This is interesting how they were able to make a cross example of Indians carrying their drums with an English boy carrying a bag

As I said before, Maria has gained a lot of respect from everyone in the town even the women at tea. No one has had anything bad to say about Maria so far.

I agree with queenielau. The description of Maria's features introduced her as a kind creative woman. From what I can tell Maria is a very independent woman who can take care of herself and everyone gains respect of her because of this.

This is very interesting to include in the story, as she was just singing along to a song.

This is interesting since most stories or when the recognizing a Butcher's child it is usually their son that is being referenced.

This is an interesting way to explain a romantic interest. It is interesting to say that her image accompanied him in the most hostile places. I know he means nothing wrong with this but I found their ways of describing this love interest different. For example, the usage of brown in the paragraph above.

I found this interesting because I am seeing a lot of references to Christian or Catholic faith, including the priest that was mentioned in this sentence as well as the "Christian Brother's School"

This is interesting because I never have seen the word "queer" used as an adjective besides as a synonym for the lgbtq community. It is also interesting how the mysterious person was presumed not to be dead, however their presence was still odd and strange.

It is interesting how the story begins like this, already saying there is no hope for the mysterious character that all we know is their gender. I also found it interesting for a story name The Sisters begin talking about a male figure.

It is interesting that this story is showing that elders are usually angry because of their age growth and not being able to enjoy things as they once were, instead they should be grateful that they have lived to the age they are at.

It is very interesting, how this growth appears to have happened over such a fast time period, it was like it happened over night. I am sure he was not too old for spring last year, however is it comparable to say he was just a "jaunty... young man".

I wonder why Leila has never been to a ball, is it like Cinderella do to a hierarchy issue or is it for other reasons that we won't even get to in the story.

You can see some humor break out through the text, Isabel often copies what William says. After William kept asking Isabel what was wrong out of pure concern, Isabel mimicked him.

I believe this is supposed to show the colloquialism of a child and how they often over pronounce words or say their sentences with pure excitement.

First and only time that the author refers to Mrs. Raddick as Mrs. R. I believing calling an elder or even a woman Mrs. (initial) is usually more colloquial rather than formal or respectful. I wonder if her "dashing" was seen as informal and this is why the abbreviation was used.

I am able to see that the story is a lot of dialogue. It is able to show people's actions, but not much of their thoughts like Moonstone. It is as if we are a fly on the wall rather than in their heads.

I really liked this sentence. It shows how restless they were because of this busy week, however it says it in a very descriptive way that is very relatable to people who have had such a busy week but are unable to sleep due to them overthinking.

This also represents a religious background of the author because I remembered this prayer from my catholic school, even though brother was replaced with mother, in reference to Mother Mary.

I agree with mleiland and danicachen, this story is different than Moonstone and the author is able to describe the scenery in detail. They often use onomatopoeia for the audience feel as if they are in the story.

"a former monetary unit and coin of the UK, withdrawn in 1961, equal to a quarter of an old penny." basically saying Mr. Ablewhite refused to his money to his son. I am wondering why he was hesitating lending his money and why this was written in the report.

As mleiland said, since this entry is a report it could have less dialogue and be more straightforward. Here is another example of this, none of the other narratives were as straightforward.

This reminds me of a catholic prayer. Also looking into it more, I wonder where "Rest at Last" is italicized and why death is capitalized. It makes me wonder, because rest at last and death are usually used interchangeable in other context.

This is interesting, because this is basically Rachel saying that she believes that Franklin is innocent and wants to clear all of the blame or suspicions towards him.

In Robinson Crusoe, the book was structured similarly to this one where Robinson was the narrator. He documented all of his travels around the world. I believe they were trying to say that Mr. Blake was modern time Robinson.

This is an interesting concept in the book. We are able to see most of the book is very old schooled where women were treated as less than of men and unable to handle large estates without the help of a man or a new husband after Sir John Verinder passes. However, in this passage it shows that Lady Verinder would be receiving everything if Sir John passes.

Miss Clack is already telling how she gets most of her news, through gossip. Even though this is a way to hear about more things that you are not there to experience, the truthful story is usually lost to translation.

I believe she is saying this to say that she believes what happened to the Moonstone is entered in her diary. I also found it interesting how her entry is already showing how she does not like Franklin her thoughts against him. However, she is telling the reader that whatever she says is correct because it was written down.

I found this interesting, because I wonder if it is slightly referring to the story of the Moonstone that is being told right now. I wonder if the narrator added this in to show that it is not rare that stories turn in to fables and there is nothing wrong with that.

I believe this text is showing that Rachel is still very young to be getting engaged, it shows that Rachel is still young at heart and has childlike attributes.

I believe in this article, it is referring to Godfrey proposing to Rachel, however Rachel. turns him down. I found this interesting because throughout this chapter specifically the dynamic between Godfrey, Rachel, and the diamond.

I found this text interesting, mostly due to the writer talking about this narrative. They say that there was a bottle of sweet smelling ink which they found on the gravel on walk at night. Considering they are a writer, they are probably actually referring to ink, however when hearing the words bottle of something sweet smelling in writing I often think of the writer talking about alcohol.

I am interested in what they mean or determine is a necessity that should arise that will make all of this information public. I assume that we will see what happens or this is a foreshadow, because we are reading it.

I found this sentence interesting because I am not sure if a fight could ever not be violent. In the text around this sentence it says "exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed" or "I got to an open door, and saw the bodies of two Indians... lying across the entrance dead". I am unsure if this specific sentence is supposed to be metaphorical or irony.

I found this portion of the text very interesting. I am not sure if this text has any relation, but it reminds me of Ash Wednesday. Growing up catholic, my mom would always make me go to mass before school so my ashes would be on all day so everyone can see. This Moonstone seems like a similar resemblance to the ashes on your forehead because it signifies who you are and what you stand for.