https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3 H Block en-us 2021-03-01 16:37:13 UTC 2021-08-20 16:27:29 UTC hello@padlet.com arthurknox1 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1254085182 "It was like being the victim of an unsolved hit and run. No one knew the motive. No real answers. No revelation. No 'aha' moment. So all I knew was pain, mystification, terror, and the eerie feeling of having my face seductively licked by death. I looked at my hands. The thin green lines on my wrists had faded some. I was heading home in a few days." (99) ]]> 2021-03-01 16:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1254085182 arthurknox1 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1254085185 "Ndi madu amaghi na mmiri nwerre-okpukpu, mana ndi madu ana taa-mmiri ataa."

"People don't know that water has bones because people don't chew water." ]]> 2021-03-01 16:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1254085185 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260756191 This passage summarized the chapter pretty well. I thought it described just how bizarre and unknown the events that Ngozi experienced were. In the end of the chapter, when she is talking to her aunt and grandmother it was peculiar to see they also had no answers to give. It also leaves me wondering why they gave her no warning if they knew the events that might unfold since the rain had come. This also brings up the next question of what significance the rain holds and its connection to the supernatural events that happened. Overall, this chapter just leaves me with lots of questions, mainly what is the significance of this supernatural being and why did it choose Ngozi. ]]> 2021-03-02 20:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260756191 taylorquintana https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260757360 This passage comes right after it was "revealed" to her what had just happened. It highlights how the reader feels as well. Clarity was just offered as her aunt and grandma explain what had just happened, however, they admit that still, no one knows why the "monster" comes to the village. I find it interesting how both the main character of this story and that of "Kabu Kabu" share similar feelings. Both characters were subjected to the supernatural and are left feeling confused and mystified. In both cases, the main characters were saved by an aspect of Igbo tradition.  ]]> 2021-03-02 20:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260757360 myajurado https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260758186 In my opinion this quote describes the characters experience in this chapter or story and offers the reader some insight on what she is feeling. She searches for wisdom from her loved ones, but they make it seem as if they are also just as lost. In my opinion it seems as if they may know something but don't want to tell her for some reason, the series of events such as a the rain storm feeds into this idea. ]]> 2021-03-02 20:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260758186 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260759056 This passage could honestly end the story. It brings closure to her time in Nigeria and her experience of getting her hands taken off and sewn back on again. It allows for the reader to get a better understanding of the experience and trauma Chioma just went through but leaves enough mystery.]]> 2021-03-02 21:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260759056 stellablueyoung https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260759743 This passage was pretty intense to comprehend, I think we all have this personalized idea of what 'death licking us in the face' would be like. For all we perceive it's just metaphorically, for others this can be a true grievance. Everything must die in order to grow. The world around us is a great example of what the interpretation of thin green lines on the wrist could symbolize. It died in order to grow ]]> 2021-03-02 21:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260759743 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260760208 To me, this seems to imply that perhaps differences are hidden in plain sight. People don't chew water because that's not how you're "supposed" to interact with it; technically there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. Drinking is good, eating, chewing or choking on water is bad. Perhaps there's something new to be learned by "chewing water" and finding out where the bones lie within it. to use America as an example, perhaps people don't realize or understand the systemic forms of oppression in the country, because that's not how they interact with the culture. that's not the "right" way to do it. so instead those who don't actively seek out the truth are content to not know what would happen if they did eat the water in this context? I feel like this has infinitely more meanings than just this one though. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260760208 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260760328 This passage and the one before it I feel offer the reader some clarity but even more confusion. As she said, there was no real answers to give someone about what just happened to her. She isn't given any clear details on what happened even though her family seems to know something. I sensed that so did the village as well, because they expressed an eerie quietness on the topic but the wine seller knew something that she didn't. This passage is her way to finding closure and moving on from her experiences in Nigeria. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260760328 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260765052 i think that this is somewhat a description of life and  how  some people  perceive/believe  life to be. No real given meaning no destination just the journey and experiences. and how those experiences shape or  "mark/scar" you.  i think in this case the green lines fading means that although she had already experienced it, it will forever be a part of her ]]> 2021-03-02 21:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260765052 stellablueyoung https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260770469 Personally, this passage reminds me of the world without variety. Everyone just assumes we cannot chew water, so we don't. That stigma is applied to pretty much everything in our existence and it questions our laws of reality as humans. