Why wouldn't you mention that at the beginning??? That is so crazy incredibly important??? Like, obviously it was personal because she wasn't robbed (of valuables at least) and she was literally decapitated, but finding DNA (I kno they didn't really know what DNA was back then because it was discovered in the very late 1860s) of ANYONE who was at the scene is DIREEEEEEEE.

bleu

Diverse, like cities encouraged!! They encouraged the intermingling of different cultures, which is reflected right here! It'd be immediately strange to hear a different tongue than what you're used to in a small town.

interesting.........it wasn't a robbery because they left so much money on the floor......so what was the cause of the muder!??!?!?!

It's really kind of cool to read this, and realize that cities obviously had a huge impact on the life of people across the world, but also see that cities created so much new culture that didn't exist prior to them, such as the detective story. I would've thought that this genre was muchhhhh older than it actually is, and it's the anonymity of the city that led to this style being established and so prominent in society, today.

This is kinda dope. Usually we think of criminals being good because they can get away from the scene of the crime really fast, but this man was good at what he did because he always made sure he was covered by a blanket of strangers, as to ensure that he's always an unknown and anonymous no matter where he is. One of the benefits of city life: anonymity.

So far, we can see that Poe is a true realist, describing the events and attire of what is around him, instead of trying to get the reader to conform to his own thoughts

From this statement, a park gets a whole new practicality. Instead of them being a nice place to relax or enjoy nature, now, they serve as a way to migrate traffic through cities that would be too crowded to do on regular streets. They're empty space.

I've never thought about it like this, but what's surrounding the park is directly important, because it affects the traffic flow and who uses the park for what reasons at what times

It's tru!! And the vandalism of the space provided is very real, as people use these uninhabited parks as places to do some bad things (like Thompskin in the 80s).

This is so tru!!! Like, what is the open space for? Why do we need extra open space? What comfort do we find in having more open space around us, especially in such a tightly knit city like New York? These aren't questions generally asked, because this response is usually just accepted silently.

It's a little sad that we will never experience the world as it was when it needed parks, because now, even if someone were to look for areas to establish parks, there is literally no territory anymore that's free. Everything has already been taken over.

I like the way this is worded. It remained "impregnable" because there was no way that people could get in, but I'd never think to describe a location as "pregnable" or not. It's funny and i dig it!! Gives the location a humanizing characteristic, which makes it reflect that a place is created by the people who own it.

dis where my gma live

I like how this is pretty much the literal origin story for why Long Islanders suck so much. they mad boring & pretentious

I really like this historical and geographical context of places outside of city, because it's really cool to read about the inspiration and factual knowledge that led to the development of these places, and even established iconic culture like "The Great Gatsby" and such.

There's kind of this recurring trend amongst NYC, especially, where there's always a need for more and to add things to ensure a "better life" for the latter generation.

This has already been solved. The Equivalence Principle in physics shows that light can be bent by gravitational fields. Now, space and time are completely interchangeable, thus it is a necessity to always connect them as so: space-time. Matter and energy are also interchangeable, so we must refer to the two as such: matter-energy. Now, given that man is a carbon based life form built off of the idea and metaphysical structure of matter, we can place him in the category of matter-energy. Now the relationship of matter-energy with space-time is an interesting one, because using the equivalence principle, that means that light can be bent by gravity, meaning that all space, whether visible or not, is actually curved. So for a real life example, let's say you have a perfectly stretched out bed sheet, and you place a rock on it. It would sink in, and if you put a marble into it, it would orbit around the rock. That is exactly what happens with the sun and the planets in our universe, thus the constant bending of space-time is in direct correlation to the amount of matter-energy that exists in it during the present moment. SO this question is whack and outdated

This makes a lot of sense, because I, too, also feel v settled and lodged whenever i drink a lot of rum.

YOOO IM SO LIT I WAS RIGHT BOIIIIIIII

Building may not necessarily be the building of a structure, but rather the connection of the fourfold in an ideological sense

The fourfold need some type of material unity that keep them together and hold them accountable for each other's existence. Tbh i feel like I'm tripping out a little bit but this is kinda dope

I absolutely 150% disagree with this. When you are on the Earth, the gravitational shift allows you to never feel the Earth's rotation or the actual position of the Earth in a typical 3-dimensional setting. There are no actual directions in the universe, because they are a tiny, insignificant, 3 dimensional idea that only really helps us move around on carbon based planets, thus when taking this into account, we can either be below the sky, horizontal with the sky, or we could actually be on top of the sky, and above the heavens.

