{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27832917","dateCreated":"1285903502","smartDate":"Sep 30, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"AmandaTrejos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AmandaTrejos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27832917"},"dateDigested":1531973968,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"amanda trejos","description":" Inference Amanda Trejos
\n The word inference means a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. The story \u201cTuesday night\u201d is written in a manner in which not much detail or deepness is given to the story. The story talks about a single mother that decides to take every single Tuesday night off. No children, no boyfriend and no ex husband. While reading, one can infer many aspects of the narrators and main characters personality. One can infer that she is a very insecure and depressed woman. In the story she is always talking about her weight and how she tries to loose a few pounds. \u201cThen I took all of my clothes and looked in the hall mirror and decided to go on a diet, so I skipped dinner\u201d (pg 342). Throughout the story, she is complaining about her weight and how she should do something about it. At the same time she breaks her promise and goes ahead and eats pies and milkshakes. Eating so much must be a sign of insecurity and anxiety. She must be insecure since she is always talking about how her relationship with Dan is \u201csour\u201d. She misinterprets his actions and covers them up by saying there is something wrong with their relationship. Another aspect that can be inferred is that she has no job, at least on Tuesday nights. One can see all of the free time she has left for herself when Joanna is not home with her, \u201cThen I read Vogue. Later on, I took out the yoga book I had bought and put it in my plastic cookbook holder\u2026\u201d (pg 342). Every Tuesday night shown in the story, she is always having trouble deciding what she is going to do. Sometimes she has absolutely no arrangements or plans, so she spends her time daydreaming about the guy she used to date back when she was in her last year of high school. The omission in the story is located in the very last sentence where the author makes the reader finish with a question in his\/her mind. It never tells us what autumn has to do with anything or what will happen next.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27871007","body":"Thanks Amanda,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966633","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27826815","dateCreated":"1285895711","smartDate":"Sep 30, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jsutton26","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsutton26","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961183\/jsutton26-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27826815"},"dateDigested":1531973969,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"haters in the building pa pa pa PAAAM!","description":"An inference is the conclusion made by a person\u2019s perspective drawn by observations, or by guessing the next logical step in an intuited pattern. In the short story \u201cTuesday night\u201d by Anne Beatle, it leaves the reader with doubts about how the story ended, or in another words what happened to the lady in the story. The women perhaps is a third age lady that had already suffered from a divorce and is presently lives with her boyfriend Dan. Anne Beatle doesn\u2019t tell us all the issues or the characters thoughts directly so must of the time you have to read in between the lines. An inference I made by observing each action or the verbal clues the characters gave me was that the women in the story was exceptionally insecure about herself. She is an incredibly compliant person, and if she does a mistake she becomes very stressed and anxious. , \u201cI overcooked the piecrust and it burned. I got depressed and drank a Drambuie\u201d (pg. 342). That little mistake she did, something inconsequential, changed her attitude completely. Another action she does that demonstrates that this character in a manner has a mental crisis is the act of constantly looking at her nude body against the mirror and assume her physical aspect. She does this procedure so constantly that she actually starts to eat small amounts and even to skip dinner in order to lose weight. \u201cI have been subsisting on red zinger tea and watermelon, trying to lose weight.\u201d (p.341) The last inference the author leaves to the reader is the last part of the story with Dan. The question leaves on whether did Dan actually break up with her, or all the emotions about her insecurity build up to create this thought she has. The author gives the character a lack of confidence and develops a sense in the character that makes the reader analyze and provide a conclusion from actions made.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870953","body":"Thanks Jonathan,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966552","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27824613","dateCreated":"1285893480","smartDate":"Sep 30, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ereiche","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ereiche","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1226183145\/ereiche-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27824613"},"dateDigested":1531973969,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Erik Reiche \"T.N.