{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26634349","dateCreated":"1283487470","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"SolSpier","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/SolSpier","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26634349"},"dateDigested":1531974085,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":":)","description":"In "how it feels to be colored me" by Zora Neil Hurston, the narrator, Zora, is trying to show the reader a rare perspective from a black person. Zora shows us how she feels living in a racist society; her perspective, however, is very different from the average black person's. She is proud to be black, and she does not let discrimination bring her down. I think this is something she wants the reader to know, as she is very direct about it. Zora begins the story by saying, \u201cI am the only Negro in America whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side is not an Indian chief,\u201d (pg. 982). Zora is using sarcasm when she says this, but she is saying that she is not ashamed that her grandparents were slaves. Most of the black people did not have a grandparent who was an indian chief, but they say this to lead people to thence that they are not 100% black. Zora is completely open about this, which shows us she is not in the least bit ashamed of her ancestry. Zora later says, "Don\u2019t let white people use the force of discrimination to drag you down to your knees," (pg. 983). This shows that she does not succumb to discrimination; she is so sure of herself that nothing that is said or done to her will bring her down. "There is no sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all,"(pg. 983). Here, Zora shows us yet again how she does not resent being black, on the contrary, she is completely fine with it. Most black people in this time must have resented the world for the way they were discriminated, yet Zora does not. Zora offers the reader a different perspective, where a black woman in the 1920's can feel just like any other person of any skin color, despite the way she is discriminated.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26651961","body":"Well done, Sol,
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\nClearly put.
\n
\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283535837","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26626989","dateCreated":"1283474560","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"taeyang","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/taeyang","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1223342653\/taeyang-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26626989"},"dateDigested":1531974086,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"HOW IF FEELS TO BE COLORED ME!!","description":"There is a girl in the story called "How if feels to be colored me", and her name is Zora Neale, and she is colored black. She is a narrator of this story, she is talking about her life, her childhood, and her feeling. She had a day that she became colored "I remeber the very day that I became colored".(pg982) That day she moved her house her house from "Little Negro town of Eatonville, Florida" to Jacksonville, and she went to school there, and she realized that she is colored black. She didn't know that she was black before she moved her house, because she was living in the town of Eatonville, which is full of Negros, and she only saw "white" people when they journey through that town, or passed through. Zora liked to watch them, and she wanted to go with them "I would probably "go a piece of the way" with them.(pg983) Now she is living with full of white poeple in Jackson ville and she knows that she is black. But sometimes she doesn't feel colored when she listen to music, and when she set her hat at a certain angle and saunter down Seventh Avenue, Harlem City. "Music. The great blobs of purple and red emotion have not touched him. He has only heard what i flet. He is far away and I see him but dimly across the ocean and the contienent that have fallen between us....(pg 984) and "At certain times I have no reace, I am ME. When I set my hat at a certain angle and saunter down Seventh Avenue, Harlem city, feeling as snooty as the lions in front of the Forty-Second Street Library, for instance...I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored."(pg984) Like her, many people who are colored don't know they are colored, and they don't feel any race, because they live together as Zora did before. But oneday they will come out from their country and see that they are colored. Now adays there is less racism than before. But certain place there is racism, like Americans think that Mexicans had bad education, poor, Ticos think that Chinese people are dirty, poor..etc. I think the idea of this story is "proud of your self". Whast Zora does in the story, she prouds of herself, and trying to be together with white people. Whatever whites say to her, whatever they call her, she is "Zora Neale Hurston". And colored people in this world too, they are "them". They don't have to feel bad about their color, they only have to go foward for their future, and their goals","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26651883","body":"Great Brian,
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\nEven though there are a few grammatical mistakes here, you certainly seemed to think this through. I especially liked how you connected Zora's past discrimination to the discrimination that other minority groups today may face.