I'm not sure how much I agree with this part, only because I do not necessarily think that to dwell means that you're at peace. I think there are many more aspects of humanity and civilization that must be taken into account before making a claim such as this.

I never thought about it like that, but it's true. When you free something, you spare it of the fate that it has left behind, whatever that may be.

Honestly, how much absinthe was this guy drinking/how high was he?? I'm getting serious deja vu

oh my god, if i wanted a lesson on German i'd go back to my frickin 9th grade vocal technique class and sing frickin German art songs again, thanks!!

Language doesn't even exist, so technically the only master of man is the universe and it's unrivaled infinity.

I guess I'd mark this as a thesis, because once something is built, no matter what you're definition of "dwell" is, it's ultimate goal is to have people there freely

This quote is kinda cool. In poetry, people are more inclined to use symbolism to make things something that they wouldn't normally be. Yet, in the real world, these things don't always carry out the same, abstract meaning as they do in the poet's head.

That's true, but honestly, where aren't you going to find a boundary of power, regardless of where you go?

This is just deep. Deep stuff right here. Women are so frequently harassed simply because of their gender, cheating them out of simply being able to observe a city.

this is a really interesting perspective that I've never really thought about before. The author is suggesting that some people aren't gifted with anonymity in cities, because of their characteristics, which is actually scarily true and unfortunate, now that I think about it.

This is an interesting quote to use, because it kinda reflects Unfathomable City in the sense that it isn't maps that define places, but rather the memories and actions people take in those places that define them.

In this sense, the place is always more distinguishable than a place, because it serves more of a purpose to the people who associate with it.

This is a cool summarization of the ideas presented in the writing. Walking through a city is the best way, but also the worst way, to experience a city. It's interesting how it can kind of turn both ways, because on one hand, the walking embodies what the experience of the city, but it can also make you unaware of what is actually surrounding you.

I really like this paragraph because it sums up the true nature of the city so perfectly. Like, it LITERALLY uses the words "universal" and "anonymous" to describe the same thing, and THAT is what a city is all about. It's literally a huge, ridiculous paradox that's got opposites on every single street corner. It's a really fun paragraph, very true paragraph, and definitely goes hand in hand with the opening of Unfathomable City

All this talk about looking down on NYC like a god reminds me of the anonymity of the city that talked about in class. It seems that the only way to escape this persona is to be standing above it all, yet as soon as you step down and reach street level again, you're back to being a nobody

This reminds me of how in Mistress America, there is talk of how the city is constantly under construction. The city is so fluid that it changes so much to the point where it is literally undefinable.

That's true, and I do see his point, but you cannot map space without mapping time, because those two are interconnected, thus the reason that space-time is a word, because one directly has impact on the other, so we have to take into account the laws of the universe (literally) when accessing preconceived ideologies of space.

Worddd. Like, a place is a place first and foremost, regardless of who might've lived there. We're all people, and thus putting extra importance on some people and their property can be seen as a little silly. WHy enter a place just because someone lived there, we should be entering them for ourselves.

This is beautiful. Like, I don't even feel like I have to expand upon it, because there's nothing I could say to make this super simple, elegant phrase better. It's perfectly put

Tru, because who wants to live somewhere that they're 150% sure of every single day??? SOunds boringggg

I like this line, because it's rather true. You don't move to a city for the beauty for the scenery, you move for the opportunity. As opposed to maybe a small farm town, or something of that sense. You have to know what you're getting into, and what you're trying to achieve

This can either be a problem for some, who cannot stand the overwhelming fast-paced life of the city, or can be the energy to get people going day after day when living in this enormous metropolis. Interesting how one's downfall can be someone else's muse

How he got his powahhhhssssss

Couldn't have summed up that one line in like 5 pages?? no?? too little work????

Important because it's a theme that's runnin through this paper!!

Intersting

Okay. So. I don't have a son, so i'm not exactly an expert, BUT I think this is a LITTLE extreme maybe.

Like how Rockefeller and Carnegie did. It was the Gilded Age in which nobody had any social moility, yet the prospect of making it still echoed in people's weak, tired hearts.

Important to keep this in mind, because people were scared, as they often are, of losing traditional values.

He was like a social chameleon

Very important to note about the fears of these types of men, and why they were so big and looming to the American public.

All bcs 2 old people died! Amazing!

Important to note that in the history of the confidence man

kinda like how American Republicans are in this day and age! Amazing!

The ultimate goal at any cost!!!!

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