https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl Cite a quote from last night's reading (Morrison 100-118) and tell us in a sentence why your quote is important. Respond to 1 other classmate's quote that's different from your own. In your response, pick out the most important word in that person's quote and explain why it is important (what's its connotation or definition? how does that help us understand this moment in the text?). If you're not signed in, sign your responses! en-us 2023-04-24 13:39:38 UTC 2025-12-26 13:55:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 2444931 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565797988 "He would offer her no pampering. She would not accept it if he did. A perfect equation for the work that lay ahead." (101). Shows that they agree that they will both need to be resilient, and that they also have the same views, as they both wanted a 'blind marriage.' It also shows how they both value independence, but independence together.]]> 2023-04-24 14:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565797988 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565829430 "What a man leaves behind is what a man is". This is important because it shows the values Jacob holds and some of the reasons behind his decision-making.  

-John mock ]]> 2023-04-24 14:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565829430 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565830050 "Rebekka had confidence in Florence because she was clever and because she had a strong reason to succeed" (Morrison 113). This is the most important quote because it shows Rebekka has faith and trust in Florence but still had resentment towards Sorrow. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565830050 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565832734 "Or was it God? Here in an abyss of loss, she wondered if the journey to this land, the dying off of her family, her whole life, in fact, were waystations marking a road to revelation" (117) This is important because she is second guessing her experiences and trying to make a connection with her religion showing she still wants to be religious and achieve salvation. Matthew G.]]> 2023-04-24 14:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565832734 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565833320 "When Jacob was away. When neither Patrician nor Lina was enough. When the local Baptists tired her out with talk that never extended beyond their fences unless it went all the way to heaven," (Morrison 108). It shows how Rebekka is in a bad state of mind when Jacob died because she needed Jacob in her life to be happy.
-Kyle Lidskin]]> 2023-04-24 14:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565833320 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565833744 "What a man leaves beind is what a man is.
Jacob, a man is only his reputation." This quote shows jacob cares about how he is viewed. and wants a good reputation.
-justin]]> 2023-04-24 14:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565833744 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565834880 "When the local Baptists tired her out with talk that never extended beyond their fences...They had even narrower definitions of God's preferences than her parents... Rebekka held a more personal grudge against them. Their children. Each one of hers died, she told herself it was the anti-baptism that enraged her" (Morrison 108). This quote really tells us readers how Rebekka feels about the baptists. Although she mentions her disliking towards them throughout the book, this page firmly asserts her reason. They wouldn't baptize her children, she doesnt like their views, and she hates them.]]> 2023-04-24 14:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565834880 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565835399 "All four-herself, Lina, Sorrow, and Florens-sat down on the floor planks. One or all thought the others were crying, or else those were raindrops" 
This quote stuck out to me because each and every single one of the individuals mentioned has already been through multiple hardships in their lives at the farm so far. The death of Jacob was yet again another life altering thing that the girls were forced to encounter. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565835399 2442251 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565835983 "Invisibility was intolerable to men." This shows how Jacob did not want to be invisible and how he wanted to be recognized for his acts and to make sure that he wasn't just a person who stood out and was someone who was noble and recognized. ust like every other man who lived during this time. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565835983 2443971 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565836183 "He was indifferent, having himself withstood all pressure to join village congregation but content to let her be persuaded if she chose."(102) Jacob was an independent man, and he wouldn't cave into the social norms of the time, but he would have respected Rebekka if she had chose to do it. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565836183 2443731 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565837429 "What a man leaves behind is what a man is" Jacob is saying that a man is only as good as his reputation and the way others view him is very important to him. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565837429 2440922 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565837509 "the satisfaction of having more and more was not greed" (114).
In this part, Rebekka reflects that all of her wealth is actually not a bad thing. Earlier in the chapter she felt that the new house was unnecessary and only for people who boast. Now that the house is finished and she has adjusted to this new lifestyle, she justifies her new feelings by saying that greed is not the driving factor for the house.]]> 2023-04-24 14:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565837509 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565839006 "The Afterlife was more than divine, it was thrill soaked" (Morrison 116) This quote by Rebekka is important because it shows her change in religion. The Anabaptist believes in heaven and this aspect really appeals to Rebekka. The word "thrill soaked" stands out to me because she seems so entranced by the thought of heaven and with her being sick, maybe this is forshadowing her wanting to die, not only because she is sick but because she wants to be with jacob and her kids.]]> 2023-04-24 14:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565839006 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565839516 "Wife beating was common, she knew, but the restrictions— not after nine at night, with cause and not anger— were for wives and only wives" (111). This is an important quote because it shows that the societies views on women were that they are just property and if they break the rules they are subject to punishment. Which shows that men could do whatever they wanted and just get away with it.]]> 2023-04-24 14:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565839516 2440723 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565840995 "When the local Baptist tired her out with talk that never extended beyond their fences unless it went all the way to heaven" (108). This quote is talking about her views of Baptists and how much she dislikes them. Since they did not baptize her children she has a strong hatred towards them. This quote makes her views about the Baptists stronger to the reader. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565840995 2442413 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565842923 "Those women seemed flat to her, convinced they were innocent and therefore free; safe because churched; tough because still alive" (108). It showed that Rebekka was viewing these women as lesser, but more in the sense that they have much more to learn. The idea that innocence runs in the cruel and unjust time and place that A Mercy takes place in is something that is valuable, as there is a lot of suffering and conflict.]]> 2023-04-24 14:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565842923 244347 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565843036 "She had only to stop thinking and believe. The dry tongue in Rebekka's mouth behaved like a small animal that had lost its way"(Morrison 116). Rebekka is describing herself as she visualized God and believes she has lost her way. She feels she has no one except servants, as Jacob dies. ]]> 2023-04-24 14:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565843036 https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565928742 "Invisibility was intolerable to men. What complaint would a female Job dare to put forth? And if, having done so, and He deigned to remind her of how weak and ignorant she was, where was the news in that?...a female Job would have known and heard every minute of her life," (107). This quote is important because it shows that women are already used to being invisible in which it is a feeling that men hadn't felt in that century. This gives a big example of double standardizing in the book. ]]> 2023-04-24 15:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/wi5p7eqkuqcvqksl/wish/2565928742