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\nGood work, Brian,
\n
\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283535720","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26580631","dateCreated":"1283384384","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"joseph86","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/joseph86","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26580631"},"dateDigested":1531974086,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"how it feels to be colord","description":"The narrator in How it Feels to be Colored Me is a colored girl named Zora Neale Hurston, she live in the city of New York in a colored neighborhood. She is quite a braggart; she is constantly talking good about herself and placing herself in a pedestal. For example in page 985 \u201cHow can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It\u2019 s beyond me.\u201d Another example of Zora tapping herself on the back is on page 982-3 when she literally sees the white Northerners down.
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\n\u201cBut the Northerners\u2026 were something else again\u2026 The more venturesome would come out on the porch to watch them go past\u2026the front porch might seem a daring place for the rest of the town, but it was a galley seat for me.\u201d
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\nShe does this ego-boost because she thinks that it is better for her to be like this and to
\nnot be treated like dirt like the other colored people.
\n
\nAnother characteristic of the narrator is that she is quite sarcastic. Lets say on page 982 she says \u201c\u2026I am the only Negro in the united states whose grandfather on the mothers side was not an Indian chief \u201dthis conveys a tone of mockery towards the racist community that she lives in. She uses sarcasm once again on page 985 and she says \u201cI was the first \u201cWelcome to our state\u201d Floridian, and I hope the Miami chamber of commerce will please take notice.\u201d She does this to make the reader feel like a friend and not an audience listening to a boring speech.
\n
\nZora is not ashamed of being colored. she says on page 983
\n\u201cBut I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all hurt about it\u201d
\nShe is comfortable with who she is and what she likes, like jazz. This music moves hare and reminds her of who she is. For example when she is hearing jazz in front of a white person on page 984
\n\u201c Music. The great blobs of purple and red emotion have not touched him \u2026He is so pale with his whiteness the an am so colored","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26612919","body":"Joseph,
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\nThere are three mistakes here: "The narrator in How it Feels to be Colored Me is a colored girl named Zora Neale Hurston, she live in the city of New York in a colored neighborhood." Can you identify them and fix them?
\nAnd this? "she is constantly talking good about herself."
\nCan you also make this clearer? "when she literally sees the white Northerners down."
\nAlso, Joseph, if you say that she is being sarcastic here... "Lets say on page 982 she says \u201c\u2026I am the only Negro in the united states whose grandfather on the mothers side was not an Indian chief \u201dthis conveys a tone of mockery towards the racist community that she lives in," then you must say how she is being sarcastic. Make sure you explain it.
\nAnd here we have a very simple mistake that I feel could have been taken care of with a little proofreading.
\nLastly, could you provide us with a short and concise concluding sentence?
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283453977","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26579601","dateCreated":"1283382162","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"pprada","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pprada","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1315457538\/pprada-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26579601"},"dateDigested":1531974086,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"How it feels to be colored me - Paula Prada","description":"The Zora Neale Hurston in \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d is a black girl, which is clearly not humiliated by her skin tone. She involved herself with white people without having any problem. In those times, black people were used as \u201cclowns\u201d because they were the white people\u2019s entertainers. Regardless of the racism of those times, Zora would sit down atop the gatepost to watch white people pass by. She disproves racism by saying, \u201cNot only did I enjoy the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it.\u201d (Pg. 983) insinuating the white people are also entertainers. Zora also demonstrates her positive attitude through this quote: No, I do not weep at the world\u2013\u2013I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife,\u201d(Pg. 983). What she means by that is she is too busy taking care of situations that do matter, that can eventually lead her to success or to fulfill her dreams rather than being ashamed of her race when she doesn\u2019t feel discriminated. Zora believes:\u201d I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all hurt about it.(pg.983)\u201d. She even has white friends with whom she goes clubbing to. She lives unworried about racism, and she isn\u2019t discriminated against. She does not feel part of the black neighborhood because she does not want to play a role in segregation. She is very integrated with the white people. Her objective is to prove a point that she does not have to have a low self-esteem because of her race or color; contrary to racism she gets involved with white people and feels part of their community.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26608315","body":"Paula,
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\nThanks.
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\nPlease fix the following:
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\n1) Make sure that you write about literature in the present tense.
\n2) Can you fix this sentence? "The Zora Neale Hurston in \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d is a black girl, which is clearly not humiliated by her skin tone. What do you think that the problem is here?
