The English Assignment
Viewing comments for Chapter 3 "The second assignment. Part A"The author tells a tale how he tried to better him
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Comment from LilHippie
Okay, now I understand a bit more of the chapter I read first, which was the family reunion, coming up next. This is very well written as they all have been. This Mrs. Stein should not have said that to you. A woman of her intelligence and education should have known better than to judge an eight year old boy, years later. She should have been intelligent enough to not pass judgment on a little boy and saying it to the man he has become. How could she not realize you had to have gone through years of wondering about it, struggling with it, and hopefully coming to some peace about it. Listen, in the line "I thought for all intensive purposes it was Russo" it should be,
"all intents and purposes." Sorry, I would want you to tell me, you know. This is really well written and again, I give you so much credit for being able to write about it. I believe your talent for writing is a healing grace for you. Whenever we write about something, it becomes a little less of a prison for us, it is lessened a bit by the "giving it away" on paper, or in this case "giving it away to others." I am going to go to the next one, which I already read, but want to read in the order in which you wrote them.
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2012
Okay, now I understand a bit more of the chapter I read first, which was the family reunion, coming up next. This is very well written as they all have been. This Mrs. Stein should not have said that to you. A woman of her intelligence and education should have known better than to judge an eight year old boy, years later. She should have been intelligent enough to not pass judgment on a little boy and saying it to the man he has become. How could she not realize you had to have gone through years of wondering about it, struggling with it, and hopefully coming to some peace about it. Listen, in the line "I thought for all intensive purposes it was Russo" it should be,
"all intents and purposes." Sorry, I would want you to tell me, you know. This is really well written and again, I give you so much credit for being able to write about it. I believe your talent for writing is a healing grace for you. Whenever we write about something, it becomes a little less of a prison for us, it is lessened a bit by the "giving it away" on paper, or in this case "giving it away to others." I am going to go to the next one, which I already read, but want to read in the order in which you wrote them.
Comment Written 16-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2012
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Thanks again. I will make the correction.
Comment from rightforyou
Nice
I enjoyed reading this story along with the flow of the action that you have included making this a fine read...Well Done...Ron
reply by the author on 20-Feb-2012
Nice
I enjoyed reading this story along with the flow of the action that you have included making this a fine read...Well Done...Ron
Comment Written 19-Feb-2012
reply by the author on 20-Feb-2012
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Thank you
Comment from ArtisALivalor
I like this piece and I must say I enjoyed reading it. I'm not usually easily enticed but I was enticed from the beginning to end. Good work.
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
I like this piece and I must say I enjoyed reading it. I'm not usually easily enticed but I was enticed from the beginning to end. Good work.
Comment Written 15-Feb-2012
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
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Thank you for your kind review
Comment from MumEsGirl
Interesting tale. It is so easy to try to make ourselves sound more important than we are, having lost everything. I was adopted at age three so I can identify with this.
One spag prospective family no perspective.
kate
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
Interesting tale. It is so easy to try to make ourselves sound more important than we are, having lost everything. I was adopted at age three so I can identify with this.
One spag prospective family no perspective.
kate
Comment Written 15-Feb-2012
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
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Thank you kate I think we should be friends. It's tuff when you get abondened at that age. it's not right and it shouldn't be that easy. thanks for the correction
Comment from Sarah_Goldwell
This is a well written piece of biographical non fiction. I liked the part about granny biting in tot he chocs and putting them back in the box lol
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
This is a well written piece of biographical non fiction. I liked the part about granny biting in tot he chocs and putting them back in the box lol
Comment Written 15-Feb-2012
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
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Thanks for the kind review
Comment from samandlancelot
Keimosobie,
What a difficult childhood you had. Filled with confusion about your family identity. I'm so glad you are sharing your story.
"You lied", (Punctuation goes inside end quotation mark - lied,")
You did", (did?") she asked
She was the only women (woman) in the world with the balls to stand up to my father.
She was in her late eighty's (eighties) and
Why did great grandma say I was Buddies (Buddy's) Boy" I asked.
Patricia
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
Keimosobie,
What a difficult childhood you had. Filled with confusion about your family identity. I'm so glad you are sharing your story.
"You lied", (Punctuation goes inside end quotation mark - lied,")
You did", (did?") she asked
She was the only women (woman) in the world with the balls to stand up to my father.
She was in her late eighty's (eighties) and
Why did great grandma say I was Buddies (Buddy's) Boy" I asked.
Patricia
Comment Written 14-Feb-2012
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2012
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Thank you corrections made.
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I raised your rating to five stars.
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Thank you.