https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda Identify the major themes of "Powder." en-us 2021-09-13 20:10:27 UTC 2021-09-14 17:59:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740273644 The use of knowledge determines bliss or anxiety
-Kiley]]> 2021-09-14 17:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740273644 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740274483 Don’t let worry or emotion take control of you and embrace the moment. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740274483 zhangl3 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740275417 One does not need to understand someone in order to love them unconditionally.]]> 2021-09-14 17:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740275417 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740277789 You should trust the people around you and take chances.
-Marianne

]]> 2021-09-14 17:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740277789 dewbreyp https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740278212 There is no use in fretting over the inevitable ]]> 2021-09-14 17:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740278212 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740278582 “I knew we’d get caught. I resigned to it, and maybe for this reason. I stoped moping and began to enjoy myself.”]]> 2021-09-14 17:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740278582 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740279761 Successful parenthood is dependent on a parent-child relationship filled with trust.
-Kiley]]> 2021-09-14 17:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740279761 zhangl3 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740280225 Powder symbolizes living in the present; with the powder on the road, the protagonist could not see in front or behind him. Symbolically, this means that he could not see the future or worry about the past, and is thus forced to live in the moment and enjoy the present. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740280225 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740282445 The car is knowledge in this theme
-Kiley]]> 2021-09-14 17:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740282445 pujarar https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740282926 A significant moment was when his father removed the barricade; it highlighted the contrast between the personality of the father who was eager and the son who was cautious. The father said “Joke, Son” after the barricade displaying his care free attitude, while his son remained silent.]]> 2021-09-14 17:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740282926 princel4 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740282935 Maybe the author wrote this story to commemorate the divorce of his parents. It is a big moment in anyone’s life, especially a child’s, and he wanted to include the moments leading up to the divorce.]]> 2021-09-14 17:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740282935 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740283166 He started to admire the spontaneous and carefree mindset his father had. His entire life he always thought through things before doing something, and the memories and experiences he made with his father were always careless (given little thought). This is significant because it serves as a reminder to live life spontaneously every once and a while. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740283166 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740283375 1. When people take risks they are more capable of experiencing the thrill of life.
2. An individual’s age or past experience does not determine their amount, or in this story, lack of responsibility/good judgement.
-Jahnavi]]> 2021-09-14 17:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740283375 ebrahimit https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740283417 Risks are an essential part of life]]> 2021-09-14 17:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740283417 mcelreac https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740284923 “Because he didn’t believe that they would make it because he was worrying and assuming the worst would happen, then he was proved wrong and started to have fun without worrying”]]> 2021-09-14 17:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740284923 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740285591 Important quotes:
“If you haven’t driven fresh powder, you haven’t driven” This could be a metaphor to say if you haven’t taken risks or broken the rules, then you haven’t lived a full life. 
“sneaking me into a night club during his last visit” Giving the readers a glance into who the father is as a person, and the relationship the father and son have. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740285591 mcdonnellb3 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740286082 One important detail is the fact that he father calls his son “doctor.” This detail displays to the reader that the son is very serious and doesn’t know how to loosen up. This also solidifies the idea of role-reversal between the father and the son. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740286082 valjia https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740286929 “I knew we’d get caught” and “I stopped moping and began to enjoy”
These 2 quotes, right after each other, demonstrate how the main character changed from thinking ahead and over thinking everything, to just living in the moment and enjoy himself.]]> 2021-09-14 17:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740286929 zhangl3 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740286944 The nightclub is a place of improvisation, where rules are abandoned and rewritten, similar to the protagonist’s father. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740286944 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740288277 There is no point in trying to change the inevitable, it's better to try to enjoy what you can.]]> 2021-09-14 17:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740288277 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740288868 When he realizes that he can relax and doesn’t need to worry about where he is going, and doesn’t need to keep his guard up. He calms down, relaxes, and actually starts enjoying himself. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740288868 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740289154 An important moment is in the second to last paragraph when he finally loosens up and lives a little.]]> 2021-09-14 17:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740289154 westc4 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740290136 One theme of Powder is that when you let go of worrying and enjoy the moment you will ultimately be happier.]]> 2021-09-14 17:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740290136 smithja39 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740290277 Don’t let worry or emotion take control of you and embrace the moment.]]> 2021-09-14 17:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740290277 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740290595 The theme of powder is that, If you try to enjoy the moment, you can find the good in everyone. At first, the narrator is skeptical and looks at his father with icy contempt. But after he realizes resistance towards his dad is futile, he changes his attitude and sees the good in not just his dad, but the moment.
-Olivia]]> 2021-09-14 17:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740290595 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740291119 Finding joyous moments in an event as momentously dreary as a divorce is difficult, so this moment must have been rare, and thus worth commemorating.
-Kiley]]> 2021-09-14 17:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740291119 princel4 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740293770 The kid thinks ahead, it is evident from the story when he says that he asks teachers for assignment due dates so that he can make schedules and he has his clothes on rotation, and seeing his dad as the opposite of him maybe he realizes that he plans TOO much and wants to be more like him in that sense, or he sees his dad is irresponsible and strives not to be like his dad, OR he wants to find a balance in between himself and his dad. ]]> 2021-09-14 17:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740293770 https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740329349 The road to family is often tough, and hard to cross, but it is always worth it. -Eric Coppé]]> 2021-09-14 17:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/eheiden4/3dybgq3suc300jda/wish/1740329349