This article was very engaging to me. Instead of the author just telling us their point of view and why, they gave specific examples of each side. The author shows how recently the focus is more on the ethics of the writing instead of the "main" parts of the story. Another thing I thought was interesting is that he relied on other author's to make some of his points. But, he also used other authors to show why a certain point was made. This made me wonder which way is the "right" way to study literature. Is it better to focus on the theology and ethics or the language and characters? Is there even a "right" way or is it based on the person analyzing the writing?

The way these tools were described struck me as important to the rest of the story. Joe has an old tool that is rusted and splintered while his dad has a fireplace poker that is normally not used for weeding. Maybe this is explained so vividly to show how they live or maybe it is a personification of them as people.

I agree with Katherine about this being foreshadowing. Not only did the trees go through the hard cement, they also passed through the shingles on top as well. I think this could foreshadow a growth through very hard times. The trees could be a person that makes it through the toughest of situations and still grows and prevails. I also agree with Katherine's idea about a small thing being able to be tough as well. I think that is also foreshadowing because of the way it is explained at the very beginning of the book.

The author is clearly saying that he thinks Bartleby should have a biography written about him. He is sad that he can not write this biography about him because there is not enough "materials" to help him. What did Bartleby do to deserve a biography written about him? What do you have to accomplish in life to "deserve" your own biography?

Melville putting this phrase in his explanation of how he knew these men really stood out to me. I think it is important to know that he saw these men in his life at work but also his home life. Seeing them like that can give him an insight into these men that most people only see half of.

This story is very strange and confusing to me. When it starts off talking about the pole and all the dressings the Dad gave it, I was waiting for an explanation. There is not an explanation in the entirety of this story. The author also talks about the death of his parents in a nonchalant way like it was just something that happened regularly. I liked the attention to detail of the holidays that he decorated and really think as time passed by the decorations got more detailed. Was the dad losing his mind or understanding something we do not?

I think this line is important because it actually says "the right of the people" in it. People are now allowed to not only bear arms but keep them as well. I think the wording of "right" makes it seem like the people did something to deserve to keep and bear arms. Like they were born and immediately entitled to this right.

Reading the Second Amendment, you can definitely tell it is outdated. Anna mentioned this in her annotation too and I would like to give my take on it. I believe that today's leaders should get together and look at the state of the Nation as it is currently. Then, they should decide if they need to rectify the old laws and amendments or keep them how they are. America is constantly changing, and new problems arise every day. Maybe that means that our laws and amendments should change too.

I agree with Anna that the thing that stuck out to me about these translations was the difference in the word "love". In the first translation, which was the first translation in English from Hebrew, they use the word "love". It is interesting that even though this is the first translation, they got "love" the same as the 2016 translation. In the 1611 translation, they switch to the word "charity". What is the difference between love and charity? Love is your feelings toward someone and the way you like them. Charity is something you do to people you do love. According to britannica.com, "Charity, in Christian thought, is the highest form of love." Why did they only switch to "charity" in this form but switched back four hundred years later? In the 2016 version, they "overuse" the word "love" instead of just where the word "charity" was in the last translation. I think it could be a representation of what people were most focused on (or what they should have been most focused on) at that time.

This stood out to me because this is only the third and fourth line from Lafayette and I could already tell what kind of person he is. He is very passionate about this war and very aggressive towards the British. The song says Lafayette was a Frenchman so this shows the connection with France backing the US in the war. I think it is important how historically accurate it is while also being a fun way to learn about our nation's past.

I think this is an important way to start the song because it really describes the American side of the Revolutionary War. In the war, the British were more put together and not "ragtag". I also think it is relevant that they call Great Britain a "global superpower". I have never seen Hamilton but I did know before reading this that it was about the Revolutionary War. I think it describes both sides of the war very well and that really stood out to me.

These two lines are a perfect ending to the song because it kind of seems like the problem is resolved. She seems to be saying she finally got to do everything she wanted to do and got the life she wanted to live. On the other hand, looking at the beginning of the last stanza, it sounds like a goodbye as well. She is talking about problems with her liver which may have been caused by substance abuse as my classmates mentioned. It seems like a goodbye to me because she might be terminally sick and realizing that her life was actually not that bad.

When I first read this and saw the words "tidal wave", I pictured a huge wave crashing through the movie screen. When you search the definition of tidal wave it is "an exceptionally large wave", but it is also "a widespread or overwhelming manifestation of an emotion or phenomenon". I think she used the phrase "tidal wave" to summarize how her dream life has been washed away. She could also be saying that her emotions are flooding her over a life she never had the chance to live.

I agree with my classmates that this line is repeated as a way of showing his desire to go to Innisfree. But, to me, it is repeated as a kind of reminder to himself of what he will have one day. It is kind of like an affirmation to himself that he keeps repeating in his head. Like Thomas the Train saying, " I think I can, I think I can, I think I can." Yeats is telling himself that he WILL go. If not today, then definitely one day.

From Etymology. com: meaning (n.) c. 1300, meninge, "sense, that which is intended to be expressed," also "act of remembering" (a sense now obsolete), verbal noun from mean (v.). Sense of "significance, import" is from 1680s.

In this poem, he uses "means" to show a sense of significance. He says that all the canvases mean the same, none more or less than the other. But, I think he uses the word "meaning" as a way to say the intent of the art. Or what the art expresses. He says they mean the same and they have the same meaning.

I like that he points this out after talking about the soldiers falling out of the sky. This, to me, means that now more than ever he can feel himself standing on solid ground. He doesn't know what it is like to be up there, but he knows what it is like to be firmly planted on Earth.

In the very first line, he specifies that "Today" there is no war. I take this to mean that there was a war going on at this time, but this crowd chose to forget that for today. They wanted to take one day to not think about war and celebrate together.

I think that this quote is a good way to start out the poem. It represents how Hendrix felt about what he did, but it could also symbolize a way of life. How we are all just waiting for that "high" to come when we "land safely". I think landing safely in life means figuring ourselves out or becoming who we really want to be.

I think this goes along with his two lines about never remembering in the first two stanzas. He mentions not remembering and then talks about forgetting and calls it "sweet". This furthers my thinking that he just wishes he could forget.

The title of the poem really stood out to me because it portrays so much emotion to the reader before they even read the poem. "Drear-nighted" means a dreary night to me. A dreary night in December just makes me think of a cold, snowy, lonely night. So, I was already seeing this image in my mind and feeling what the image made me feel before I even began reading.

This line makes me think of Dickinson trying to show how the speaker of this poem is desperately attempting to put their brain back together. It also reminds me of a puzzle. Like the speaker of the poem is putting together a poem and the pieces just don't fit. She doesn't say "puzzle" but I think that is a great metaphor for the brain. It also symbolizes how legitimately difficult it would be to put a brain back together.

Cleaving to me is such an aggressive word. It really makes you stop and think about what the poem is going to be about because of how aggressive the title is. The definition of cleaving is "split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain."

I really like this first line because it kind of makes me think of what everyone wants their sleep to be like. When you sleep, you expect to be recharged and it to be a peaceful experience. No one likes having nightmares and no one likes being afraid while sleeping. I also like how he specified "human fears" and not just all fears. This could be interpreted as him having other types of fears that surpass human fears.

I like that Pound uses apparition to describe the faces of the crowd. He is comparing these people in the metro to ghosts which can be interpreted to mean that they all look dead or monotone. Another definition of apparition is "the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected". When I first read it, I kind of took that to mean that the people in the metro just kind of appeared and the author wasn't expecting them to. These ghostly images could be haunting him in the midst of the crowd.

wrap (someone, especially a baby) in garments or cloth