Month: September 2018

Based on the Merriam-Webster Suppressing (Verb) means to put down by authority or force. while reading in class about “A Master’s Degree in Masculinity” the suppressing word called my attention because now that I know that meaning it represent the article in way that men have the pressure of society to act tough, show no emotions and most important to never cry. On  “A Master’s Degree in Masculinity” it states, “It means suppressing any kind of weakness.” this quote shows that in the society that we live today men are not suppose to be weak because they are man but, women are suppose to be weak, because we grew up with that image that our parents taught us about what a real man is and how they are suppose to act.

According to Merriam-Webster, the word commensurate is defined as corresponding or equal to measure, extent or degree. The word commensurate it an adjective that is described in the article entitled, “The Boys Are Not Alright” by Michael Ian Black. On September 30th, 2018 I encountered the word while reading this article describing masculinity and how men do not act vulnerable in the way they should. The word commensurate can be found on page one of the article towards the ending of the page. When I stumbled upon the word, my initial reaction was that this was a new heard of word to me. I was thinking from context clues that the word meant to be hidden or left behind. It states, “Boys, though, have been left behind. No commensurate movement has emerged to help them navigate toward a full expression of their gender”. When I read the word first, I thought to be left behind because the prior sentence was discussing the topic of boys being misguided and hidden from the movement. I now understand the word after looking at the dictionary meaning of it because I see in this case the term is used to describe how to movements involving feminism are not as equal as any movement or discussion involving boys. For years now we have built up a female priority in discussing women abuse and violence they deal with, but, fail to correspond or equalize to the men who deal with the same.

Supressed: to keep in or repress (verb)

This is the meaning of the word supressed according to dictionary.com. I saw this word when I was reading the article “A Master’s Degree in Masculiny” in English class on Thursday, September 27th, 2018. The sentence was in the article as a response to the question of “What does it mean to be a real man?” The response said “It means supressing any kind of weakness” I understand what that means because I see many people hold back their true feelings because they think that they might be seen as weak or vulnerable. They hide and hold back any vulnerabilities to always appear strong.

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 JL Williams, “The Ride” from the novel Legacies

In the story “The ride” by JL Williams, the word that caught my attention that I did not have no knowledge of the definition is ”reeking” (pg.409 chapter.6).  The sentence says “The man, reeking of urine and the conspicuous smell of the unwashed, was not a new occurrence to any of us on the subway car.  In my opinion I thought reeking meant like if the man was peeing on himself, therefore that is why view it as the writer describe the smell as an conspicuous smell.  But when I went to www.Dictionary.com it stated that reek means a strong, unpleasant smell.  It is explains how the writer said it was not a new occurrence to any of us on the subway car as that he is used to the unpleasant smell coming from a homeless in this case man.

Disdain. A noun defined as “a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior” by Merriam-Webster dictionary. In the short story The Ride by JL Williams. It talks about the situations that come up on a daily basis on MTA public transportation. He goes from describing a young woman wearing clothes way too small for her body to a crackhead high off of drugs. But in this certain excerpt he dealt with a black woman with a baby carriage trying to get on the train. But she was being extremely disrespectful to one of the passengers. The author included the lines “… irritants that they feel the need to convey their disdain for a while we share a confined space for a limited time. JL Williams is basically saying how some people on the train are on a mission to make you despise them, acting outrageous is second nature to them.

 

Based on the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word Huddling (noun) means a group of people or things that are close to each other. while reading in class about “The Ride” by JL Williams this word I did not understand what it means. We can find this word on page#409, which it states, “However, the man seemed determined to make us all as uncomfortable as possible, and no amount of huddling together was going to stop him.” This quote represent the reality of how we live this almost everyday that we take the train. Some people just like to bother others because they have nothing more to do.

According the Merriam – Webster dictionary oblivious is an adjective. The definition go as follows : to not acknowledge or given awareness. In the story ” The Ride ” the passengers were ignoring the woman who was making a scene during the train ride. In the fourth paragraph it stated “She wiggled into her seat, and was oblivious to the rest of us on the train” meaning they were ignoring her for her vulgar remarks towards the guy who asked if she can pardoned them.

In the story “The Ride” by JL Williams, the phrase combative anticipation is used to describe the large woman taking over two seats on the train. For example, “Without ever acknowledging anyone directly, she wore a look of what might be described as “compative anticipation” on her face…” The word Compative means being ready or having the urge to fight and anticipation means being excited, knowing something is going to happen. Therefore, the author put these two words together to describe the woman because she was waiting for someone to ask her if they coud sit so she could yell at them.

The word Blasé was found in page 411 last paragraph. The word Blasé (adjective) defined from the Merriam Webster means excitement as a result of excessive enjoyment. I encountered this word in September 24 2018 while reading “The Ride” by JL Williams. In the last paragraph it says “Looking at the woman sing and act blasé, I wondered if the unzipped and swung his phallus in her face, maybe laid it on her forehead, Queen Elizabeth might finally acknowledge that she wasn’t on this train alone”. Now that I know the meaning of the word I am able to use it on many occasion when I’m out having fun.