Look into your notes and the book. Post a quotation from the book verbatim then tell us why this made a particular impression on you.
You may want to relate it to your insight into the pain of one of the characters, or the desolate situation Annuziata and her family are facing.
Or, more generally, you may want to focus on an implicit commentary on social justice and the lack thereof.
COMMENT and REPLY TO AT LEAST A COMMENT BY A CLASSMATE.
“Job is freedom…for us.”
ReplyDeleteThis quotation from the book made an impression because as someone with limited choices in how he could provide for his family Paul came to this conclusion. Considering that he's so young and has all this responsibility put on his shoulders really shows what it must have been like to to be young boy during those times if you didn't have a father to work and provide for the family.
"He who works, eats. He who does not work eats, drinks, and dances. Come, we who work with our hands can live a thousand centuries, and yet will we have to work." (page 281)
ReplyDeleteThis quote made an impression on me because I can see Nazone's way of thinking when he said this. I feel that many working class individuals, like myself, know that we have to work in order to make ends meet. This knowledge does not allow me to spend my time on unnecessary things because I know that if i do not work, my bills do not get paid, therefore I tend to miss out on a lot in life. I am not one to stop and smell the roses. Those who do not have the need to work, enjoy so much of their time by doing so much, and those who have to work, should have an understanding that they will probably always have that same need, therefore should relax and enjoy the ride and everything that it has to offer. I feel as if this quote was a moment of awareness for Nazone, one that perhaps Paul had to hear, especially because he carried the responsibility of his family on his shoulders.
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ReplyDelete“Children wonderful…love…love love…love ever our Paul…Follow him.” This is a statement from Annunziata to her children in her last moments. This made an impression on me because this was a transition into a new generation of immigrant life. To me Christ in Concrete represented a tale of immigrant struggles and adjustment to America. Although this is a unique story there is a part of it we can all relate to. I also appreciated how through everything they stayed together and through the struggles it brought them closer.
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