Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 220 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
May it be with or without context, I believe that the 20th stanza contained an author's description or recollection of his own childhood. He goes on to detail by informing his readers on the year as well as the event that took place. He stressed emphasis on the place specifically due to saying "on this country" twice. He describes himself being in a specific location in the midst of an event. He mentioned of clapping, so as to hint that he too is celebrating about the significance behind the parade. This would mean one thing: He's describing us the childhood that he himself has experienced and enjoyed.
This can be supported by the last sentence of the stanza before this which in it contained "I am having my childhood right now".
Even if you pulled this stanza out of the entire written work, it won't change anything that's been described here. He celebrated a particular event in a particular place with a particular gesture. It's pretty likely that he just wants to show a difference between how he spent his childhood from a recently won war and to those who spent theirs from a childhood that prospers from the result of a war's conclusion, just as we discussed in class. I think.
I don't know if this is the type of response that is expected or if I'm missing something significant. I may be explaining what's already written, like I'm just saying the obvious. If so, feel free to let me know.
May it be with or without context, I believe that the 20th stanza contained an author's description or recollection of his own childhood. He goes on to detail by informing his readers on the year as well as the event that took place. He stressed emphasis on the place specifically due to saying "on this country" twice. He describes himself being in a specific location in the midst of an event. He mentioned of clapping, so as to hint that he too is celebrating about the significance behind the parade. This would mean one thing: He's describing us the childhood that he himself has experienced and enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteThis can be supported by the last sentence of the stanza before this which in it contained "I am having my childhood right now".
Even if you pulled this stanza out of the entire written work, it won't change anything that's been described here. He celebrated a particular event in a particular place with a particular gesture. It's pretty likely that he just wants to show a difference between how he spent his childhood from a recently won war and to those who spent theirs from a childhood that prospers from the result of a war's conclusion, just as we discussed in class. I think.
I don't know if this is the type of response that is expected or if I'm missing something significant. I may be explaining what's already written, like I'm just saying the obvious. If so, feel free to let me know.