AIT Essay by Jessica Holtzclaw https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6 Please add your responses here: en-us 2018-05-17 13:25:30 UTC 2018-05-23 13:41:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261578334               To be invisible means that you are unnoticed. Maurice is invisible in many ways because people don’t really notice him. For example, when Laura first met Maurice she doesn't even pay attention to him. To her he was just another panhandler. Laura is invisible to Maurice in some ways also. They live two different lives. Laura can relate to some things in Maurice’s life, while Maurice can’t relate to anything in Laura’s life.  Laura is also older and lives a totally different life than Maurice. To Maurice, Laura is just another woman passing by. Laura is no more invisible to Maurice than Maurice is to Laura.

]]> 2018-05-17 13:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261578334 https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261578584  When I think about what does it mean to be invisible I think that it means you either don’t pay attention to someone or do not acknowledge someone. Being invisible does not necessarily mean that you can’t see someone it just means that you are complacent to the fact that the people are created different and they all could offer something you did not know of before. People give so many opportunities’ and can ideas that were not given to you before you met them. In my personal opinion being invisible is not being not seen, it is being complacent to the things around you and not utilizing the resources and people around you. In the book invisible thread Laura and Maurice are invisible to each other because when they first met they did not know much about each other and were ignorant to each other’s backgrounds. Laura was invisible to Maurice because he did not know of the hardships and the struggles that Laura experience. Maurice was Invisible to Laura she was unaware of the struggles and hardships that Maurice had gone through as well. Although Laura and Maurice were not physically invisible to each other they were never the less invisible all the same because of the ignorance and lack of knowledge from their backgrounds. They could not see past their physical appearance and the judgments made by first observations. It was not until later in the book that we find out and see that Laura and Maurice became non-invisible to each other and they learn more about each other.        ]]> 2018-05-17 13:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261578584 Being invisible can be a very bad thing. In Maurice’s case he was invisible from the general public because everyone glazed over him be he was just another homeless person on the New York streets. Laura glazed over him at first but then something made her stop and turn around and take him to lunch and that’s what sparked their relationship. In Laura’s case she was invisible because she was just an average New Yorker. She blended in with everyone else and was therefore invisible. She really found herself when she met Maurice. They created a strong bond that eventually started diminishing over the years when they were split apart but they then rejoined and brought the relationship back from the ashes. https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261579073 2018-05-17 13:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261579073 https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261579274 2018-05-17 13:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261579274 https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261579503 Being invisible in not being able to see an object. People don't see others that don't mean much to them. Throughout the book Maurice was invisible to everyone other than Laura. Laura realized that Maurice was poor and needed help with his life. Laura to everyone else was just an average girl that is trying to be nice. 

]]> 2018-05-17 13:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261579503 To be invisible means to be alone. You will feel like you only have yourself. Many people do not notice you. In some ways Laura and Maurice are very much alike. Both Maurice and Laura had childhoods where they felt invisible. Laura’s dad was very abusive when she was younger. She felt like she was not important because her dad portrayed those feelings. Maurice had an abusive childhood as well. His mom was not on her feet. She was addicted to drugs. Maurice was out on his own begging for money on the street. Nobody noticed him on the street expect for Laura. Laura was invisible as well because she was all alone that day. She did not have anyone either and then she noticed Maurice. It comes to show that many people feel as if they are not important. They think that nobody recognizes them when in reality there is always one person who will. https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261580247 2018-05-17 13:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261580247 https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261580487 To be Invisible is to not be seen. Invisibility is something that most people have mabye dreamed of, but it can mean many things. Invisibility can mean to not be noticed all the way to not actually able to be seen. Laura and Maurice can be invisible to many things. their personal problems and personal background are invisible to each other.]]> 2018-05-17 13:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261580487 An Invisible Thread Meaning https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261582705 Invisible means that someone or something cannot be seen despite technically existing. Laura and Maurice's relationship was invisible because Laura could not entirely understand or hear what Maurice was saying because his voice was drowned out by all of the loud sounds of New York City. Laura and Maurice are invisible to others due to starting out as two people who did not know each other, yet they were going out to lunch. "This thing we were doing--going to lunch, a couple of strangers, and adult and a child--it was weird, and we both felt it"� (page 7). Their experiences, both individually and together reflect our society by being busy with other things and not always paying attention to others. However, had Laura not stopped at the beginning to help Maurice, he would not have gotten help, their friendship would not have come to be, and neither would have the events that have occurred throughout the book. Laura began being a mother to Maurice taking him out for lunch instead of simply giving him money like he asked. "'Excuse me lady, do you have any spare change?' This was the first thing he said to me, on 56th Street in New York City, right around the corner from Broadway, on a sunny September day. And when I heard him, I didn't really hear him. His words were part of the clatter, like a car horn or someone yelling for a cab. They were, you could say, just noise--the kind of nuisance New Yorkers learn to tune out. So I walked right by him, as if he wasn't there. But then, just a few yards past him, I stopped. And then--and I'm still not sure why I did this--I came back. . . . He stretched out his palm toward me, and he asked again, 'Excuse me, lady, do you have any spare change? I am hungry.' . . . 'If you're hungry,' I said, 'I'll take you to McDonald's and buy you lunch'"� (pages 1-2). Finally, Laura mentioned that it was fate that brought her and Maurice together and made them friends in the first place. "Looking back all these years later, I believe there was a strong, unseen connection that pulled me back to Maurice. It's something I call an invisible thread. It is, as the old Chinese proverb tells us, something that connects two people who are destined to meet, regardless of time and place and circumstance. Some legends call it the red string of fate; others, the thread of destiny. It is, I believe, what brought Maurice and me into the same stretch of sidewalk in a vast, teeming city--just two out of eight million, somehow connected, somehow meant to be friends. Look, neither of us is a superhero, nor even especially virtuous. When we met we were just two people with complicated pasts and fragile dreams. But somehow we found each other, and we became friends. And that, you will see, made all the difference for us both" (page 6). The point is that compassion and fate may be invisible, but they are real and can change the future for the better by forming new friendships and/or families, which is something that Laura and Maurice's friendship could be described with.]]> 2018-05-17 13:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261582705 meaning of being invisible https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261586030  
              What does it mean to be invisible? It means to not being seen. It means not seeing each other often or anything. Laura and Maurice do not notice each other, sometimes they think about each other but don’t speak to each other. In society we don’t notice each other on the street or walking by each other on the side walk. 