\"","description":"An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. Ann Beattie\u2019s short story \u201cTuesday Nights\u201d is written in such way that many aspects of the character\u2019s personality can be deduced and inferred by their actions and way of interacting with the rest. The protagonist narrator of the story is a recently divorced woman, who lives with a sentimental partner and has a daughter from her previous marriage. Every Tuesday night, Henry, the narrator\u2019s ex-husband, takes Joanna out to dinner to a French restaurant. Also on Tuesday nights, Dan, the narrator\u2019s \u201cnew\u201d sentimental partner, is not at home because he has to work late. This makes the narrator stay by herself every single Tuesday. From the narrator\u2019s actions, it can be easily inferred that she is mentally and emotionally unstable by the recent changes in her life. \u201cI overcooked the piecrust and it burned. I got depressed and drank a Drambuie\u201d (pg. 342) \u201cI was going to get my Birth-control-pill prescription refilled while I was there, but I decided that it would be depressing.\u201d (Pg342) This drastic emotion responses to such simple situations are not sane or product of an emotionally stable person. Her reaction to this events resemble that she is emotionally affected by her divorce, and the current issues present in her life. Out of her actions, it can also be inferred that the narrator is not a \u201crelationship\u201d type of a girl, constantly failing in her relationships, and ending up ruining them. Both her last relationships had problems. However, the narrator is in denial and doesn\u2019t want to accept that her current relationship is \u201cturning sour\u201d. By accepting that her relationship with Dan is failing, she would accept that she might be the one who is responsible for her problematic relationships. Some omissions present in the writing reveal that in the future Dan is going to break up with the narrator. Dan\u2019s repeatedly frustrations towards their relationship and his gradually increasing impenitent attitude is a clear clue that in the future he will end his relationship with the narrator. Through a character\u2019s actions, many inferences about their personalities and their ways of acting can be done.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870579","body":"Thanks Erik,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285965958","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27824347","dateCreated":"1285893230","smartDate":"Sep 30, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mekster","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mekster","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961126\/mekster-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27824347"},"dateDigested":1531973969,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"tuesday night response","description":"
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\nAn inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. From the short story \u201cTuesday Night\u201d by Ann Beattie we can infer that the main character is insecure and strongly depressed. As a reader, however, the author never reveals any sort of character analysis or depth into who they truly are, but instead, Ann Beattie only provides enough for the reader to interpret, as they will. First, the protagonist\u2019s insecurity shows when she is reading dirty magazines and then strips naked in front of the mirror thinking that she needs to go into a diet. \u201cThen I took off all my clothes and looked in the hall mirror and decided to go on a diet, so I skipped dinner.\u201d (342) We can see that the main character judges herself based in the people she sees in magazines and is heavily influenced by the fact that the people around her are thin. This woman is certainly depressed and allows even the smallest errors and complications to bring her down which reflects major problems. Maybe the fact that her relationship is going \u201csour\u201d and that she is trying to make things better is affecting her daily life. \u201c I overcooked the pie crust and burned. I got depressed and drank a Drambuie,\u201d (pg. 342). It seems to be that she overreacts to such stupid such as burning the crust of a pie, and allows that minimal mistake to ruin her life. We can infer from this little problem that this woman has conflicts with the way she lives and how she deals with these problems. A major part of the story that is omitted would certainly be the resolution. The books resolution is based on the reader\u2019s interpretation or inferences of the characters actions\u2019, even with the lack of detail and main aspects that most stories have. The omission at the end of this short story will define the outcome of the woman and Dan\u2019s relationship. The autumn signifying death, at the end of the short story leaves the reader to infer that the woman\u2019s relationship is indeed dying.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870899","body":"Good Jaime,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966465","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27766997","dateCreated":"1285812380","smartDate":"Sep 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"arifishman95","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/arifishman95","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27766997"},"dateDigested":1531973969,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Ari Fishman","description":"An inference is a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true. In other words, it could be said that an inference is a conclusion or a deduction. In the Anne Beatle\u00b4s short story \u201cTuesday Night\u201d the author leaves an unspecified space for the reader to interpret and infer the actual situation of the narrator. It could be inferred that the narrator is passing through a tough moment in her life. Her high levels of anxiety in the scene where she says, \u201cI overcooked the piecrust and it burned. I got depressed and drank a Drambuie\u201d (pg. 342), demonstrate that little details affect her so much, just as if her mental health wasn\u2019t good. That something so minimal as this can cause a feeling of depression within a person definitely reveals how unstable their life truly is. Not only can we infer that this woman is depressed, but also, that she is insecure. She