\n3)I also think that this sentence could be clearer... "Her objective is to prove a point that she does not have to have a low self-esteem because of her race or color; contrary to racism she gets involved with white people and feels part of their community."
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283448372","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26563027","dateCreated":"1283355184","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"daniaiz","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/daniaiz","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26563027"},"dateDigested":1531974086,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Daniel AIzenman","description":"The narrator of the book is a very persistent character. The narrator is a character that has a lot of love towards his body and has a high level of self-esteem. The narrator is proud of being a black person and tries to remain like that for the rest of the book Even though, there are is a lot of racism going on, the narrator tries to have a good relationship with the white people. She always tries to have a positive tone and to not whine about how her life in society is. What she is trying to make us think is to stop using stereotypes and to make us believe that just because a person\u2019s skin pigment color is different, they are mean or different.. She tries to be nice with the white people and feels very good with the white people that treat her good. She feals that good that one time she said that she wished she could ride with the white people on the automobiles they rode, but she knew that if she did the people of her race would scowl her. She is a person that treats every person the way she would like to be treated. The narrator is a person that sees a person like a book; she critiques it by its contents and not by its cover. She tries to use the quote: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade; instead of whining and feeling bad of how she is, she tries to make her life better by trying to be nice with the people of the opposite race. One could possibly believe that she is the type of person that could be ideal during those times; she wants to make peace, she treats the white people without rencor and is happy how she is.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26575577","body":"Really good Daniel,
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\nReally good. I especially appreciate your metaphors here. Next time, make sure that you use some quotes or references from the book.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283376697","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26585363","body":"I don't know if you got my email; I couldn't send it to you yesterday because I didn't have Internet at home... I told you I would sent it today in the morning when I got to school but I couldn't because I had PE and had to run the mile.
\nThanks,
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\nAizenman","dateCreated":"1283391605","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"daniaiz","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/daniaiz","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26613215","body":"Thanks Daniel,
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\nNo problem. Good job this week, let's keep it up...
\n
\nBest,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283454288","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26557655","dateCreated":"1283344749","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"pjoaristi321","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pjoaristi321","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26557655"},"dateDigested":1531974087,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Paulina Joaristi","description":"\u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d expresses Zora Neale\u2019s pride and uniqueness through her precise speech, careful details and feelings about her childhood. Zora\u2019s objective is to inform all others that no matter what your background and race is you should feel proud and embrace it and ever let others bring you down. The details about Zora\u2019s heritage really reflect that although she may be different, she does not consider it a disadvantage. Her story makes it clear that she wants to be recognized as an individual and not as a colored person. This story focuses on Zora growing up in her little Negro town of Eatonville, where racial barriers never existed. She felt the only difference between the whites and the blacks was that the whites did not live in Eatonville. This all changed when she turned thirteen and was sent to a school in Jacksonville. In page 982 she says, \u201cI remember the very first day I became colored\u201d. Now that she is away from her town, she begins to experience what it was like to be black. In page 983 she says, \u201cBut I am not tragically colored\u201d meaning she is not ashamed neither mortified about being colored, but rather proud. In page 983 she says, \u201cSomeone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me\u201d. This clearly shows that although people are constantly reminding her of her past she doesn\u2019t let those comments have an effect on her. The writer is trying to tell us that your past isn\u2019t what matters but instead the future. Being true to yourself and proud of your background and heritage is much more significant than knocking yourself out by trying to fit in. For years, the idea that races were unequal had dominated the world. Today the differences between races have been shown to be genetically insignificant through DNA testing. The color of one\u2019s skin color should not have an effect on people\u2019s rights, responsibilities and accesses to opportunities. Zora Neale Hurston carries out her voice through this story to all human races, no matter where you come from.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26575519","body":"Very well-done, Paulina,
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\nI am impressed- clear and well-structured.
\n
\nOne thing (and you don't need to change it this week): we say "On page 72", not "In page 72".
