pushing a boulder up a mountain just to have it roll back down for the next day. I love to learn and absorb, but covid has made it terrible, and home life has cut the bud off my flower of determination to succeed. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2370025 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2370025 “Homework is stressful, but when you go home every day and your home is work, you don’t want to pick up any assignments.” This statement has been the anthem of all the people I have spoken to since my junior year started. I feel this statement deep in my bones. I've said things similar to this statement on several occasions. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:50:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2334751 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2334751 This stanza as a whole speaks mountains. The theme it screams at me is "Judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character." This stanza is all about that. Their gender and race doesn't define them, their mind does. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258458?scroll_to=2334719 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258458?scroll_to=2334719 As I read through this poem several times, I find myself interpreting the poem in many different ways, but the most prominent one is that the garden spoken of is the garden of the mind. In this line, the author states that "...everything has changed since my last visit." The mind is constantly pulsing, changing, and redirecting in many individual ways, and when you look back at your mind, and the way you think, compared to years prior you notice a thousand differences. Just as you remember, but everything has changed. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301620 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301620 Throughout the book so far, it seems as though Morrie was loved by everyone. Time after time the book speaks about how he never had a person who did not like him. It spoke of how even in times where everyone is fighting, they still let Morrie come through the window and find a way to help him. I think that is beautiful. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301614 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301614 This release of emotions Morrie speaks about is something I have done for a few years now, though I never truly spoke about it. There are points in my life where I do not have time to drown in my emotions. "Life moves on," as some would say. So, on days where I had the time, I would let myself feel it all, relaxing my every bone in y body and letting all my emotion crash down in my mind like a towering wave. It helps more than feeling every emotion constantly. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301601 When a child is left without the foundation of a family while growing up, the child feels as if they have to force their way into love. I believe this is the point Morrie is trying to make. Without the loving embrace of family at a young age, kids grow up either touch starved, or hating physical contact. It is even a study therapists and psychologists look into. The signs of love hungry child are clear as day, and I feel as though Morrie knew this. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2266032 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2266032 Back in December 2019, I had no fear of what I considered a hoax virus. I expected it to not be a big deal, something that would stay in other countries that wouldn't even touch American soil. I made a plethora of jokes based around the virus. Looking back I now know that I was extremely naive. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2261189 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2261189 I do not know how others view the past, or how the presence of time shakes and moves them as it passes, but for me the fires seem a life time away. When Australia was set ablaze, the virus was a whisper that was not something to stress about. At that point the fire was something I thought about constantly, then covid went from a measly whisper to an ear piercing shriek and the thought of the fires dissolved. I do not believe I have heard anything about how Australia is healing or the aftermath. When was the last time you saw the media cover the Australia wildfires? Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193601 Arnold splashes water on his pants yes, but he doesn't just do that. He also goes around and tells people made up stories, because his anxiety compels him to do so. The scene really shows the panic that he feels at some points don't you think? Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193597 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193597 I really like this interaction between Jack and Arnold. This scene, I feel, puts the disability that Arnold has into perspective truly. It describes in detail how his mind thinks, jumping from one thought to another, and over complicating a situation that would have caused most people to get a little bit annoyed at, but would have just carried on.It really piques my interest, and makes me analyze how the mind of someone else works. It's just one of those things I find neat. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:42:37 -0500