3 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2021
    1. “To work alone: I am convinced this is what I should do, to discover what I really want,” she decided.

      Not always true; sometimes mixing what you know with what others teach you can help better your comparisons and discover what you truly want. It is like if you only had KitKats in your life and someone comes up and asks if you like KitKats better than a Hershey bar; of course you are going to say KitKats are great, but how do you truly know they are better to you than a Hershey bar if you never tried one? (A weird and seemingly unrelated metaphor, yes, but it does show what I mean in the value of comparison).

    2. Though mostly oblivious to the political upheaval in Germany at the time

      Part 2 of two-part annotation. Firstly, I'd like to agree with the other commentators on the questioning of her being oblivious to the upheaval in Germany (although it could be compared to now how there are plenty of people who have no idea what is going on in Venezuela). But relating both annotations in my two-parter, I would like to go against the authors words of a picture perfect world that she painted of Ruth. It reminded me of when the immigrants in the 1800-1900s came to America thinking the streets were paved in gold but were surely mistaken. I am sure many others who would be in her position didn't receive the same fate, especially with what was occurring in Germany at the time.

    3. “In Europe one can work!”

      Part 1 of two-part annotation.