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\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283376557","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26551521","dateCreated":"1283314357","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26551521"},"dateDigested":1531974087,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"How It Feels to Be Colored Me response","description":"In Zora Hurston\u2019s How It Feels to Be Colored Me, the narrator\u2019s objective is to express her feelings and attitudes of her race. Zora is very confident of her color and has a dignified attitude towards her confidence over white-colored Americans. This is shown when she is sitting on the front porch speaking to any who passed even when it is a daring place to be at. \u201cThe front porch might seem a daring place for the rest of the town, but it was a galley seat for me\u2026Not only did I enjoy the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it,\u201d (page 983). Zora wants to share to the audience her Her sanguine personality isn\u2019t capricious since she is phlegmatic, however, Zora does present her pride in her color and mocks those who mind ethnicity, as she explains how race does not govern time in her life. \u201cI have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world\u2013\u2013I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife,\u201d (page 983). Her metaphorical implication reveals that she views the world to cogently regard skin pigmentation, whereas she feels no pity for her skin tone and instead carries a divergent attitude. This characterization is discerned when Zora says that \u201c[T]here is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, not lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all,\u201d (page 983). Her skin carries a burden of a history of slavery which juxtaposes her confrontation to the white as she discloses her notion that even though her skin would protrude against a white background, a white shadow would cantilever over a black background. The narrator shows to not only fable those with dark skin, but to those who she feels are indifferent and ignorant towards the potential to be black through her experience. Zora even takes a brusque inclination to the concept that she feels no color at all, and that she is herself. She is clear to not amalgamate race with radix when she expresses how she \u201cbelong[s] to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads\u2026I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored,\u201d (page 984).","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26551629","body":"Wiki cut my last sentence:
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\nZora\u2019s connotations express her adamance towards her tenet on her race and her disbelief of a periphery concept of race and nous. Her experience is her wake-up call to those who need to understand what it feels to be colored.","dateCreated":"1283314735","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26574663","body":"Danny,
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\nA couple of things...
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\n1) What is the correct punctuation for an essay or a short story?
\n2)Is this really true? "...the narrator\u2019s objective is to express her feelings and attitudes of her race." Is is really her intent to speak of feelings and attitudes of her race? Can she really speak for other people? What might be a better preposition for that sentence?
\n3)"has a dignified attitude towards her confidence over white-colored Americans." towards her audience?" What is a better choice of words here?
\n4) This is a very choppy sentence and I am not sure it makes sense: "Zora wants to share to the audience her Her sanguine personality isn\u2019t capricious since she is phlegmatic, however, Zora does present her pride in her color and mocks those who mind ethnicity, as she explains how race does not govern time in her life." And what do you mean with 'phlegmatic'?
\n5) Confuse about your choice of words here: "cogently regard skin pigmentation". can you fix it or explain it a little more clearly?
\n6) I am also confused by this: "Her skin carries a burden of a history of slavery which juxtaposes her confrontation to the white as she discloses her notion that even though her skin would protrude against a white background, a white shadow would cantilever over a black background."
\n7) Is 'fable' a verb?
\n8) "She is clear to not amalgamate race with radix" ???????
\n9) What is "concept of race and nous"??
\n
\nDaniel, I really really appreciate the risks you are taking with your language here. It is great to extend and cultivate your vocabulary- but it is important to not only truly understand the definitions of the words you write, but also to apply them in a sensible and clear way. I like the courage of your speech, but try to keep it grounded as well... try, at most, one or two big, busy words per sentence- this should behoove you greatly.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283374604","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26582845","body":"Hahaha I laughed so hard with everything you said. What a debacle. Sorry for the confusions.
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\n1)Quotation marks\u2026
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\n2)No, it\u2019s not true. Sorry. The narrators objective is to disprove the annotation of a book relating to how bad it is to be colored and how mistreated black people are. Her objective is to demonstrate quite the opposite, how she loves to be black and not only enjoy her color, but Zora \u201clooks down\u201d on white people.
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\n3)\u201chas a dignified attitude towards her confidence over her audience.\u201d
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\n4)
\nA) With phlegmatic, I was trying to explain that even though she has a lot of pride and selfishness towards her color, she expresses is in a calm (phlegmatic) disposition rather than, let\u2019s say, hollering or expressing in a \u201cloud\u201d manner.
