Gate A4 by

2025-09-30 11:36:46 UTC

"Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere." - Tessa

2025-09-30 11:38:03 UTC

This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. -Joey

2025-09-30 11:38:34 UTC

Ashley

"Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere."

2025-09-30 11:38:34 UTC

"Not everything is lost" -Carolyn

2025-09-30 11:38:50 UTC

We were all covered with the same powdered sugar. And smiling.

2025-09-30 11:39:00 UTC

"we were all covered with the same powdered sugar." -Joselyn

2025-09-30 11:39:05 UTC

"Not everything is lost." -Ryan

Lena

2025-09-30 11:39:07 UTC

"Talk to her. What is her problem?"

2025-09-30 11:39:07 UTC

"This is the world I want to live in. The shared world." - Ellie

2025-09-30 11:39:36 UTC

"And I noticed my new best friend - by now we were holding hands -" -Elsie M

"she had pulled a sack a homemademamool cookies- little powerdered sugar crumbly mounds with dates" This shows that she's a nice lady that likes giving back. - Jacob

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And I noticed my new best friend.- Delila

"This is the world I want to live in. The shared world"

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"we were all covered with the same powdered sugar" -Gibson

2025-09-30 11:41:00 UTC

"Well - one pauses these days."

2025-09-30 11:41:00 UTC

"Well-- one pauses these days." - Tessa

2025-09-30 11:41:07 UTC

"What is her problem? We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this."

2025-09-30 11:41:21 UTC

"please come to the gate immediately"-Joey R

Logan

2025-09-30 11:41:22 UTC

"I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane."

"Well-one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there"-Everett

2025-09-30 11:41:23 UTC

"She needed to be in El Paso for major medical treatment the next day"

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2025-09-30 11:41:33 UTC

"...and she did this."

-Ashley

2025-09-30 11:41:55 UTC

"Well-- one pauses these days."

2025-09-30 11:41:58 UTC

"Was crumbled to the floor, wailing."

2025-09-30 11:42:00 UTC

"Well-one pauses these days" -Gibson

2025-09-30 11:42:53 UTC

"Well, one pauses these days." - Delila

Because it shows the world we live in now and how people are hesitant because of their culture.

Everett

2025-09-30 11:43:03 UTC

"Talk to her. What is her problem?'

2025-09-30 11:43:05 UTC

"Talk to her. What is her problem?" -Carolyn

2025-09-30 11:43:24 UTC

"What is her problem? We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this." -Ryan

2025-09-30 11:44:25 UTC

"was crumpled to the floor, wailing. "Help""

Lena

2025-09-30 11:44:36 UTC

"Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian poets I know{...}."

I find this somewhat troublesome because I thought it was somewhat random that he had this random woman in distress call some poet friends that he's never mentioned his involvement with before.

"Well - one pauses these days" -Jacob

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"Not everything is lost"-Raegan

2025-09-30 11:48:41 UTC

Due to a flight delay a Palestinian woman got shocked and started to break down. This break down lead the main character into helping the woman talking with her to the point of the woman sharing cookies as she calmed down.

2025-09-30 11:48:50 UTC

The joy of kindness is being spread. People start sharing and bonding. - Delila

2025-09-30 11:49:05 UTC

An Arabic lady misunderstands the news of a delayed flight and believes it is cancelled, meaning she will not receive medical treatment. A stranger then comforts her and everyone in Gate A-4 is united.

2025-09-30 11:49:21 UTC

This woman is in a place foreign to her and the author helps her stay calm waiting for her flight. While doing that she shares her cookies and they bring all the other women joy.

2025-09-30 11:49:35 UTC

Naomi Shihab Nye was in the airport, she heard the announcement and went to see what was happening. There she found a woman on the ground wailing, Naomi told what was happening, then they spent their time together eating mamool cookies and calling people

2025-09-30 11:49:48 UTC

There's a frustration and miscommunication between people due to a language barrier. A stranger steps in to be the middle-man and fixes the communication issues whilst simultaneously connecting everyone through a culutural treat (the mamool cookie).

