7th Hour WECAMP "Everything..." by Michell https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo Provide examples and interpretation en-us 2021-09-15 18:00:00 UTC 2021-09-15 18:47:07 UTC hello@padlet.com First, she is describing a March morning in NYC six months after 9/11. There is still grief, confusion, anger, and also more. kmichell https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743670567 2021-09-15 18:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743670567 The message of "rebirth" is prominent in the piece, but a "rebirth " in the opposite way as usually presented. barrele https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743685858 This rebirth is one from absence to absence, with the Twin Towers' presence being the link between the two events and not an event itself -- the absence is what the place returned to. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743685858 A way to show the disbelief everyone felt following 9/11, as well as how people stood united (flag symbolism) in response https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743686494 2021-09-15 18:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743686494 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743688294 She's trying to tell us that the way to recover and move forward as a nation is by remebering and paying respects to those who were lost ]]> 2021-09-15 18:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743688294 "...'nothing' becomes something much more potent, which is absence" highlighting the different connotations of "nothing" and "absence" in the context of 9/11 and the twin towers meliish https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743689070 2021-09-15 18:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743689070 The writer is Suzanne Berne and she explains and introduces herself as a stranger to the people mourning to the attacks. Sort of like an outsider of the group of people that lost someone. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743689659 2021-09-15 18:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743689659 Purpose https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743690923 The purpose of this story is to show the great impact of this event. She repeatedly talks about the "absence" of the buildings. This is showing the audience the large effects of this event. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743690923 "Even longer to com up with something to say about it" The author pointing out how long and difficult this piece was for (Irony?) https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743691109 2021-09-15 18:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743691109 Absence https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743691536 This piece is a way to show how the human connection and coming together filled the filling of emptiness caused by the 9/11 attacks.]]> 2021-09-15 18:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743691536 The establishment of atmosphere moelwes https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743693620 The author gives a solid feeling of the emotion and feel of the space around them, describing the cold winds, harsh rains, and people pushing through it all to pay their respects.]]> 2021-09-15 18:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743693620 The writer says at the beginning she had never been to the World Trade Center, but at its collapse she felt compelled to pay her respects. While she feels like an outsider to the area, as an American she is connected to all of the other people observing the scene too https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743694109 2021-09-15 18:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743694109 To talk about the view of absence and how talking and remembering can fill the void https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695023 2021-09-15 18:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695023 The purpose of the piece is showing the magnitude of the event as well as the people it directly affected. She emphasizes the fact that even after the tragedy is over, people are still reminded of it on the daily by the change of the skyline in the city. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695037 2021-09-15 18:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695037 The problem with what she's conveying in her story is that, there are people from all over the country and world that has seen this terrorist attack from the beginning to end. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695233 2021-09-15 18:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695233 This piece reflects the many emotions that are felt by people visiting ground zero after 9/11. There is mourning, anger, disbelief, and also a little bit of dissatisfaction. It also displays the many types of people that came to ground zero, old and young, Americans and foreigners. All of those people gather in the same space and feel intense emotions together. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695475 2021-09-15 18:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695475 Message https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695574 The message of this piece is that, even after the most horrific of events like 9/11 that shake the world, we as humans coming together, remembering, and supporting each other will fill the emptiness caused in one's heart through strength, love, and perserverance.]]> 2021-09-15 18:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695574 The purpose is to inform readers of the sadness, discomfort, and absence people felt after the attacks. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695793 2021-09-15 18:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743695793 "an absence before there was an absence" https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743696044 She is talking about how the man who is looking at the site is remembering before the buildings were built, and now he is there after they had fallen.]]> 2021-09-15 18:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743696044 Contrasts barrele https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743696469 The author uses multiple contrasts between ideas to convey her theme -- the most prominent is that of absence and the towers, but also examples such as the cold morning and the dozens of people choosing to visit the site. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743696469 Uses the repetition of "like me" when describing the reactions one may have had to 9/11 to unite those who experienced the event firsthand, connecting to the audience. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743697667 2021-09-15 18:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743697667 Suzanne Berne documents a windy, somewhat rainy, miserable day where still a huge, diverse crown braves the elements to gaze upon nothing. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743698206 2021-09-15 18:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743698206 When she talks about firefighers, it's in a way that makes them seem solemn and mysterious https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743699989 2021-09-15 18:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743699989 Suzanne Berne https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743700176 Suzanne Bern writes from the perspective of an outsider, like many reading her piece, someone that was not in New York during the attacks, which helps many readers to understand the importance of remembering 9/11, even as an outsider.]]> 2021-09-15 18:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743700176 People attempting to explain their feelings about the attacks barrele https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743701155 The author is attempting to give a voice to the people who cannot adequately express their feelings on the event. "'It's unbelievable.' They would turn to each other, dissatisfied. They wanted to say something more expressive, more meaningful."]]> 2021-09-15 18:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743701155 She discusses the idea of absence, how what should be there (the towers) is all of the sudden gone, and what is filling up that absence is all of the people who are onlooking in support of the rescue efforts and to show their love for our country https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743701503 2021-09-15 18:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743701503 Berne has a very somber and almost dissociative tone, looking down on the people around her who are also dealing with the attack https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743701740 2021-09-15 18:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743701740 The text was published not even a year after. She starts with giving us clear and detailed descriptions of New York City and the specific colours, adjectives, emotions and actions occurring after the huge disaster that occurred. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743702012 2021-09-15 18:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743702012 In the beginning, the tone is despondent: "on a cold, damp March morning...despite the raw wind and spits of rain." The word choice is intertwined with the tone, as the author uses words with a negative connotation. However, towards the middle to end of the story, the tone shifts, and we can sense this shift not only with the repeated use of the word "sudden," but also the way that the imagery is described as being full of hope. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743702108 2021-09-15 18:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743702108 Suzanne Berne has no connection to the World Trade Center, but, like thousands of others, felt a very compelling force leading her there. Throughout the piece she seems to be struggling with her own emotions as well as trying to understand the emotions of others. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743703178 2021-09-15 18:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743703178 Tone https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743704908 In the beginning the tone is pretty somber as she talks about going to pay respects to the places that used to be the World Trade Center. It gets more serious as she talks about how nothing becomes something more potent as it is the idea of absence. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743704908 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743705893 Berne writes in a style that makes the reader feel that she is dissociated from the events that are going on around her. She writes about how time just seems to go by quickly sometimes without her noticing. She is showing the audience what it was like to be there when 9/11 had so recently happened.]]> 2021-09-15 18:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743705893 morapie https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743706403 purpose in this story refers to the events of 9/11 and the effects on the onlookers from the narrator's point of view. The comparison between nothing and absence is made to point out the emotions of society coming together during a traumatic event, with the emptiness of the twin towers in the sky turns to the visibility of the destruction of property, human lives, and community.]]> 2021-09-15 18:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743706403 Similes and Metaphors https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743706880 "Ground zero is a great bowl of light."
"Like a vast plaza amid the dense tangle of streets."
"As if you have stepped from a dark theatre into a bright afternoon."]]> 2021-09-15 18:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743706880 Berne acknowledges what happened but she never plainly says what 9/11 was as if she were scared/ avoidant ie. she never looks that the event itself only the grief and pain experienced after https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743706972 2021-09-15 18:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743706972 The people of the United States who are trying to navigate this trauma and confusion. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743707338 2021-09-15 18:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743707338 Suzanne presents the main idea of how the whole world was impacted by these terrorist attacks in the U.S. She describes what the post-attack scene looks like and how different people have different emotions in the sense of mourning for loss and, like Suzanne, people mourning for the people who lost someone. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743708101 2021-09-15 18:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743708101 budetok https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743708603 The purpose is to emphasize the collective absence that was seen and felt. Without context it is as if " there was nothing to see." However since the event had effects on everyone there was a sense of unity and sorrow of loss. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743708603 Suzanne Berne is creating an accurate display of the emotion that comes from seeing ground zero. The people who read her piece at the time it was published in April 12, 2002, were likely still struggling with how to feel. There are so many different emotions, and Berne attempts to give them validation and use them to create a bigger picture, that no matter what the emotion is, it is helping to fill the absence. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743709374 2021-09-15 18:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743709374 The message that even with the absence of something, its memories will never fully go away, and we will always honor and remember those who were victims on 9/11. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710092 2021-09-15 18:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710092 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710276 The tone that she uses to write this story is very somber but I feel like it is also sort of numb. She talks about how time seems to go by quickly and sometimes she does not notice how long she is in a certain place. However, she introduces a sad tone with the actions of herself and the people around her]]> 2021-09-15 18:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710276 beep-beep-beep https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710621 This could have been worded differently, but the author thought it would help the reader picture the landscape better with this unique language.]]> 2021-09-15 18:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710621 The juxtaposition between "the collapsing buildings... terrible images" and "cheerfully painted kiosk" https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710812 2021-09-15 18:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743710812 The author's name is suzanne berne, and she has no more tie to the attacks on 9/11 than many readers. She just felt compelled to write it based on what she saw on tv and what she heard from people who were actually there. She makes it clear that she wasn't there in her writing style, which makes the reader feel like a 3rd person bystander, who may not have had anything to do with the attacks. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743711016 2021-09-15 18:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743711016 The use of oxymorons talnit https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743712337 Many oxymorons are used, especially on the sixth paragraph. For example: "This is the moment when absence begins to assume a material form, when what is not there becomes visible". These oxymorons toy with the idea that even absence, specifically of the twin towers in this text, is important and influential.]]> 2021-09-15 18:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743712337 morapie https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743714311 the audience of this piece is anyone there to listen; 9/11 victim families, students, citizens of America. The onlookers purpose in this piece is to give the audience a first hand view of what it's like to see this event without truly being in the moment, as the narrator describes them as strangers.]]> 2021-09-15 18:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743714311 Suzanne Berne is trying to make us register the horrible attacks that for example, people finding remains of persons who passed away at the towers 6 months after because of the terrible attacks. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743714378 2021-09-15 18:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743714378 Langugage https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743716049 Berne uses a lot of similes and metaphors in her text as a way to describe imagery as she says "like a vast plaza amid the dense tangle of streets". She also uses a lot of descriptive works such as "shrouded" and "plastic-sheathed" and "watery glow"]]> 2021-09-15 18:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743716049 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743716608 The audience for this story is partly for herself, I think, to process what she saw and how she felt after going to see the site so soon after the 9/11 attacks had happened. It is also partly to help others process their feelings about this event. Finally, it is a way to show those of us who weren't there what it was like to experience this. There is a very wide audience from this piece.]]> 2021-09-15 18:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743716608 Berne's process https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743717149 This article was published in 2002, meaning that she had to take time and really see what was gone before she was able to speak out to the world about the grief she was feeling. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743717149 Message of Moving Forward https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743717733 The message throughout this article was that even though there is a tragedy and the absence and fear that follows, those memories that will never go away. We can continue to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and continue to stay strong together for the strength of our country. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743717733 She doesn't have a specific "target audience" except everyone in this world trying to learn or hear a different story about what happened on the 11th of September, 2001. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743718103 2021-09-15 18:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743718103 Suzanne Berne acts as a stand in for many in the audience, having no real tie to the world trade center or the events surrounding it, only visiting due to what is known about it and to pay respects. moelwes https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743720608 2021-09-15 18:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743720608 Water in the Final Paragraph https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743720841 In the last paragraph that Berne writes, she uses language and word choice to compare the crowd and the day itself to water. She writes "the day flowed back into itself." She describes the "tide of people washing around the site." The use of the terms "flowed", "tide", and "washing" create a connection to water. Water is a symbol of reflection, calm, and refreshment. She also says the crown is "filling" the absence back up, comparing them to water again. I wonder if she predicted that the 9/11 memorial was going to involve water.]]