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\nB) \u201cWith her sanguine personality that isn\u2019t capricious\u201d I tried to express how she is very optimistic and proud with her skin tone, and her behavior towards the pride isn\u2019t capricious or doesn\u2019t change behavior or mood.
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\nC) \u201c\u2026as she explains how race does not govern time in her life.\u201d With this I was trying to say how she doesn\u2019t lose time worrying or being depressed in her life with what color she has.
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\n5)\u201ccogently regard skin pigmentation\u201d With that I tried to elaborate how people are racist and cogently, to me meaning clear and believable, regard people\u2019s skin color (pigmentation).
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\n6)\u201cHer skin carries a burden of a history of slavery which juxtaposes her confrontation to the white as she discloses her notion that even though her skin would protrude against a white background, a white shadow would cantilever over a black background.\u201d
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\nA) I had a feeling this sentence would be brought into question. This sentence was meant to juxtapose, or contrast, the idea that even though her ancestors were slaves and white men owned 100% of a slave\u2019s life, Zora\u2019s attitude is the complete opposite as she is not only happy with her color, but has a sense of superiority over white people.
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\nB)With the \u201ceven though her skin would protrude against a white background, a white shadow would cantilever over a black background,\u201d I was trying to use the example in the story where Zora says how her black skin would stand out in a white background (of people), but a white man would also stand out in a black background.
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\n7)I stand corrected. I'll replace \u201cfable\u201d with \u201ctell a story\u201d.
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\n8)\u201cto not amalgamate race with radix\u201d was a risky description to when Zora emphasizes how she doesn\u2019t separate being American with being black. So I tried to put in amalgamate as mixing, and radix with one\u2019s origin. So she doesn\u2019t mix the concept of her race and where she was born.
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\n9)\u201cher disbelief of a periphery concept of race and nous.\u201d With this I tried to explain how she didn\u2019t believe in a periphery, to me meaning outer limit, of a concept of race and nous (mind), meaning that just because one is black, doesn\u2019t mean one isn\u2019t as smart or isn\u2019t capable of using their brains as much as white people. One\u2019s race has nothing to do with one\u2019s mind.
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\n10)All changes have been incorporated in bold below.
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\nIn Zora Hurston\u2019s \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d, the narrator\u2019s objective is to express her feelings and attitudes of her race. the narrator\u2019s objective is to disprove the annotation of a book relating to how bad it is to be colored and how mistreated black people are. Her objective is to demonstrate quite the opposite, how she loves to be black and not only enjoy her color, but Zora \u201clooks down\u201d on white people. Zora is very confident of her color and has a dignified attitude towards her confidence over white-colored Americans her audience. This is shown when she is sitting on the front porch speaking to any who passed even when it is a daring place to be at. \u201cThe front porch might seem a daring place for the rest of the town, but it was a galley seat for me\u2026Not only did I enjoy the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it,\u201d (page 983). Zora wants to share to the audience her Her sanguine personality isn\u2019t capricious since she is phlegmatic, however, Zora does present her pride in her color and mocks those who mind ethnicity, as she explains how race does not govern time in her life. Zora wants to share to her audience how her optimistic personality is continuous relating to her skin tone, and she presents her pride in her color and mocks those who are racist towards skin color. Zora shows how she feels that she doesn\u2019t have time to be sad or depressed towards her skin, and instead, she uses her time to be happy and proud of her black skin.\u201cI have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world\u2013\u2013I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife,\u201d (page 983). Her metaphorical implication reveals that she views the world to cogently regard skin pigmentation judge a person\u2019s outer appearance, whereas she feels no pity for her skin tone and instead carries a divergent attitude towards the \u2018pearl in the oyster\u2019. This characterization is discerned when Zora says that \u201c[T]here is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, not lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all,\u201d (page 983). Her skin carries a burden of a history of slavery which juxtaposes her confrontation to the white as she discloses her notion that even though her skin would protrude against a white background, a white shadow would cantilever over a black background. Even though her ancestors were slaves and white men owned 100% of a slave\u2019s life, Zora\u2019s attitude is the complete opposite as she is not only happy with her color, but has a sense of superiority over white people. Zora also explains how even though her skin would stand out in a background of white people, a white person\u2019s skin would equally stand out in a background of black people. The narrator shows to not only fable tell a story to those with dark skin, but to those who she feels are indifferent and ignorant towards the potential to be black through her experience. Zora even takes a brusque inclination to the concept that she feels no color at all, and that she is herself. She is clear to not amalgamate race