2025-09-30 11:50:02 UTC

There is an women that is distraught in the airport and needs help from someone who can speak Arabic. Another woman is able to explain to her he reality and calm her down leading to all the people at the gate becoming united.

2025-09-30 11:50:03 UTC

An Arabic woman gets told her flight is delayed in English which she doesn't understand very well so she interprets that as her flight being cancelled completely. Another woman who speaks Arabic comes to the gate to clarify that her flight is only delayed not cancelled and they start to become friendly with eachother through their culture similarities.

2025-09-30 11:50:06 UTC

The narrator helps an older Palestinian woman understand that her flight has been delayed and calms her down by speaking Arabic. While they wait for their flight the gate bonds over shared mamool and apple juice.

2025-09-30 11:50:23 UTC

In the people the narrator is sharing her kindness and caring for an older women when the ones around her can't. Her shared kindness spreads through the poem later being symbolized through powered sugar cookie.

2025-09-30 11:50:24 UTC

Due to a language barrier, a Palestinian woman was unable to clearly communicate with a flight attendant, thinking she had missed her flight. The author steps in and calms the woman, bonding by their shared connections and homemade cookies.

Lena

2025-09-30 11:50:32 UTC

There is delayed flight at an airport, and a woman that only speaks Arabic is in distress when a man tries to assist her. The man tells her what is goin on after a misunderstanding and used distractions like calls to calm her down; the woman also offered the man some cookies afterwards.

2025-09-30 11:50:36 UTC

There was an announcement made to help and elderly women who did not understand English well, she thought her important flight had been cancelled so she could not get her medical care. Someone with an Arabic family came to translate to her, and they shortly became best friends.

Joey R

2025-09-30 11:51:32 UTC

A woman that speaks Arabic misinterprets English while at the airport, she starts to freak out because she had major medical treatment. When she learns that it is just delayed, she is calm and throws a little party for the other passengers showing the world can still be a good place.

Everett

2025-09-30 11:51:33 UTC

There is an older woman who is in distress at the gate where the speaker is supposed to go be. So, she helps this woman by cheering her up and giving her people to talk to that have a similar background or culture as her. The older woman then brings the other people at the gate closer together by giving out cookies and sharing food such as apple juice. The speaker realizes that she wants a world that is able to come together and not a world that there is fear or a sense of abandonment.

"What's her problem?" -Raegan

2025-09-30 11:52:18 UTC

I don't think the author made the flight agent seem like someone who genuinely wanted to help this lady out. Insinuating that she has a "problem" shows her lack of empathy for the women. She just wants the crying to stop instead of actually helping her.

2025-09-30 11:53:15 UTC

Within the poem dialogue is an extremely important factor. This being due to the fact that the story is about communication but also because it reveals how both sides are feeling. With the point of view being 1st person the dialogue of the main and only way we can know what other characters were feelings or thinking.

due to the women not knowing English she's experiencing hesitation by thinking her flight is canceled. Then a man comes to her aid and helps her understand that the flight isn't canceled then is awarded cookies as her gratitude of saying thank you.

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The use of dialogue. This allows us to see true interactions between the people and give us understanding of how they interact.

2025-09-30 11:53:57 UTC

Imagery, you can imagine everyone coming together through the way the narrator describes it.

2025-09-30 11:54:17 UTC

The imagery used to describe the setting in the first stanza is important because gives context to the line I was earlier confused about, "Well- one pauses these days." it shows how it may relate to 9/11.

2025-09-30 11:54:36 UTC

The use of symbolism of the cookies heavily impacted the story. The author used the idea of everyone eating cookies to reassemble the effect of kindness everyone in Gate A-4 was sharing with each other. Showing almost that kindness is contagious.

2025-09-30 11:54:37 UTC

I think the dialogue where she attempts to speak arabic is important. Roughly translated, she said "What's that? What do you want, my dear? Hold on a moment, please... What are you doing?" It's important because despite the poor communication it immediately comforts the arabic woman.

2025-09-30 11:54:40 UTC

The repetition/symbolism of "covered with the same powdered sugar". This shows that as more people eat the cookies, the more connected people feel at the gate.