wants to go on a diet after she sees herself in the mirror, naked. She decides to skip dinner and bases her diet on red zinger and tea. On her spare time, she decided to take of all her clothes and look at herself in the mirror, to judge herself in front of the mirror. Not for anyone else, but for herself. To go a diet is something, but to be willing to skip meals to reach that purpose certainly reveals how insecure this woman is. Being willing to take such extreme measures to feel good with herself and her appearance shows how bad she feels. Something that is omitted from the story is without doubt the ending. Did Dan break up with her? Or was it just that same insecurity and anxiety that leads the reader into inferring the worst possible outcome? Even though the woman denies that the relationship is sour, through her attitude, it would be logical to predict that Dan will truly break up with due to her lack of confidence. It is not through what is said explicitly that this story is rich on, but instead, it is on the shadowy and ambiguous aspect that the author develops a sense of character analysis and provides depth to a story that at first seems to be very superficial.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870839","body":"Good work Ari,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966407","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27765675","dateCreated":"1285811079","smartDate":"Sep 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cfgonzalez94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cfgonzalez94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27765675"},"dateDigested":1531973969,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Tuesday Night Response- Carlos Gonzalez ","description":"An inference is a conclusion reached based on logic and evidence gathered that may not be explicitly presented or illustrated, but more, concluded by a series of events and that can be agreed as a truth. Most of \u201cTuesday Night\u201d is written in a way that does not give away much and does not provide much depth; only superficial aspects are revealed. In essence, it can be said that the story only reveals what is necessary and provides the reader with the chance to infer what happened and why. In the story, we can infer that the protagonist, whose name is never revealed, lives a life of complications, depression, and insecurity. It can be seen by how this woman reacts to the minimal accidents, how she feels about her appearance and how she beliefs that bad things will happen before they even do. This woman is certainly depressed, but not by something small, but rather by something big and important that seems to make her everyday life complicated and depressive. \u201c I overcooked the pie crust and burned. I got depressed and drank a Drambuie,\u201d (pg. 342). It seems weird that a person would get depressed by something as ridiculous as burning a pie crust, but this implies that the woman is not happy with her life, and everything that happens to her seems to affect her in a more personal level, even the little things. We can also infer that the woman is very insecure about herself and the health of her relationship. This is seen at the end of the story, where she remembers when Henry asked her for a divorce, right before Dan, her boyfriend, came up to talk to her. What this reveals is that this woman feels as if her relationship is falling into piece, even though she tries to deny it. The fact that she beliefs that her boyfriend wants to break up with her shows how insecure she is about herself and her integrity in the relationship. The fact that the entire resolution is based on pure inference of the reader gives an idea that the story is written for the purpose of omitting the important aspects and only gives us little details. The omission of the end serves as a cliffhanger in order for the reader to infer what the next event will be, based on what we already know from the woman and how she will probably react to what Dan has to say.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870769","body":"Great Carlos,
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\nGood job.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966326","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27759719","dateCreated":"1285805409","smartDate":"Sep 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"melafavini","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/melafavini","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27759719"},"dateDigested":1531973970,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"melanie favini response","description":" An inference is the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation. In the story \u201cTuesday Night\u201d by Ann Beattie has some evidence that makes us infer things. The narrator is a woman that is passing through a divorce with ex husband named Henry; she is now living with a man named Dan. The woman and Henry have a daughter named Joanna. One thing we can infer is that maybe the narrator feels uncomfortable with her body. \u201cI have been subsisting on red zinger tea and watermelon, trying to lose weight.\u201d (p.341) Here, we can see she wants is trying different methods to loose weight, which seems like she feels maybe overweight. Another thing we can infer is that the narrator might have a busy schedule and needs time to relax, \u201cand a while ago I decided that I wanted that one night to myself each week.\u201d (p.341) From this we can infer the narrator wants time alone maybe because she has a lot on her mind or is stressed. The narrator also is self conscious, \u201cThe first night alone, I read a dirty magazine that had been lying around the house for some time. Then I took off all my clothes and looked in the hall mirror and decided to go on a diet, so I skipped dinner.