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good thing there was an empty window seat
I just got on an Amtrak train to Philly and thought about what would happen if I pulled a Kanai and tried to take someone’s window seat. I think I would get laughed off this train. Have a great break,
he’s not coming back, sis
Carleigh and I don’t know why EVERY SINGLE BOOK we read in this class induces Floor Time™. Thanks, Dr. Scanlon. This line sent us: “I don’t know how time moves or which of our sorrows and desires it is able
<3 Nilima–my favorite character
“Kanai, the dreamers have everyone to speak for them,” she said. “But those who’re patient, those who try to be strong, who try to build things–no one ever sees any poetry in that, do they?”“I am not capable of dealing
Does Fokir “have to” die?
Let me start off by saying that I am not completely content with the end of this book. If Fokir is going to die, I would rather it be in a more exciting way, like getting mauled by a tiger
trying to make sense of the timeline of this book
@ all of Kanai’s chapters
Displacement: a word to describe this book
Dr. Scanlon asked in class today if there is a word or theme that connects all the stories in Once the Shore. I think my word would be “displacement.” The stories feature physical displacements (such as the Japanese characters who
#confused
In “We Will Not Be Here,” which male characters are we supposed to think are actually real and which are not? I think the blind boy with the marbles was a hallucination of Miya’s. I also think the boy on
On Style
Choi’s poetry has extremely unique style. I personally love the chart on page 1. I have never seen a poem laid out like that before, but it’s definitely a poem. I love how you can start out reading along the