2025-09-30 11:54:59 UTC

The use of dialogue in the first stanza made the scene come to life while creating a sense of urgency with the word choice of "immediately."

2025-09-30 11:55:12 UTC

The structure of the poem contributes to the theme by setting up an act of kindness and understanding in the third stanza, to show how that kindness spread to the rest of the gate. -Carolyn

2025-09-30 11:55:51 UTC

One literary device I see that is important is imagery/sensory language because it helps create the picture of how the people in the airport are coming together. -Ryan

2025-09-30 11:55:57 UTC

Dialogue is very important in this story; it reveals key details and sets the tone of the text. The dialogue uncovers the fact she does not fully understand English, and you can see how distraught she is through what the other characters have said about her.

Everett

2025-09-30 11:56:17 UTC

I feel like technique that is used in this poem is the imagery and the author trying to describe the scene around to show how close the people are. Another is dialogue because it shows the emotions of other people.

2025-09-30 11:57:04 UTC

In this poem, a flight at the Albuquerque airport is delayed leaving an Arabic women crying on the ground and flight agents begging to get her help. On this same flight, another Arabic speaking lady came and helped her know the situation and ended up becoming friends with her because of her support.

Lena

2025-09-30 11:57:12 UTC

The use of description and the relation of time helps structure the poem and give it details. It helps the reader imagine what is happening and gives the story or short twist when you think about how random but common this event may be.

Joey R

2025-09-30 11:57:20 UTC

The use of dialogue is important in this poem because it is used to focus on interactions between the attendants. We only know how author is feeling so dialogue is helped to express others feelings and attitudes towards the situation.

2025-09-30 11:57:21 UTC

The dialogue shows a clear picture on how the characters interact with each other and create a mood.

I think the techniques and devices that are being used is imagery because there are vivid descriptions like "momool cookies" and the powered surgur helps create the sense of atmosphere. The momool cookies can also represent symbolism representing kindness and giving back, tying back to when she was handing the cookies out.

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2025-09-30 11:58:15 UTC

It does not give context to why she went. Therefore, it leaves us wondering the emotion and intent behind her going.

2025-09-30 11:58:31 UTC

This could be seen as her rushing over to gate A-4 to help or as her just taking her time getting there to check out the problem and then maybe help.

2025-09-30 11:58:35 UTC

There are multiple interpretations because it doesn't yet show the meaning behind her actions, we later see that those actions reassemble kindness.

2025-09-30 11:58:39 UTC

Did he go there to help or reluctantly?, In a hurry or with his sweet time?

Everett

2025-09-30 11:58:50 UTC

I thought that when the author writes "I went there." It was because she was worried about another person and wanted to help.

2025-09-30 11:58:53 UTC

I went there existing at the end of the author's statement allows it to mean a few different things. The literal "I went to my gate." But it can also be interpreted as an action of going towards something dangerous due to the rest of the sentence mentioning "Well - one pauses these days.

2025-09-30 11:58:55 UTC

It can be interpreted that she went there voluntarily or that she felt forced to go there because she knew the language. She would have felt guilt if she hadn't gone to the gate and helped since she knew she could.

2025-09-30 11:59:02 UTC

I took this as she was already on her way and just proceeded to head toward her own gate. She may have felt some kind of irony when they made the announcement.

Tessa

2025-09-30 11:59:13 UTC

It could be interpreted in different ways as to why she went there? Right before "I went there", she says "Gate A-4 was my own gate." So presumably, she would already be there or headed there. I'm not sure.

2025-09-30 11:59:28 UTC

The line "I went there." could mean the narrator revisited her Palestinian roots. It would make sense if she had not visited them in a while as she expresses that she isn't entirely fluent in Arabic. -Carolyn

2025-09-30 11:59:57 UTC

It does not specify where he went until later in the text. Originally it could mean he just went to the gate with or with no intention of helping. It could also be referring to the previous sentence in that line and the shock of what she had said.

I think "I went there" is saying that he went to her aid to help her out when nobody bothered to help her even though she was about to have a break down in the airport.

2025-09-30 12:00:11 UTC

Joey R

2025-09-30 12:00:15 UTC

We have no idea how long it took. She could of ran to get there or taken her time.