with radix mix her race with where she is born when she expresses how she \u201cbelong[s] to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads\u2026I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored,\u201d (page 984). Zora\u2019s American identity has nothing to do with color. Zora\u2019s connotations express her adamance towards her tenet on her race and her disbelief of a periphery concept of race and nous. that just because one is black, doesn\u2019t mean one isn\u2019t as smart or isn\u2019t capable of using their brains as much as white people. One\u2019s race has nothing to do with one\u2019s mind. Her experience is her wakeup call to those who need to understand what it feels to be colored.","dateCreated":"1283387675","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26583229","body":"OK so apparently not only did the wiki add all the phrases and words I took off, but didn't bold the changes so it would be easier to detect. I blame the wiki. Haha, here is the second copy of my response. Sorry for the pain.
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\nIn Zora Hurston\u2019s \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d, the narrator\u2019s objective is to disprove the annotation of a book relating to how bad it is to be colored and how mistreated black people are. Her objective is to demonstrate quite the opposite, how she loves to be black and not only enjoy her color, but Zora \u201clooks down\u201d on white people. Zora is very confident of her color and has a dignified attitude towards her confidence over her audience. This is shown when she is sitting on the front porch speaking to any who passed even when it is a daring place to be at. \u201cThe front porch might seem a daring place for the rest of the town, but it was a galley seat for me\u2026Not only did I enjoy the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it,\u201d (page 983). Zora wants to share to her audience how her optimistic personality is continuous relating to her skin tone, and she presents her pride in her color and mocks those who are racist towards skin color. Zora shows how she feels that she doesn\u2019t have time to be sad or depressed towards her skin, and instead, she uses her time to be happy and proud of her black skin.\u201cI have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world\u2013\u2013I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife,\u201d (page 983). Her metaphorical implication reveals that she views the world to judge a person\u2019s outer appearance, whereas she feels no pity for her skin tone and instead carries a divergent attitude towards the \u2018pearl in the oyster\u2019. This characterization is discerned when Zora says that \u201c[T]here is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, not lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all,\u201d (page 983). Even though her ancestors were slaves and white men owned 100% of a slave\u2019s life, Zora\u2019s attitude is the complete opposite as she is not only happy with her color, but has a sense of superiority over white people. Zora also explains how even though her skin would stand out in a background of white people, a white person\u2019s skin would equally stand out in a background of black people. The narrator shows to not only fable tell a story to those with dark skin, but to those who she feels are indifferent and ignorant towards the potential to be black through her experience. Zora even takes a brusque inclination to the concept that she feels no color at all, and that she is herself. She is clear to not mix her race with where she is born when she expresses how she \u201cbelong[s] to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads\u2026I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored,\u201d (page 984). Zora\u2019s American identity has nothing to do with color. Zora\u2019s connotations express her adamance towards her tenet on her race and her disbelief that just because one is black, doesn\u2019t mean one isn\u2019t as smart or isn\u2019t capable of using their brains as much as white people. One\u2019s race has nothing to do with one\u2019s mind. Her experience is her wakeup call to those who need to understand what it feels to be colored.","dateCreated":"1283388236","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26613141","body":"Daniel,
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\nThis is such and improvement and you spent considerable time on it. Thanks so much, not only for putting in the effort, but also for putting in interest as well. Really impressed.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283454195","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26549095","dateCreated":"1283308098","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Linndzy","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Linndzy","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1290198368\/Linndzy-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26549095"},"dateDigested":1531974087,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"How it feels to be colored me","description":"In \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d the narrator has many objectives throughout the story. She is telling her story to us the readers and anyone who wants to hear about her life. One of her objectives is to show how other blacks act around her. A lot of them say that they are the daughters of Indian chiefs so that they are not considered completely black, but she is proud of it. And she doesn\u2019t try to hide behind anything. Another thing that she does a lot is compare what other people say and do to what she feels. For example when she is in the basement of The New World Cabaret with a white person, it starts out nice, they start talking and then the music starts to play. But when it ends and he didn\u2019t appreciate it the way that she does she is in a way offended. \u201cMusic. The great blobs of purple and red emotion have not touched him. He has only heard what I felt.\u201d (pg 984) She wonders how he can let suck a beautiful thing as music becomes something so simple. Because to her music is more than a sound, it\u2019s a feeling.
