Exit West 2-spot share-out - Period 2 by Michael Dickel https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm Post one quote, one question, and one comment from your 2-spots for Chs. 3-5. Respond to one quote, one question, and one comment posted by 3 different people. en-us 2019-03-29 12:22:55 UTC 2025-11-20 20:41:15 UTC hello@padlet.com “She left little trace of her passing, not posting much of herself, and employing opaque usernames and avatars, the online equivalents of her black robes,” (41) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521145 I found the comparison interesting.

Joe Pohoryles

]]> 2019-03-29 12:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521145 "She watched bombs falling, women exercising, men copulating, clouds gathering"l- https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521335 2019-03-29 12:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521335 What the heck was going on in the scene with brave man/ second man? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521348 2019-03-29 12:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521348 "he found the antenna too powerful the magic it summoned too mesmerizing as though he was eating a banquet of limitless food" (40) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521415 I chose this quote because this really highlights the draw of technology in our lives.]]> 2019-03-29 12:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521415 "and then put on her robe, ready to resist the claims and expectations of the world, and stepped outside to go for a walk" (48). - I really liked this quote because I think it reveals a lot about Nadia's character and shows her strength and desire to defy expectations. https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521526 2019-03-29 12:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521526 Caroline Saenger https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521661 Ch 5: "But that is the way of things, for when we migrate, we 🤬 from our lives those we leave behind.”  This quote has a very powerful message, it's one of the few times the narrator has a serious tone instead of talking about serious topics as if they were daily, almost insignificant events. It further emphasizes the impact of leaving Saeed's father behind and how intense and tragic the process of seeking asylum really is.

]]> 2019-03-29 12:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521661 "War... revealed itself to be an intimate experience, combatants pressed close together" (68) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521697 I feel like the book focuses a lot on sex and intimacy in life. This quote stuck out to me because it really establishes that there is a theme of sex in the novel.]]> 2019-03-29 12:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521697 Why did you guys think that the novel did not focus more on the fact that Nadia was physically violated? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521708 2019-03-29 12:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346521708 "Saeed was certain he was in love. Nadia was not certain what exactly she was feeling." (54) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522044 Saeed seems to know what he wants and is ready to commit. Nadia on the other hand doesn't seem to know what she wants .]]> 2019-03-29 12:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522044 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522052 "Nadia and Saeed, were always in possession of their phones...transporting them to places distant and near"
I chose this quote because it emphasizes both people's need to escape their situation: they need something to distract them from their war torn home. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522052 "rumors had begun to circulate of doors that could take you elsewhere, often to places far away, well removed from this death trap" https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522086 More of the door symbolism]]> 2019-03-29 12:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522086 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522174 The robe Nadia wears represents the safe boundary she places to protect herself from others. Her taking it off with Saeed represents how safe and comfortable she feels with him. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522174 If posting anonymously is equivalent to the privacy of Nadia's robes, what is posting openly and excessively equivalent to? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522308 Joe Pohoryles]]> 2019-03-29 12:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522308 what exactly was happening in the door scene? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522604 2019-03-29 12:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522604 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522738 Even (or especially?) in the time of war, there are still people who care. Saeed's boss tears up when telling his employees that he must close the shop. Nadia's coworker is thankful for giving them the TV. The soldier/ student doesn't 🤬 Saeed's mom after seeing her. 

