46 Matching Annotations
  1. May 2018
    1. Freeman  and  slave,  patrician  and  plebeian,  lord  and  serf,  guild-master and  journeyman

      These are all examples of how class's struggled and unfolded throughout the periods of history economically.

    2. The history of all hitherto existing  society is the history of class struggles.

      In this statement Marx argued that these events would best be characterized through class struggle: for example the bourgeois and proletarians (rich fighting the poor) and people in the middle fighting, too.

    3. Bourgeois and Proletarians

      Back then Bourgeois was known to be High-class, while the Proletarians were known to be the working class basically they worked for the bourgeois but both were placed on a different level in society. Today in society we still face this issue, with how people are placed in society by status and the amount of money they make.

    1. He’s lost his colour very far from here, Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry,

      This statement describes an actual description of when he lost his legs during war. This is an actual description of when he lost his legs in the war "Until the veins ran dry" is being compared to when all the blood left his legs. The author compared this to his will to live which he felt ran out just how he was losing blood.

    2. All of them touch him like some queer disease.

      This statement shows how women feel bad for him or are disgusted by him which makes him embarrassed, and because of this he feels betrayed by these women because he wants a sense of praise for fighting for their country.

    3. About this time Town used to swing so gay When glow-lamps budded in the light blue trees, And girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim,- In the old times, before he threw away his knees.

      Since he has been invalided out of the army and sent back to a hospital. The soldier thinks about all the good times he had and how his life was full with excitement and joy but unfortunately he feels like it inst anymore a swell him not being able to interact with women like he use to before .

    4. He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, Legless, sewn short at elbow

      This statement is a very upsetting and sad and paints a picture of the soldiers injuries. This phrase "waiting for the dark" indicates how isolated the soldier feels, nobody to distract him.

    1. Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

      Here the word mocked is being used as in being made fun of or copied, also the "hand" would be a stand in for the sculptor.

    2. Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

      here the author is telling us that the statue is gone and that the statue is a colossal wreck basically saying it has no means of importance. The author also seems to use alliteration a lot in this statement.

    3. And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

      The pedestal here is the foot of the statue which also reads, Ozymandias. Which is the title pf the story. this quote that appeared at the foot of the statue can somewhat tell you the personalty of Ozymandias as having grand ideas about his own power that he would call himself kings of kings.

    4. I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said

      This line indicates an encounter has been made between the speaker and a traveler from a "antique land". And antique means something really old, this opening of the poem leaves you questioning who is this traveler is he coming from a ancient place.

    1. each time I heard the sounds from their room, like something being banged against the food, her rubber slippers never made a sound on the stairs, but I knew she went downstairs when I heard the dining room door open

      The author here shows signs of violence against the mother. As the kid says i never heard her go downstairs, i feel is because she had been pushed downstairs. Aswell the child saying i hear bangs from their room indicates the mother being beaten.

    1. Studying: History: Ancient and Modern Kings and Queens of England Steppes of Russia Wheatfields of Canada There was nothing of our landscape there Nothing about us at all

      Here the authors express how upset they are since the girls are being taught everything else in school but no information what so ever about their "landscape".

    2. Told us nothing about our selves There was nothing at all

      The author here is giving me a imagine of a classroom full of colonial girls. While they learn about history here in this statement they seem to express disappointment to not learn nothing about their cultural or have an idea of their importance.

    1. Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another Inferior Is finally And permanently Discredited And abandoned – Everywhere is war – Me say war.

      If we don't fight back and stop the differences and inferiority between races this statement will always have an effect on people and will continue to have an effect on people .

    1. I also wanted one piece of ground: One city trapped by hills. One urban river. An island in its element. So I could say mine. My own.

      Here the author expresses how much he wants something to be able to call his. This to me i feel is that he has never been able to obtain a place of his own or be able to do something on his own.

    2. I have two daughters. They are all I ever wanted from the earth. Or almost all.

      Here the author express's his love and joy of having his daughters in his life. That they are all he has ever wanted from the earth. basically showing how much of an importance they are to him and how grateful he is to have them.

    1. collective unconscious

      Based on Jung collective unconscious is part of the unconscious mind that supposedly is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is somewhat common to all humankind.

    2. This collective unconscious does not develop individually, but is inherited

      Everyone is different when it comes to collecting information, so i feel it is not unconscious. But can be in inherited.

    1. The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;

      Here the main point is, no matter what it is that you are doing, there are lots of other people living their daily lives that are busy and important as yours.

    2. About suffering they were never wrong,

      This statement to me means that suffering should never be wrong when it comes to people because at the end of the day everyone has their moments or moment where they feel hopeless or lost.

    1. With your ear down, little Alice never cries ; Could we see her face, be sure we should not know her,    For the smile has time for growing in her eyes ,—

      this statment means that even though alice is dead she is happier than being alive and working in the factory. she will no longer sufffer and be miserable working in harsh conditions

    2. “True,” say the children, “it may happen       That we die before our time !

      This statement i feel indicates that the children already know that what they are doing and encountering while working in factory is wrong which also puts them in severe danger, or worse can cause their death. t

    1. People emerge from winter to hear them ring,

      This statment explains how people can't wait for the season to change just to be able to hear the "bells, nut the bells also give people a fresh and ancient sound they so happen to sing .

    2. Bells in the town alight with spring converse, with a concordance of new airs make clear the fresh and ancient sound they sing.

      In this statement the author talks about how importance of the bells are to these people who live in a town. A-swell the bells being a signal of the season changing. Because of the fresh and ancient sound they sing reminds me of a spring day with the wind blowing against a chime, soothing.

