Significant Quote Second Period by Shirleen DeGrenier https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74 Please post a significant quote from the Prologue of Ethan Frome and provide your explanation. Next, comment on one other quote on the wall. en-us 2018-02-12 14:03:08 UTC 2019-01-30 15:14:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Happy DLD! I will grade each quotation with an explanation and a page #. shirleen_degrenier https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325231570 2019-01-29 03:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325231570 carmen queen https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325428324 "most of the smart ones get away" this means in my opinion that if you can escape because you're smart and thought of a plan then go ahead and get away if it works. ( prologue. 2 )]]> 2019-01-29 15:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325428324 andres ponce https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325430483 "When a man’s been set-
ting round like a hulk for twenty years or more,
seeing things that want doing, it eats inter him,
and  he  loses  his  grit". this quote shows who worn out Ethan Frome is. and since he is old and worned out he cant take care of his property.
]]> 2019-01-29 15:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325430483 meeka https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325479548 "most of the smart ones get away" This quote means that if you're smart enough to think of a plan for escape, then you should do it and get away. (prologue pg. 2) ]]> 2019-01-29 16:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325479548 Seth https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325489015 "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters." (Prologue.9)
The quote makes a strong argument that something in the very land is holding Ethan back. 


]]> 2019-01-29 16:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325489015 Jason Gonzalez https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325504763 “Somebody had to stay and care for the folks. There warn't ever anybody but Ethan. Fust his father—then his mother—then his wife.” (Prologue.1)
    This quote means first his father got sick, then his mother and now this his wife.]]> 2019-01-29 17:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325504763 Kai Agard https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325509633 "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters." (prolouge.9)
this quote means that something is holding the character back]]> 2019-01-29 17:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325509633 Myles welch https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325514108 "most of the smart ones get away" This quote means that if you're smart enough to think of a plan for escape then go for it (prologue pg. 2)]]> 2019-01-29 17:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325514108 Jed https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325516516 "Most of the smart ones get away"(prologue pg.2)
Meaning that if your doing what your supposed to be doing in the working environment like the classroom then the grades will take you on a further part of the journey like a ivy league school.]]> 2019-01-29 17:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325516516 Jalen https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325525908 "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters. Most of the smart ones get away." (Prologue.9) Starkfield is shown as a trap a place to either get stuck in or escape from.]]> 2019-01-29 18:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325525908 hristopher Gilchrist https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325533742 “When a man's been setting round like a hulk for twenty years or more, seeing things that want doing, it eats inter him, and he loses his grit." 
It is saying he has been worn out for years.]]> 2019-01-29 18:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325533742 Jenny K https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325536480 "Most of the smart ones get away" suggests that Ethan is either one of the smart ones who did not get away, or that he is not too smart. (Prologue.9)]]> 2019-01-29 18:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325536480 chris scott https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325562916 “Guess He’s been in Starksfield too many winters. Most of the smart ones get away” Starksville is a place you can get stuck or a escape it’s a trap]]> 2019-01-29 19:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325562916 Alexa Noblett https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325566277 "At intervals, however, the post-master would hand him an envelope addressed to Mrs. Zenobia—or Mrs. Zeena-Frome, and usually bearing conspicuously in the upper left-hand corner the address of some manufacturer of patent medicine and the name of his specific." (Prologue.1) 
This quote shows that Ethan Frome's wife is sick and that he has to get her medicine for her. ]]> 2019-01-29 19:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325566277 Michael Murphy https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325581632 "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters. Most of the smart ones get away."
The quote means that Ethan got stuck in Starkfield, he was in a rut.
(Prologue pg. 2)]]> 2019-01-29 19:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325581632 Kalip Williams https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325609103 "Most of the smart ones get away." If that was true, how could any trial or tribulation stop Ethan from "getting away?" This proposes that Ethan is either not too bright, or that he didn't get away.




]]> 2019-01-29 20:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325609103 Ciera Dennis https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325611321 When a man’s been setting round like a hulk for twenty years or more, seeing things that want doing, it eats inter him, and he loses his grit. 

I think this quote really shows the evolution of Frome in a way and really sums him up. In the beginning he just seems like a loner but he's just worn thin, broken even. ]]> 2019-01-29 20:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325611321 "Most of the smart ones get away" This means the ones who are smart are the ones who make it out of the town they are smart so it means they get offered jobs and take the chance to leave (prologue 2) https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325645399 Kevin Tamayo


]]> 2019-01-29 22:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325645399 https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325657663 '"When I had been there a little longer, and had seen this phase of crystal clearness followed by long stretches of sunless cold; when the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down to their support; I began to understand why Starkfield emerged from its six months’ siege like a starved garrison capitulating without quarter'' (introduction page)
      This quote is talking about how the Starkfield visitor ( The narrator) viewed the town as a harsh environment filled with a lot of characters. He also talked about how he thought Ethan has lived for too long in Starkfied and its climate.]]> 2019-01-29 23:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325657663 Melina Ingram https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325681237 "If you know Starkfield,
Massachusetts, you know the post-office. If you know the post-office you  must have seen Ethan Frome drive up to it," (intro 1)

This quote says a lot about the character that is Ethan Frome. starkfield introduces Ethan as a well known person in a bad way. ]]> 2019-01-30 02:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325681237 Vovwe wings https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325691441 “He's looked that way ever since he had his smash-up; and that's twentyfour years ago come next February,” 

The smash-up must've had a big effect on Ethan Frome. The smash-up is significant to how Ethan Frome is the way he is now.]]> 2019-01-30 03:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325691441 Autumn Turner https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325804916 "Most of the smart ones get away" Ethan is the smart one but he could not find it in himself to leave town because he had big rsponsablities ]]> 2019-01-30 12:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325804916 ajisope mojeed https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325817913 '"When I had been there a little longer, and had seen this phase of crystal clearness followed by long stretches of sunless cold; when the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down to their support; I began to understand why Starkfield emerged from its six months’ siege like a starved garrison capitulating without quarter'' (introduction page)
      This quote is talking about how the Starkfield visitor ( The narrator) viewed the town as a harsh environment filled with a lot of characters. He also talked about how he thought Ethan has lived for too long in Starkfied and its climate.]]> 2019-01-30 13:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shirleen_degrenier/jbbbtld1rf74/wish/325817913