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\nSomething that she wants us the readers to know is that she isn\u2019t afraid to be herself. She isn\u2019t afraid to go out into a world of whites and advance in life. As a teenager she was sent to a school in Jacksonville, away from her family and probably outside of her comfort zone at first. When she got off of the boat was when she realized what she really was, but she doesn\u2019t care. \u201c\u2026I had suffered a sea change. I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little colored girl.\u201d (pg 183) even though she has always been colored, it wasn\u2019t until she got off the boat that she realized hoe different she really is.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26573633","body":"Thanks Lindsey,
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\nQuestion... What does this mean? "She wonders how he can let suck a beautiful thing as music becomes something so simple."
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\nThis is decent, you have thought this through.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283372717","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26544347","dateCreated":"1283300502","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jose_4595","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jose_4595","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26544347"},"dateDigested":1531974087,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"how it feels to be colored me question jose rodriguez","description":"In the story \u201cHow it Feels to be Colored Me\u201d the narrator is a black girl who isn\u2019t ashamed of being black or saying that her ancestors are African. She has a high self-esteem and she shows it by the way she acts. She passes most the time sitting in her \u201cgallery seat\u201d which is actually was atop the gate-post looking down at the white people, she does it because she wants the white people to look up at her. Sometimes she talked to the white people who passed in their horses or automobiles, and without her family noticing she sometimes took a ride with them. This shows that she doesn\u2019t care about the racism going n at the time because she is black and she likes to be with white people, and the white people don\u2019t really mind to be with her because they take her with them. Zora is also a strong girl who instead of listening to what the people says to her when she moves to Jacksonville; she \u201csharpens her oyster knife\u201d. When she goes to the jazz club with her white friend and she listens to the jazz she said that she went back to the jungle. This shows that even though she has white friends she is still a black girl and she showed it when she was dancing in the jazz club. Music is the most important thing in her life besides her because the music got to her and for her white friend it was just good music. When she says that she is a dark rock surged upon, and over swept, but through it all, I will remain myself she means that even though she is surrounded by a lot of white people, she will always remain the person she really is. In the story you will be able to find many more characteristics about her and you might notice that she isn\u2019t afraid to show who she is because she has a lot of self-esteem. She is also full of herself because she tries to show everyone that she is as important as any other person in the world, that her color doesn\u2019t make her less important to anyone, because we are all equal and that is what she is telling us with this story.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26573483","body":"Jose,
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\nGood start... I would like you to fix up a couple of problems...
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\n1)"...atop the gate-post looking down at the white people, she does it because she wants the white people to look up at her." This is a run-on sentence.
\n2)"Sometimes she talked to the white people who passed in their horses or automobiles, and without her family noticing she sometimes took a ride with them." Why do you keep jumping between the past and the present tenses here?
\n3)"This shows that she doesn\u2019t care about the racism going n at the time because she is black and she likes to be with white people,..." Are you sure about this? Where in the essay can you support this? Also..."Music is the most important thing in her life..."