2025-09-30 12:00:33 UTC

I feel that the "I went there." can mean the author went to the gate without hesitation despite the "one pauses these days."

Lena

2025-09-30 12:00:45 UTC

When he says that he seems to have paused to take a breath or to listen to the announcement in Arabic then may have had to go a far distance, or in the opposite direction. The abrupt stops may indicated he was irritated or upset abut it but calm.

2025-09-30 12:02:39 UTC

It can be interpreted in different ways because it can be seen as her just going to help a stranger or seen as going into a situation that could cause her harm. -Ryan

2025-09-30 12:03:54 UTC

It's all about women coming together, the cookie was shared between all the ladies and little girls. The quote that stood out to me was "...not a single woman declined one. It was like a sacrament."

raegan

2025-09-30 12:04:09 UTC

The author of this poem first uses strong dialogue to showcase the interaction of the two Arabic women in the story. When asking for the lady to help the crying women on the ground, she asked, "Talk to her. What's her problem." This gives the reader an idea of what other people around her though of this situation. Naomi Sihab, the author, could have just told the reader that the flight agent asked for help but instead she wrote of what she said. The using "problem" to describe the women showed that she saw it as an alarming inconvenience rather than a person who is in need of support.

2025-09-30 12:04:13 UTC

It shows women supporting each over and women finding comfort in other women. Near the end of the story, it talks about the older women sharing cookies with all the women at the gate and not a single women denying one.

2025-09-30 12:04:22 UTC

Since there are a lot of moments where she becomes close with the lady and they show touches of comfort is that something the women there do a lot.

2025-09-30 12:04:32 UTC

In Arabic cultures women are very trusting towards each other. If this was a situation between the woman and a man had come to help itm ay not have gone the same way because of their gender roles within their culture.

Lena

2025-09-30 12:04:34 UTC

I feel like the airport staff kind of just wanted the man to "handle" the woman's issue when they said, "What is her problem." Other than that it was just a man with an unknown age helping out an older woman.

2025-09-30 12:04:38 UTC

All the women are able to be kind no matter the differences, it could be showing how there is a sense of unitedness? -Carolyn

2025-09-30 12:04:40 UTC

Gender plays a semi-significant role in the story. As seen in the text describing how ladies from all around the world began interacting with each other due to the situation.

I think the role that gender plays in the poem is that women are coming together and sticking together to have a holsome moment

2025-09-30 12:04:52 UTC

Joey R

2025-09-30 12:04:54 UTC

It never mentions a man so gender is all women and women coming together.

2025-09-30 12:04:55 UTC

The entire story was based around women and their feelings, the joy they were feeling from this woman, the little girls passing out juice, they were all happy by her gestures and talking to her, not one mention of boys came up.

Everett

2025-09-30 12:04:55 UTC

I feel like gender has a role because it is about women coming together and showing support and strength towards one another.

2025-09-30 12:04:55 UTC

The author says, "not a single woman declined one." Throughout the poem there is a lack in any male opinions or appearances.

2025-09-30 12:04:56 UTC

The author, being a woman, might have contributed to calming the older woman down more, because women usually feel safer with other women.

2025-09-30 12:04:56 UTC

Gender plays a role because the poem says, "not a single woman declined one". This implies that some of the men did decline one.

2025-09-30 12:04:59 UTC

It shows woman coming together and giving comfort to each other. Almost in a motherly way.

2025-09-30 12:05:13 UTC

All of the women come together and the main characters only call males and poets.

2025-10-01 11:23:38 UTC

In their culture women are more comfortable with other women rather than men. If it had been a man who came to help the situation would have been different.

Brooke

2025-10-01 11:25:08 UTC

"To my amazement, not a single woman declined one"

"Let's call him"

2025-10-01 11:26:08 UTC

2025-10-01 11:27:15 UTC

A difference I see is that the flight agent wasn't able to help the women because she didn't speak Arabic, while the speaker was able to because she could speak Arabic.

2025-10-01 11:27:16 UTC

The flight agent is more blunt and almost impatient while the speaker is calm and gentle as she attempts to calm the woman down.