]]> 2018-05-17 13:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261586030 Being Invisible https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261586453  
I think that there are a lot of things that make a person invisible. What it means to be invisible is not knowing if help is going to come or not. When Laura and Maurice were both younger they each confided in the need for affection. When the two of them crossed paths the two of them saw the sadness that they both went through. The two of them saw themselves in each other and came together to form a mother-son bond. 

]]> 2018-05-17 13:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261586453 The feeling of being invisible https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261591703 Being invisible is like having no one to talk to and no one understands. When it feels like you are invisible no feels the same way you do. It feels like you can talk to any person because they don't like you or you feel like you are a lower class. Being invisible is like being poor everyone that passes you doesn't understand what it is like to no have a bed and sleep on the street. When you watch people pass by they all seem happy and have everything and you feel like the one loner in the world that is different and don't understand why people don't understand you.


]]> 2018-05-17 14:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261591703 invisible post https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261602828 The word invisible could basically be another word for unnoticed or unknown.  Something about Maurice made Laura stop. There was no reason for Laura to stop but she did. Throughout the book fate played an important role. It kept Maurice and Laura together, broke up Michael and Laura, and kept Maurice’s family together. The invisible thread was just how fate kept the story on track.]]> 2018-05-17 14:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261602828 Invisible https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261695586 People how are invisible aren't actually invisible but someone who you don't notice in your life even when they're in your class. Some people like to invisible they like being left alone but some people don't like being invisible to everyone but that's just how they are and they won't change to become visible. Laura and Maurice are invisible to most people around them but they keep moving along just fine. ]]> 2018-05-17 18:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261695586 In the Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff the word Invisible is hinted throughout the book and is important to understand the book. In the Invisible Thread the thread symbolizes a lot of different things about Laura and Maurice. For example, their lives are very different so that makes the thread invisible but in some ways they grew up the same way and have similar problems so that is why they have a “thread” that connects them. In our society we might pass people every day on the streets that share similar traits and problems with. Having an Invisible Thread means that some strangers you might have never talk to could be the perfect person for you to talk to and share your life with. In the book Laura and Maurice are invisible to others because they judge them right away. Some people don’t judge you for who you really are but how you portray yourself. I feel like both Maurice and Laura are misunderstood in the book. https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261698823 2018-05-17 18:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261698823 where's my super suit https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261699101 luara and Maurice are invisible to each other, even though they are connected because they hide aspects of theyre life from each other because they care for each other so much they don't want to scary the other away with bad aspects of theyre life.
but on the other hand they are connected and eventually they learn about each others experiences and realize that the other wouldn't have judged them negatively.


]]> 2018-05-17 18:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261699101 Being invisible https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261701636 When someone is invisible, that means they are unable to be seen and or heard. Throughout Maurice’s life, he has been invisible to those around him, specifically his family. He is allowed to go out whenever, and is never expected to be home at at a certain time because no one pays attention to him. Even Laura didn’t notice him when she was walking past him on the street. However, Laura has forgotten the fact she was too once invisible. Growing up she was somewhere in the middle of her family, and wasn’t the ideal child so her father did not pay a lot of mind to her. I believe this is why she felt an invisible pull to Maurice. Inherently, she knew that they both had their fair shares of troubles with their fathers and she wanted to go back and talk to him. Our society often overlooks people who aren’t wealthy or have status.


]]> 2018-05-17 18:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261701636 (yeeee) (oooooff) (weewooo) invisible thread https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261702092  
What does it mean to be invisible? Well i think that has multiple meaning one could be where people just looking through you as if you don’t matter and you don't exist and maybe you really don’t to them doesn't make them a bad person.  In what ways are both Laura and Maurice invisible to others? Well Maurice was a black homeless boy so of course no one really cared at that moment he had basically nothing to give so there is that and with Laura I’m not too sure maybe because she is a older women and not everybody pay attention to them it definitely shows that if you are not rich or young and of the right color that you don't really matter and that could make you invisible to most which is not a good thing or it means that we need to start paying more attention to people          
]]> 2018-05-17 18:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261702092 https://padlet.com/jholtzclaw/ewglyfvm1rh6/wish/261921699 To be invisible means to be normal, blending in with the crowd. It’s when you don’t want any attention from people want to be excluded from the crowd. Their experiences reflect that our society is aggressive and will act out of emotion to others no matter who it is. 

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