Conversely, it can be considered that all of these are acts of selfishness. Maybe Saeed's boss is crying because he is upset about his own business and not about the livelihoods of his employees. Maybe Nadia's coworker is thankful because they gained something (after all, Nadia initially wanted the TV for herself). Perhaps the soldier not killing his teacher was an act of personal want (a soldier is expected to act "selflessly" and do as he is told).]]> 2019-03-29 12:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522738 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522867 When they were separated and couldn't see each other, Nadia focused on getting supplies and food whereas Saeed focused only on getting in touch with Nadia. Their difference in priorities indicates that Saeed had a more relaxed and pampered life as opposed to Nadia who has to make sure that she is taken care of. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522867 In Chapter 5, Hamid writes that "when we migrate, we 🤬 from our lives htose we leave behind," meaning that travel and displacement sever the ties between a person and his or her origins. This is especially true of refugees, who have left their countries not because they've chosen to do so, but because circumstances have forced them to. https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522885 2019-03-29 12:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522885 Death is dealt with almost casually in the later parts of the chapters 4 & 5, and this seems to underscore how desensitized people are after enduring this violence for so long. https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522908 2019-03-29 12:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522908 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522942 Page 43 in chapter 3 is the first time anyone seems unsettled by any of the violence happening around them. The impending doom seems to have finally arrived.]]> 2019-03-29 12:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522942 It puts everything into perspective seeing a luxury we largely take for granted (music) be outlawed, and it’s clearly something Nadia treasures considering she’s risking arrest for maintaining possession of her records. https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522987 Joe Pohoryles]]> 2019-03-29 12:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346522987 Will these random people that the novel takes time to talk about be relevant later? Are they are all connected somehow https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523351 2019-03-29 12:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523351 akansha goswami https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523365 what influences Nadia and Saeed's  very different views on sex and marriage?
 ]]> 2019-03-29 12:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523365 What is the purpose of including Nadia's Lemon Tree? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523468 "The Lemon tree did not recover, despite repeated watering" (chapter 5, page 94)
Is it significant and if so, what does it symbolize?]]> 2019-03-29 12:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523468 What was significant about the photographs of the night sky in chapter 3? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523546 2019-03-29 12:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523546 "Deprived of the portals to each other and to the world provided by their mobile phones...felt marooned and alone and much more afraid https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523661 Phones connected people and provided a distraction from the violence. Without them, people are forced to face reality by themselves as they are cut off from each other. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523661 “Reduced to clamping her thighs together and her jaw shut… her body sealing itself off” (63) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523768 In such a conservative society, it's almost ironic that women are viewed as sexual objects to be used as desired. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523768 What does the Lemon Tree withering away on the balcony represent? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523838 2019-03-29 12:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346523838 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524011 Nadia is quick and deliberate when it comes to reclaiming her own body.

]]> 2019-03-29 12:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524011 “Saeed’s father encountered each day objects that had belonged to his wife and so would sweep his consciousness out of the current other referred to as the present, a photograph or an earring or a particular shawl worn on a particular occasion, and Nadia encountered each day objects that took her into Saeed’s past…" https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524100 I chose this quote because it focuses on how the death of Saeed's mother effects everyone

]]> 2019-03-29 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524100 Saeed seems to be more eager their relationship and committed as oppose to Nadia who doesn't seem to be as "in love". https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524107 2019-03-29 12:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524107 I think that the emphasis on natural beauty, with the sky and the lemon tree, is very fascinating and reveals how awe inspiring beauty can be. It also provides an interesting connection with the past, since Saeed discusses how the stars can not be seen as well anymore due to light pollution, and I believe it shows how Saeed is an individual who romanticizes the past, and is generally a character with a romantic view of things, https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524273 2019-03-29 12:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524273 Why is there so much mention of magic? Is this significant or merely a part of the culture of Saeed and Nadia's society? https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524619 2019-03-29 12:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524619 https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524899 I really don't get the deal with this lemon tree]]> 2019-03-29 12:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524899 "When we migrate we 🤬 from our lives those we leave behind" (98) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524993 When Nadia and Saeed plan to leave they are assimilating to a new culture and their past life is a memory that will eventually fade away.]]> 2019-03-29 12:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346524993 Does Saeed seem more invested in their relationship than Nadia does? I get a vibe of unrequited love. https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346525373 2019-03-29 12:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346525373 Caroline Saenger https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346525430 The recurring motif of cellphones, specifically iPhones, is still prevalent in these 3 chapters, even more so when their cell service and internet are down. It could symbolize how crucial they are in connection and security, though they can easily be lost in a second. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346525430 People so desperately cling to normality, even in a police controlled state at war, people will still continue about their lives https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346526722 2019-03-29 13:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346526722 Saeed was certain he was in love. Nadia was not certain what exactly she was feeling, but she was certain it had force. Dramatic circumstances, such as those in which they and other new lovers in the city now found themselves, have a habit of creating dramatic emotions, and furthermore the curfew served to conjure up an effect similar to that of a long-distance relationship, and long-distance relationships are well known for their potential to heighten passion, at least for a while, just as fasting is well known to heighten one’s appreciation for food. (ch3) https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346528184 This quote emphasizes the emotional differences between Nadia and Saeed.]]> 2019-03-29 13:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_dickel/xjaovheraocm/wish/346528184