2025-10-01 11:28:09 UTC

The differences that I noticed between the flight agent and the speaker is the flight agent seemed more annoyed by the women wailing on the, while the speaker was very kind. -Ryan

2025-10-01 11:28:16 UTC

The flight agent is panicking because she can't communicate with the Palestinian woman, while the speaker is staying calm since she can speak some Arabic to the Palestinian woman. - Gibson

2025-10-01 11:28:28 UTC

The speaker was more open and willing to be helpful, the flight agent wasn't able to help because of the language barrier, was more direct when dealing with the situation.

Joey R

2025-10-01 11:28:37 UTC

Some differences between speaker and flight attendant are the flight attendant was freaking out while the speaker was very calm and handled the situation.

2025-10-01 11:28:43 UTC

The flight agent was panicking and didn't know what she was saying, while the speaker was calm when trying to understand the women.

A flight delay caused an array of emotions, including distress from a Palestinian woman who wasn't able to understand what was going on. The confused flight attendant calls a man who speaks Arabic over to explain to the woman the situation, they get lost in conversation as he soothes her, and they end up connecting with everyone at the airport.

2025-10-01 11:28:44 UTC

2025-10-01 11:28:46 UTC

A difference was how the fight agent acted towards the woman who needed help vs the speaker. The flight agent was nit able to help because she didn't speak the language but the speaker was able to help in the end. She seemed more optimistic to help.

2025-10-01 11:29:08 UTC

The flight agent presents as less concerned and more aggravated with the woman, while the speaker can speak Arabic and shows more sympathy.

Lena

2025-10-01 11:29:21 UTC

In the poem, the flight agent doesn't seem to attempt to calm the woman and get her to understand that the flight has been canceled. This is proven when they tell the speaker to handle the woman, and figure out what her problem is. The speaker politely explained the situation to the woman, He also sat with her and comforted her the whole time the flight was delayed.

Lindsey

2025-10-01 11:29:35 UTC

The flight agent had more of a negative tone towards the women, she just wanted her to stop yelling and did not care why she was upset. While the speaker was caring of her and tried to comfort her.

I think imagery is super important in this case because of how it fits in the structure. Nye chose to use very descriptive words to paint a picture of the cookies right when the buildup of emotions occurred. This made the moment of kindness more intimate and relatable for the woman.

2025-10-01 11:31:39 UTC

The Difference I notice about the flight agent and the speaker is that the speaker is looking at the flight agents actions like dismissive, she isn't seeing the person as a person she seeing as another regular day because its her job so she doesn't help the women. -Jacob

2025-10-01 11:31:44 UTC

2025-10-01 11:31:57 UTC

The flight agent seemed to be clueless or dismissive in the situation we see them in, which is why hey call for the speaker to help them with the crying woman. The speaker is characterized as kind friendly to the woman, they help her calm down and talk with each other in Arabic.

Everett

2025-10-01 11:32:07 UTC

A difference that I see between the two characters is that one seems more of an blunt character with the words, "Talk to her. What's her problem?" which seems dismissive. In contrast the speaker is calm and helps the old lady because he wants too.

2025-10-01 11:32:32 UTC

It is significant because it shows she went out of her way to help the woman. Then got on her level physically to further develop their connection through their shared language.

2025-10-01 11:32:37 UTC

It shows how the speaker goes down to the level of the woman to speak to her.

2025-10-01 11:32:54 UTC

She bent down to get on the women's same level, this action can make someone feel more at ease or comforted.

Lena

2025-10-01 11:33:20 UTC

The speaker had to kind of duck down to the woman's height to hold and comfort her.

"I went there." kind of makes the reader question his intentions. We don't know anything about the author at the time, and it almost makes it seem like the author doesn't even know why he is going there himself.

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2025-10-01 11:33:37 UTC

The word stooped is significant because it shows the the speaker went down to the women's level. -Ryan

Everett

2025-10-01 11:33:53 UTC

It shows that she was willing to help the old women even though many people might thing the old woman is under her.

2025-10-01 11:34:06 UTC

The word "Stooped" shows she was hunching over to help the women. It suggests she was open to helping her and going out of her way to make her feel understood.