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\nOtherwise this is [retty good.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283372493","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26628977","body":"In the story \u201cHow it Feels to be Colored Me\u201d the narrator is a black girl who isn\u2019t ashamed of being black or saying that her ancestors are African. She has a high self-esteem and she shows it by the way she acts. She passes most the time sitting in her \u201cgallery seat\u201d which is actually was atop the gate-post looking down at the white people. She does it because she wants the white people to look up at her. Sometimes she talked to the white people who passed in their horses or automobiles, and without her family noticing she sometimes rode with them. This shows that the racism goind on at the time doesn't bother her because she is black and she likes to be with white people, she says that in the firts couple of sentences in the third paragraph on page 983, and the white people don\u2019t really mind to be with her because they take her with them. Zora is also a strong girl who instead of listening to what the people says to her when she moves to Jacksonville; she \u201csharpens her oyster knife\u201d. When she goes to the jazz club with her white friend and she listens to the jazz she said that she went back to the jungle. This shows that even though she has white friends she is still a black girl and she showed it when she was dancing in the jazz club. Music is the an important thing in her life besides her because the music got to her and for her white friend it was just good music. When she says that she is a dark rock surged upon, and over swept, but through it all, I will remain myself she means that even though she is surrounded by a lot of white people, she will always remain the person she really is. In the story you will be able to find many more characteristics about her and you might notice that she isn\u2019t afraid to show who she is because she has a lot of self-esteem. She is also full of herself because she tries to show everyone that she is as important as any other person in the world, that her color doesn\u2019t make her less important to anyone, because we are all equal and that is what she is telling us with this story.","dateCreated":"1283476779","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jose_4595","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jose_4595","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26651911","body":"Much better Jose,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283535747","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26542169","dateCreated":"1283297277","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"meladovelado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/meladovelado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317260331\/meladovelado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26542169"},"dateDigested":1531974087,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Zora Neale Hurston Response-Melanie Velado","description":" The narrator in \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d is a very tenacious, high self-esteemed woman who isn\u2019t ashamed of her race and expresses herself very freely. First of all, Zora Neale Hurston sits in her favorite place, atop the gate-post to see every white person that runs in front of her. She considers this place to be the \u201cgallery seat\u201d and she considers the white people to be the \u201cactors\u201d performing in a show. She says: \u201cNot only did I enjoy the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it.\u201d (Pg. 983) This statement demonstrates that the narrator is very audacious in the way that she doesn\u2019t care what white people think as she looks at them from above. This statement also demonstrates that she believes that she is as superior as white people, which is very rare at the time because it is a period of a lot of racism. She also assumes a position of power and control as she sits atop the gate-post looking down at the white population. Secondly, Zora is a very strong, intelligent woman who doesn\u2019t care about having pity for herself or for people of her own race because white people don\u2019t like them. She says: \u201cNo, I do not weep at the world- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.\u201d This phrase reflects Zora Neale\u2019s strong personality in the way that she says she doesn\u2019t weep at the world. Instead of crying and acting as a victim, she prefers \u201csharpening her oyster knife,\u201d (Pg. 983) This metaphor demonstrates that she is too busy sharpening her mind to find the pearl of wisdom located deeply inside of her being. Finally, she feels her race and isn\u2019t ashamed of it even though she is placed in a sea of white human beings. Zora remains true to herself no matter what. She says: \u201cI am a dark rock surged upon, and over swept, but through it all, I remain myself,\u201d (Pg. 984) This statement is truly admirable because it demonstrates how true, honest, and firm Zora is with herself and with her race. Even though Zora is placed among thousands of white persons, she remains stiff as a rock and is unmovable. She doesn\u2019t let her pigmentation make her feel inferior to the white people. All of these characteristics reflect that Zora is not ashamed of her race, and that she doesn\u2019t see pigmentation as an impediment to be treated equally like white people. She is proud of her race and will not let her color interfere with herself, her goals, and her life.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26573275","body":"Well-written and organized, Melanie,
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\nI am impressed.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283372178","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26581855","body":"Thank you Mr. Webster :D ! Do I have to make any changes?","dateCreated":"1283386150","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"meladovelado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/meladovelado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317260331\/meladovelado-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26612951","body":"No Malanie.
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\nThanks again,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283454015","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}