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This is a very intersting interpretation-I haven’t read any of Jane Austin’s work, though I’ve heard about the influentialness of her writing and how compelling her characters are. People can connect with and understand characters in very different ways, and this was a very fascinating exploration of Emma. Looking at the historical context and greater implications of how her character gave your article a lot of depth and range. Its also very interesting to ask ourselves what being the hero of our own story really means, and it was very cool how you invoked this question in your article.

This was a very well written and very powerful article. Our experiences shape us in so many ways–it makes sense that our artisitic expression would be shaped by our experiences too. I never knew about this particular aspect of Japanese art, and how extensively and deeply the devisation of the Atomic Bomb has influenced it. Your article is a strong example and advocate of why it’s so important to consider other perspectives, and how big the world is beyond our own way of seeing things.

You did a great job with this article, and the position you took was very interesting to read about. I really enjoyed how you highlighted the tragic similarties that bonded Gatsby and Daisy, along with the grave differences that kept them apart. It was especially striking how you identified Daisy as the unatainable love Gatsby could never reach–even after he tried to bring himself closer to her by becoming just as elusive, shrouded in stories that made him seem larger than life. I just read this book last year and it was really interesting to here someones else’s anaylsis of this classic work. Awesome job!