    1. There’s a stake in your fat black heart

      In this statement Plath descirbes his heart which seems to fits with the rest of the descriptions of him as told in the poem big and black which is referenced as a evil person. While in the poem the speakers heart is described as bright and red, opposite of her fathers heart all black,

    2. Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through.

      In this poem Plath uses of the word "bastard" and i feel this is what the main idea of the poem was and is expressed in the end which expressed how she really felt about her father. The main idea of this poem is how she feels and looks at the dad. Which in other parts of the poem as well she tries to come at him in every way possible by saying "he's a Nazi, the devil, and a vampire."

    1. As my days pass in the crowded market of this world and my hands grow full with the daily profits, let me ever feel that I have gained nothing

      In this sentence i feel that the author is referring the "Crowed Market" as a group of people. Because of these people he does not have the nerve to say that nothing is being handed or given to him, so because of this he cant feel that he has gained nothing.

    2. let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours.

      the author is missing someone that he never would forget, and because the moment has passed and he wouldnt be able to see this person again, his heart is full of sorrow and the memories still remain in him .This hurts him because he always remember it even in his dreams.

    1. Step-Dad spits liquor back into glass, Mum’s body rolls back up the stairs, the bone pops back into place,

      this line depicts the miserable situation of having a stepfamily. it tells us that the stepdad is a drunkard and when he is drunk his mom would be abused physically and I can tell the sad and emotional damage on the kids, it has a great effect on them to see their mom being abused by their stepdad.

    1. I like the music to be sentimental Like at night while dim light in my room,

      the author likes sentimental music, but he doesn't like jazz or classical type. He rather listen to sentimental music most especially at night while he is in his room with a dim light, because it fits his mood and makes him more relaxed while listening to his favorite song on the radio.

    2. Not say I don’t appreciate poetry; But you speak of poetry which have no rhyme,

      the author appreciates poetry but he doesn't like poems that have no rhytham, he enjoys reading and quoting poems that has much sense and is perfecty rhymed.

  2. Apr 2018
    1. “In my youth,” Father William replied to his son, “I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I’m perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.”

      The messages differ from both because in "You are old,Father William" he has a conversation with a younger person about how he would do things to prevent growing in age , but as the youth explains through-out the poem no matter what you've done you still getting older and older by the second , as far as the poem " How doth the little Crocodile" the crocodile is a animal that hunts its prey and will do anything to eat. Realizing Reality is a message that can be taken from both passages.

    2. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!

      In both poems they explain the process of something or someone becoming their true self although sometimes one may encounter ruff times from things that are uncontrollable , you have to appreciate the road to becoming who you are animal , human .

  3. Mar 2018
    1. Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,

      However in this poem, this line is a metaphorical way of saying that if only the pen could write all the words and things inside of his mind then poetry must be very easy. Both poems use metaphors and covey strong imagery .

    2. So in my veins red life might stream again,

      Both poems have the same style, in this line the "red life" is an indirect comparison to blood, because blood is still flowing in our veins it means we are still alive.

    1. Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat—nay, drink your blood?

      This line aristocrats are being compared to bees who are only needed for breeding. They basically do not work or help the other bees and benefit of off the labor of his peers. This quote was a use of a metaphor.

    2. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King

      King George III who became too ill to care, was still on the throne in 1819 and not even liked. The first line establishes heavy, slow rhythm, for this poem which tries to prosecute a despised King and corrupted political system.

    1. Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again.

      In this statment theonster seems very confused and upset as to what is going on and feelss lost at one point its as if he came to his senses of who he is but theb ends up with a blank mind on ee again and full of fear be aue he feels los

  4. Feb 2018
    1. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life.

      He is explaining here that he basically stood around and took account after he had created Frankenstein, but then to come to the realization of what he had made he was kind of frighten to what the outcome of his creation would look like and be so therefore any sounds and movements that would happen would become terrifying not knowing what will happen next . I think Dr Victor has a creative mind set but too much of a creative mind set that ended up having him make a creation that he scared of. Dr Victors personality is very gittery and determined to get things done but at the same time he is inpulsive from reading the story .

    1. pleasure is considered as mere relaxation

      This statement to me I feel is not considered in a sexual way but in the sense of when you enjoy doing what you love the most as in work wise, helping others you get a sense of relaxation because you know you lent a helping hand

    1. A little black thing among the snow, Crying “weep! ‘weep!” in notes of woe!

      In this sentence it seems to me that the writer sees this little black thing in the snow to be a chimney sweeper and because of the soot that they are covered in is what makes them to appear black, it's messed up because Blake considers the chimney sweeper as a thing not a person . So the chimney sweeper appears to be crying out weep ! weep! .

    2. And the Angel told Tom, if he’d be a good boy, He’d have God for his father & never want joy.

      In this stanza tom had a conversation with an angel that tells him if he is good he would never lack joy in his life, and God will be his father. The word want in this sentence also means desire but here it is being used as lack .

    3. In what furnace was thy brain?

      In this sentence the word furnace is how Blake try's to use a metaphor of the blacksmith, which forms metal with a hammer, and furnace which is basically known as fire .

    4. Little Lamb who made thee 

      In the first sentence it sounds like the speaker is addressing the lamb trying to figure out who made him, and the speaker is so curious in finding out. The speaker feels as if he has power over the lamb because he places himself as being high and intimidates the lamb by saying little lamb.

    1. I’ve always felt that it is impossible to engage properly with a place or a person without engaging with all of the stories of that place and that person. The consequence of the single story is this: It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar

      Adichie makes a point here, because it is sad how people are automatically stigmatized due to their race and background. The fact that when meeting other people wherever it could be your work place or school its hard for some people to actually associate with each other because people actually judge and automatically assume that one person cant do something or don't have the knowledge of certain things due to their background and upbringing.