> 2021-09-15 18:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743720841 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743721405 The message that Berne works into her writing is about remembering in the absence of something. She continuously talks about the absence of the towers or the absence of something else that should normally be there. She is also showing us how we can process tough information by coming together with other people.]]> 2021-09-15 18:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743721405 Exigence https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743721425 dealing with what happens after 9/11. All of the community comes to untie with one another which can demonstrate hope for the future. This story indicates many emotions of this attack with the togetherness of the feeling of emptiness caused by the terrible attacks. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743721425 Langugage https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743722268 Berne also uses repetition for effect in one of her short paragraphs using the word "suddenly" 5 times in a row. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743722268 The tone throughout the whole text stays the same, Berne uses a calm and deep tone at the same time to express the sadness and grief that she encountered. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743722294 2021-09-15 18:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743722294 The message is that even though it is hard to understand and look at the destruction the attacks caused, it is important to recognize what occurred on that day. We also need to stick together and help each other through difficult times. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743725525 2021-09-15 18:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743725525 morapie https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743725668 the authors use of language and syntax comes in the forms of detailed imagery and many terms and characters for effect. Her use of word choice to describe the onlookers allows the reader to connect and see the variety of the people at the event, as well as her use of imagery together putting the audience at the face of the scene and fully immersed within the story.]]> 2021-09-15 18:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743725668 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743726170 I think that the author is trying to convey the significance of 9/11 through a unique perspective. This is because she talks about the events going on after 9/11, which stands out because most of the time the experiences of the public get overshadowed by the bigger things happening.]]> 2021-09-15 18:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743726170 On the heels of 9/11, everyone was conused and sad about whta had happened that day. Patriotism was at an all time high and people were doing their bests to make sure nothing like this ever happened again. https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743726710 2021-09-15 18:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743726710 The language used is pretty straight forward in the sense of writing with a continuous but elegant language explaining the horrors experienced after the terrorist attacks. daucdan https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743726772 2021-09-15 18:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743726772 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743727135 She is writing about the great absence of the towers. She shows us how it feels to see these buildings that represent so much every day, only to have them not be there another day. She is showing us the effect of this absence.]]> 2021-09-15 18:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743727135 The author uses the symbol of "light" to emphasize one of the story's themes that hope is essential even in the most difficult of times. For instance, she describes the light during the paragraph after she mentions hope, in order to reintroduce this idea: "what becomes most striking about this scene is the light itself... light reflecting off the Hudson River vaults into the site, soaking everything--especially on an overcast morning." The use of an "overcast morning" also helps to show the negative events that occurred, but that there is still light (hope). https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743728852 2021-09-15 18:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743728852 Main theme of the text talnit https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743730305 A main theme, which is a part of the message in this text, is that the absence of something can be powerful by invoking traumatic, influential, and emotion-filled memories. This is conveyed by the absence of the world trade center after it was destroyed in 9/11 and the painful memories from the day of the attack of chaos and destruction that it evoked in the author of the text. ]]> 2021-09-15 18:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743730305 The police officers and firemen https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743731302 The author describes the police officers as bored, resigned, or incredulous. Next to the firemen who are described as honor guards. She sees the firemen as people who have to face the events of 9/11 whereas the policemen are like the crowd just observing the nothing and not wanting to look inside.]]> 2021-09-15 18:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743731302 https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743731583 She gives many details about a dreary, mourning, city that is known to be vibrant. She is setting the story in all different places of NYC; however, it really centers around the 9/11 memorial. She shows us the contrast of some things that have not changed to the somber feeling of the city.]]> 2021-09-15 18:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743731583 Tone https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743731819 The tone of this piece starts off somberly, with her describing the cold, gloomy day and the feelings of sadness all around. However, at the end of the piece, the author seems hopeful, hopeful that through the power or perserverance and the acts of coming together, we can overcome.]]> 2021-09-15 18:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kmichell/g9njm46tmyvvpwgo/wish/1743731819