\u201d (p.342) Here, we can infer how maybe the narrator feels self conscious, maybe she saw a woman in the dirty magazine who was skinnier than her and then decided to take her clothes off to resemble herself in the mirror and decided to start a diet. Another thing we can infer from the narrator is how unsteady she is with her decisions, \u201cI ventured out, I went to a movie and bought myself a chocolate milkshake afterward.\u201d This makes us infer how she was conscious about her body and started a diet but one week later, she ate something caloric. All these things could make a reader infer she is this way because she is passing though a divorce, and it could be tough.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870727","body":"Thanks Melanie,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966246","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27753147","dateCreated":"1285798933","smartDate":"Sep 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"nikki-wiki","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/nikki-wiki","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/27753147"},"dateDigested":1531973970,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Tuesday Night Response","description":"Inferences are often made when reading. An inference is when you draw a conclusion or a deduction from something. There are many inferences that we can make while reading the story "Tuesday Night". For example, an inference made was that the narrator may have a complicated life with her partner so that way she wants to have one day off. We can also infere that her ex-husband was maybe a player and that he might have gone off with some other woman and that caused their marriage to get destructed. We see this when the narrator tells us about how good of a father he is but he had one flaw. "The only bad thing he has done to her -and even Henry agreed about that- was to introduce her to the sleepie he had living with him right after the divorce..." The narrator seems to be very insecure about her body. It seems like she is a bit jealous of everyone in the house, "Dan and Henry are all thin. Joanna takes after her father in her build.\u201d right after that the narrator really shows how insecure she is about her body, \u201cThe first night alone I read a dirty magazine that had been lying around the house for some time. Then I took off all my clothes and looked in the hall mirror and decided to go on a diet, so I skipped dinner\u2026Then I took one of each kind of vitamin pill we have in the house.\u201d The omissions in the writing that tell us something hidden behind the story may be that her family isn't as perfect as it seems or that the narrator isn't really that happy with her boyfriend because she talks about her ex-boyfriend from highschool. She may be comparing her ex-boyfriend from high school to her current boyfriend.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27870679","body":"Thanks Nikki,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285966166","smartDate":"Oct 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":"27698661","dateCreated":"1285720421","smartDate":"Sep 28, 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\/27698661"},"dateDigested":1531973970,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Tuesday Night response","description":"According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, an inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. There are a couple of inferences in Ann Beattie\u2019s \u201cTuesday Night\u201d concerning the narrator and her life. An inference about the narrator is that she is a bit anxious over Joanne when she says, \u201cI am a beast if I refuse to let her eat her escargots\u2026I thought I\u2019d lose my mind when she [Joanne] went around the house singing \u2018Doubleyou oh oh ay en\u2019 for two weeks.\u201d
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\nNot only is she a bit anxious, but she seems to carry a hint of insecurity when she\u2019s concerned about her body when she states that she \u201chas been subsisting on red zinger tea and watermelon, trying to lose weight. Dan and Henry are all thin. Joanna takes after her father in her build.\u201d This is also seen when the narrator says, \u201cThe first night alone I read a dirty magazine that had been lying around the house for some time. Then I took off all my clothes and looked in the hall mirror and decided to go on a diet, so I skipped dinner\u2026[T]hen I took one of each kind of vitamin pill we have in the house.\u201d
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\nHowever, same evidence and reasoning could lead to different inferences. Glimpses of anxiety and insecurity could shadow the narrator\u2019s caring, which the narrator shows to posses. The narrator might care a bit too much about her figure, but she cares a lot for Joanna, helping her with her environmental project and taking the time to bake cookies and wrapping them up for her birthday. Still and all, the narrator\u2019s light symptoms of anorexia (with her refusal to eat) can be due to her depression. Since the narrator is divorced, an inference could be that she is going through a hard time especially when she spends her spare time doing yoga and cooking, activities that could be used to clear her mind and have something to do. Her loneliness is also depicted when the narrator spends some time reminiscing about her past boyfriends in high school.
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\nHer loneliness is furthermore inferred when she describes her activity in her leisure. \u201cThe week after that, I ventured out. I went to a movie and bought myself a milkshake afterward. I sat at the drugstore counter and drank it. I was going to get my birth-control-pill prescription refilled while I was there, but I decided that would be depressing.\u201d With the key word being ventured, the inference is that the narrator is trying different things and reaching different approaches to alleviate her depression, with an assumption of coition since she is on the pill.