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260770469 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260771987 This passage is very intense. The Idea of death is very uncomfortable, and the idea of having it close enough to lick you is very unnerving. I also think that this passage represents the strangeness of the story, because we don't have a lot of answers about why stuff is happening.]]> 2021-03-02 21:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260771987 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260772997 As a summarizing device the passage works exceptionally well. Okorafor has masterfully cultivated the exact feelings of the protagonist within us. Its this passage that allows to process and organize our thought on whats been happening. The passage is a deafening quiet compared to whats been going on previously in the story]]> 2021-03-02 21:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260772997 myajurado https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260782633 In my opinion, this Igbo proverb is explaining that society has set norms per say, in this case it is the idea of chewing water rather than drinking. The influence that society has on people is so powerful that people are afraid to do anything other than what others are doing. Therefore, they simple follow others so they aren't seen as an outcast or doing something "wrong".]]> 2021-03-02 21:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260782633 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260783594 You won't know if you don't try it? I think it has something to do with: there is no one way to do something, because with every experience you make you found something new. I guess it might also have something to do with opening up your eyes to different things and perspectives. Without that we might not know if water has bones.]]> 2021-03-02 21:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260783594 taylorquintana https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260784373 When initailly reading this proverb, i thought of the idea of ignorance. It is commenting on the fact that there is inherit ignorance when approaching soemthing a certain way. The tools and methods we use to observe may actually place limitations. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260784373 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260784509 Having read the entire story, and knowing a little bit about the narrators background, this passage seems to describe how trauma is manifesting itself for the character. Earlier on in the story, when the life experiences of being a cop are discussed and she describes how she wasn't phased very much by seeing the death of a child. However now that the traumatic experience is directly affecting her, she's able to understand and not understand this feeling that perhaps others have felt. "The thin green lines" are like the physical reminder of the trauma, which ensure that she'll carry this moment with her in her life. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260784509 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260788002 This passage reminds me of absurdism, a concept the class discussed a while ago. There is no inherent meaning to the situation. The attack was unwarranted and unexpected. Nothing about it was revealed as the story goes on. It simply happened. Many consider this to be the way every event in the world occurs. There is no order or reason. There just is and that seems to be the case here as strange as the situation was. Life is all of the wild, irrational events that precede one's death. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260788002 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260793723 For me, this Igbo proverb implies that you may not find answers if you don't look for them. We're told that water is water, there is no bones; so we believe that. Meaning that we don't chew water because we don't need to, and if we did we would be seen as unordinary because we have inherited these influences from society. ]]> 2021-03-02 21:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260793723 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260794761 I think that this proverb could be explaining how the motives of something are often unknown until you really have been in a position to experience it from the right perspective. No one ever tries to chew water because you don't need to, but maybe if you do things out of wonder rather than necessity you are able to experience things in a entirely different way.]]> 2021-03-02 21:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260794761 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260798974 i think this this proverb sheds light on how people tend to believe what they are/aren't told with out trying it for themselves and that when you are told something you are supposed to trust and believe its true blindly.  this somewhat related to the monkey see monkey do saying and that if one person does it its okay kinda.]]> 2021-03-02 21:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260798974 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260799227 I thought that this proverb was saying that people have to look at things from different angles to understand them.]]> 2021-03-02 21:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260799227 https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260817002 After 18 years of consuming water, I've never tried to chew water. There is no reason not to, however, the approach is not intuitive. One chews food and swallows water, because the action comes to them naturally. Something that comes easy can be the most efficient way, but is not always. There are some things that do not come naturally, but are the 'right' way to do it. Intuition can protect you in some cases and hinder you in others.  ]]> 2021-03-02 21:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/arthurknox1/4mldti48p3207nr3/wish/1260817002