Category: Discussions (Page 2 of 8)

I really like the author’s figurative language. For example the author says ” I noted that there was light in one direction and darkness in another and deduced that the … Read More

The excerpt from The Water Dancer was such an amazing excerpt. This short passage was written so beautifully and just full of amazing metaphors and such imaginative imagery. The sensory … Read More

From what I’ve read the whole chapter was pretty much complex to read. However, I did enjoy how the author used figurative language to express their feelings about slavery. Another … Read More

The chapter started off well, I figured that the narrator was seeing his/her mother appear in the bridge or across. However, after reading more it got confusing to me because … Read More

I struggled reading the chapter a little. I really was trying to understand the concept. I would just ask, what was the reason to get the message out? … Read More

Coates’ Critique

A story I struggle to understand and read. It took me longer to read this chapter than it should taken due to context of the story. Although I … Read More

Coates work was like every short story. full of detail and open endings. Her work in this chapter was quite a masterpiece in itself really because her details made the … Read More

I enjoyed about how the author used the supernatural in her story. One thing that interested me was how she talked about the power of memory and how it moves … Read More

I really liked how significant she speaks on her mother when she’s giving details about who she is and what she brings to the table. Her ending sentence signifies how … Read More

I love how raw Gurba is with her work. She provides real life examples about she’s been discriminated as well as other people in detail. She puts down exactly how … Read More