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\nAll this then sequentially leads to the inference that the narrator is transitioning from her divorce with Henry to her new relationship with Dan. Being very conscious of her figure and going through depression all while taking care of Joanna is inferred as a bridge from her divorce to the change of being with Dan and starting her relationship with him.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"27746887","body":"Thanks Daniel,
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\n1) When you say "There are a couple of inferences in Ann Beattie\u2019s \u201cTuesday Night\u201d do you mean that there are inferences within the story or there are inferences that one can make?
\n2) Can you explain this a bit more? 'An inference about the narrator is that she is a bit anxious over Joanne when she says, \u201cI am a beast if I refuse to let her eat her escargots\u2026I thought I\u2019d lose my mind when she [Joanne] went around the house singing \u2018Doubleyou oh oh ay en\u2019 for two weeks.\u201d' Perhaps I might read that and conclude that the woman is humorous or uptight... why do you say anxious exactly?
\n3) Mistake here? "However, same evidence and reasoning could lead to different inferences."
\n4) This sentence confuses me... "Since the narrator is divorced, an inference could be that she is going through a hard time especially when she spends her spare time doing yoga and cooking, activities that could be used to clear her mind and have something to do." Are yoga and cooking a desperate, lonely woman's activities... If you think so, fine, but you must tell us why you think this.
\n5) Furthermore, this: "Her loneliness is also depicted when the narrator spends some time reminiscing about her past boyfriends in high school." Is that really a sign of a lonely individual? Couldn't it be interpreted another way? I would also like you to adress the next paragraph... i am not sure you really make a case here that this shows a lonely woman...
\n6) What do you mean by "coition" here?
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\nThanks, Daniel, for watching your vocabulary here- this is an easy and clear read. I am just hoping that you do a bit better of a job supporting your arguments beyond giving us quotations; I think that the quotes should be explained.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1285791936","smartDate":"Sep 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"27756247","body":"1) I mean that there are inferences within the story that one could make.
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\n2) Hah, well I was trying to look for a suitable word for anxious but decided to stick to it. Uptight is definitely the word I was looking for. When it says "I am a beast if I refuse..." and "I thought I\u2019d lose my mind when...," to me they're hyperbolic statements that one could infer the narrator is, well, uptight towards Joanna by the choice of words she uses.
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\n3) Well, I do think that the same evidence could make people infer different things. For example, in a scenario where a person lands in the water form a 50 feet bridge and dies, one might infer that the person was suicidal, while another person could infer that he\/she was pushed on purpose.
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\n4) You\u2019re right, cooking and yoga doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that they are activities to get past a divorce. I didn\u2019t mention it was desperate, however, since the narrator is going through her divorce which is a hard process to go through, activities such as cooking and yoga could be done as an outlet or distraction, not necessarily what a lonely individual would do, but just as a past time to get things out of one\u2019s mind. Perhaps the narrator cooks and does yoga as a hobby and as an aspiration, but I also infer here that in this particular scenario while she goes through her divorce, those activities could potentially be done, as I mentioned before, as a distraction. I agree that it\u2019s quite an unusual, but that\u2019s what I infer.
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\n5) I am definitely positive that anyone could interpret that differently. However, those were my inferences based on what I read. Having the narrator reminisce on her past boyfriends doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that she\u2019s a lonely individual, but in the way that the author spends a whole paragraph of her short story talking about how the narrator thinks of her past boyfriend when she is going through a divorce and is depressed, I personally infer that she feels lonely as she remembers a time where she was together with someone she loved a long time ago. In the next paragraph, where the narrator goes alone to buy a milkshake and talks about birth control pills, I infer that since she\u2019s going through a divorce and is depressed and goes alone for a milkshake and mentions her description of her pills, she\u2019s a bit lonely and could potentially be having an affair to alleviate her depression. Again, it\u2019s my inference.
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\n6) By coition I mean sexual intercourse.
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\nThanks","dateCreated":"1285802555","smartDate":"Sep 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"27870625","body":"Thanks for making this better, Daniel,
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