2025-10-01 11:34:11 UTC

The word "stooped" suggests that the speaker went over to the woman and dropped down to comfort her.

Joey R

2025-10-01 11:34:31 UTC

It shows her like going down to her and i feel like this comforts the woman.

The word stooped is is significant because she showing the actions and how they went out there way to help a women in need -Jacob

2025-10-01 11:34:33 UTC

2025-10-01 11:34:34 UTC

The word stooped is significant because it shows how the speaker got down to the ground to help the other woman despite the flight agent just standing there. -Gibson

2025-10-01 11:35:31 UTC

It shows how quickly she was willing to help the woman after seeing her in distress, how she met her level to communicate better with her.

2025-10-01 11:35:31 UTC

Because it can mean physically bringing yourself down to someone's level, or mentally coming down on a personal level with someone

I think it shows the troubling times, especially for women of color, even when the author assumes a man is picking her up from the airport, or when the flight attendant kind of dismisses her stress. This immediately shows the reader that women were almost put down and dismissed.

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2025-10-01 11:37:07 UTC

Stooped is telling us she bent down to get on the level the woman was on to show she was more so there to help rather than be another person standing around. Made the situation more empathetic and understanding, comforted.

The flight attendant is almost annoyed and done with being at work, showing signs of impatience and ignorance. The flight attendant seems like they don't have time to deal with any other issues, while the author recognizes that the woman is a person too and shows the value behind people.

2025-10-01 11:38:14 UTC

Because it showed the woman that the author sees her as a person too.

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2025-10-01 11:39:39 UTC

Its like a metaphor to always stay rooted to your culture. Making sure your culture is a part of what make you, you. She takes the plat with her so she will always have a part of her culture with her even if she's away from home.

2025-10-01 11:39:48 UTC

It shows how you can always have something that reminds you of your home and who you are no matter where you go.

2025-10-01 11:40:03 UTC

The plant symbolizes the woman staying grounded or rooted somewhere in a humble way. -Gibson

2025-10-01 11:40:12 UTC

The plant is symbolic because it shows how the women is still connected to where she comes from and her culture. -Ryan

Joey R

2025-10-01 11:40:21 UTC

The plant symbolizes staying rooted to your beliefs and remembering where you come from.

2025-10-01 11:40:24 UTC

It symbolizes being rooted and knowing where home is.

2025-10-01 11:40:30 UTC

The plant shows how connected she is to her culture and old traditions. They said, "Always stay rooted somewhere", this could mean she is not comfortable with traveling and wants to stay connected to home.

2025-10-01 11:40:34 UTC

The plant is symbolic because it shows the cultural background of the woman, how no matter where she is she will always be from her home country.

2025-10-01 11:40:39 UTC

As it is stated in the poem "Always stay rooted to somewhere" which means the women is rooted in Palestinian traditions and culture. But it also shows the speakers roots and how they also come from a Palestinian background.

2025-10-01 11:40:55 UTC

I think the plant symbolizes the women's culture and beliefs and the way the speaker recognizes the plants tells us that she understands this culture belief or practice too.

Everett

2025-10-01 11:41:15 UTC

It is symbolic because it shows the woman's values and traditions or staying close to who you are as a person. The speaker states this in the last sentence of stanza 7, "Always stay rooted to somewhere".

2025-10-01 11:41:43 UTC

The plant is symbolizing the idea she might have left from somewhere and is trying to keep a connection with that place or she doesn't want to lose the feeling of being connected to something or somewhere, so she carries the plant. Especially with a surgery coming soon, she may want to have some sort of "good luck" and the plant might give her the sense of luck.

2025-10-01 11:41:45 UTC

The plant shows tradition, as we see the lady wearing a "traditional Palestinian embroidered dress" we know her culture is important to her and she uses it to stay grounded. However, the plant almost symbolizes home; she seems to love her culture, and as a tradition of her culture, she uses the plant as a way to feel connected with home.

The plant is symbolic because its illustrating that she still has a root were she is originally from

2025-10-01 11:42:10 UTC

2025-10-01 11:43:01 UTC

The speaker says that it was an old country tradition to always carry a plant. It means to always be grounded somewhere.

2025-10-01 11:43:47 UTC

The cookie is like a sacrament because it brings all the women together through their differences of culture.

The writer used the word sacrament as a symbol of religion to show grace between all their cultures no matter how different they are, all of them are still people.

I think the passage is saying the cookie is a sign of peace because she got everyone to come together with cookies

2025-10-01 11:43:57 UTC

2025-10-01 11:44:13 UTC

The cookie is like a sacrament because they are giving them to people as a gesture of kindness and pureness.

2025-10-01 11:44:29 UTC

When I was first reading this poem I wrote down that the word 'sacrament' meant a sweet offering to the meaning of the story, but this contradicts that actual definitions of the word 'sacrament.'

2025-10-01 11:44:31 UTC

The cookie, like most religions, bring and unite people together.

2025-10-01 11:44:36 UTC

The cookie, or at least the powdered sugar on the cookie, is symbolic of grace and unity among the women at the gate. And anointing the sickness of separation based on background.

Joey R

2025-10-01 11:44:45 UTC

Its like a sacrament because it got everybody together

2025-10-01 11:44:45 UTC

The cookie is "like a sacrament" because the woman gives these out to people after they comfort her. These cookies are sacred to the woman and she uses them as a way to show her appreciation and grace towards others. Ultimately uniting the woman together.

2025-10-01 11:44:47 UTC

The cookie is like a sacrament because it causes everyone to unite despite the conflict that has occurred. -Gibson

2025-10-01 11:44:57 UTC

The cookie is like sacrament because the women is giving the cookies to the people in the airport showing her grace, and also bringing them together.

The writer used the word sacrament because it is believed that a form of sacrament brings believer closer together, so in the poem it shows that the cookies are bringing the people together.

-Ryan

2025-10-01 11:44:57 UTC

It is her offering a piece of her culture to these strangers. Maybe like a peace offering from her to them since she is in a new uncomfortable area. So, she is bringing a piece of her and her culture to them.

2025-10-01 11:45:22 UTC

Sacrament reminds me of religion/giving. I think the author uses these words because the cookies are like sacrements of culture, and a lot of people wouldn't decline their religion if they have one, just like people wouldn't decline their culture if they are enamored by it.

The cookies are sacred because they are apart of culture.

2025-10-01 11:45:22 UTC

it is like a sacrament because all the women were sitting there waiting for the same delayed train. some of the women most likely had children which is why they took the cookie. Not one woman declined the cookies the older woman offered. It is like they already knew what to expect by being offered the cookie.

Everett

2025-10-01 11:45:27 UTC

I think it is like a sacrament because when the cookies were being handed out, nobody declined them, and they all took one bringing them closer to each other.

2025-10-01 11:45:31 UTC

None of the women declined the cookie and were all willingly accepting the offer, kind of just using sacrament as a way to paint the image of how willing and happy the women were.

2025-10-01 11:53:08 UTC

I think the poem is important because it is trying to tell the reader that hope should not be lost for there is still good in the world.

2025-10-01 11:53:24 UTC

It is important because it shows how united we can be if we put aside our differences.

2025-10-01 11:53:30 UTC

The poem is important because it shows there is kindness still left in the word, and how quickly it can be spread.

2025-10-01 11:53:49 UTC

It s important because at the time the Arabic culture was looked down upon because of 9/11. Since they all came together from a cookie offered by someone of Arabic culture it shows that the trust to that religion is in that way restored and not looked down upon anymore.

2025-10-01 11:54:14 UTC

The poem illustrates an important message that it doesn't matter where you come from or what ethnic background you have, at the end of the day we are all people that should share the world together.

Everett

2025-10-01 11:54:15 UTC

The poem is important because of its meaning and how it shows how people can still be closely connected in today's society. The context of the poem is around the time of 9/11 and even within the mist of the chaos or that tragedy people can still come together.

The poem is important it can highlight the importance of doing something small can make a huge impact in others actions.

2025-10-01 11:54:23 UTC

2025-10-01 11:54:30 UTC

The poem is important because it is saying that people can still come together anywhere and that not all hope is lost. -Gibson

2025-10-01 11:54:39 UTC

The poem is important because it shows that even after everything we can all treat each other as equals. No matter where they are from or what they believe, the poem shows that people can come together. -Ryan

Joey R

2025-10-01 11:54:44 UTC

It shows there is still hope for a good world even with all the bad actions we have seen. There is still hope for a better world where people don't judge others.

2025-10-01 11:54:54 UTC

The poem really emphasizes the respect and willingness other women have for each other, it's deeper than a misunderstanding or a cookie, it includes different cultures and the respect has no limits, all the women see each other as happy equals who can be united.

2025-10-01 11:54:59 UTC

The poem is important because it leaves us with the message that people still long for a united world between all. This poem shows that it still happens and people are good.

2025-10-01 11:55:15 UTC

This piece is important because it shows what the world should be, rather than tearing people down, we should build each other up. There is a mental connection but a physical block from the women; many of them have the same stressors, but because they look different from each other or speak different languages, they do not interact. This poem teaches that kindness does not have a language. On the other hand, this poem offers a sanction in culture; everyone has culture, but sharing it is what exposes the good parts that people love so much.

2025-10-01 11:55:49 UTC

at the end of this poem the author writes, "This is the world I want to live in. the shared world. [...] This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost." I believe this section brings this poem together by honing in on the simple fact that this interaction happened between strangers. it shows that hope is not lost, and people can still choose to connect with others if they decides to share the love.

2025-10-01 11:56:42 UTC

The poem is important especially in a time like this with so much discrimination going on, to prove that different cultures can have peace. The poem starts with the older women being scared and the flight agent just dismissing her. The speaker chose to go comfort her, she did not know her or why she was upset. By the end of the story there was women of all different paths of life sharing cookies and having fun. There is still peace in our society, and it shows at the end of the day there is still good in everyone.

Raegan

2025-10-01 14:07:13 UTC

Saying the phrase "I went there" gives multiple interpretations such as she went went there because she was going anyways because it was her own gate. Another meaning could be she stopped what she was doing and went over there to help. The author leaves it as a mystery for the reader to make their own assumption.

Raegan

2025-10-01 14:13:46 UTC

Gender plays a comforting role in this poem because it shows the trust women have with each other. The Arabic women offered out her mamool cookies and "not a single women declined one" representing the inviting nature of women and how willing they are to connect with one another.

Raegan

2025-10-01 14:36:40 UTC

Thee word "stooped" brings a gentle, inviting connotation to show how she was trying to get down on the women's level to make her feel safe and trustworthy.

Raegan

2025-10-01 14:41:00 UTC

The plant symbolizes keeping up with your own beliefs and knowing where you came from-despite some people thinking ill of it, others will see it as bravery and strength for proving your beliefs despite others judgment.

Raegan

2025-10-01 14:44:57 UTC

The cookies show the bridge between bringing cultures together. It's something as simple as sharing your cookies with others to create a warm, inviting space where people can be together as one, while still having beautiful differences.

Raegan

2025-10-01 14:47:46 UTC

This poem is important because it shows the how we dont have to be robots in our daily lives. We don't have to keep walking when we see someone struggling. It proves the beauty of connection and how helping someone can really change your life, and "can still happen anywhere." as proved by the author.

2025-10-02 11:19:43 UTC

The flight agent is very reluctant to help the lady. Rather than being open and trying to help her she pushed it onto the speaker. The speaker however is very willing to help the lady and is rather kind.

2025-10-02 11:21:58 UTC

Stooped by definition means to lower one's body and level to a certain level. This lower level shows that the speaker got down to help this lady despite her having no connection to her. Getting down to her level she was able create a bond.

2025-10-02 11:23:05 UTC

The plant is heavily symbolic in nature because it shows the idea of deep connection's to ones culture. The story overall being about culture in the end and the metaphor being about roots staying somewhere shows this.

2025-10-02 11:24:04 UTC

A sacrament is typically a cultural piece that connects people. The cookie brings together all the women present.

2025-10-02 11:24:52 UTC

The poem is significant due to the showing of human kindness. Something that most people have forgotten but it tells a story that it's still true and present in the world.