Part 1
1) 1) The quote from Junod that I am using is from the section labeled “They began jumping not long after the first plane hit the North Tower”.
2) 2) In this quote Junod talks of how the “people never got used to and never wanted to see again”, those who jumped from the World Trade Center. Also how the people never could escaped seeing those people jump. (71)
3) 3) “They were called “jumpers” or “the jumpers,” as though they represented a new lemminglike class. The trial that hundreds endured in the building and then in the air became its own kind of trial for the thousands watching them form the ground. No one ever got used to it; no one who saw it wished to see it again, although, of course, many saw it again.” (71)
4) 4) To me this quotes describes that those people who watched or saw those people jump from the World Trade Centers and fall to their death, will never escape those memories and will haunt them for the rest of their lives no matter what they do in order to move on or forget.
Part 2
1) “The sight of the jumpers from the World Trade Center will follow the witnesses around where ever they may go and will never escape the horrifying memory.” (Junod 71).
Works Cited
Junod, Tom. “The Falling Man.” First Year Composition Reader. Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011. 69-80
I liked when you use the number 2 quote because i actually found it truth
ReplyDeleteHi Carly,
ReplyDeleteIn part 1 of your assignment, you definitely chose a dense passage to work with. In the part you quoted, Junod writes that "the trial that hundreds endured in the building and then in the air became its own kind of trial for the thousands watching them from the ground." In the analysis following the quote, you don't address the specific word choices that Junod uses. Your analysis seems to be loosely commenting on a possible meaning you see in the quote. Remember, in your paper, try to work closely with the author's words and identify strategies you see. (Just as you worked closely with details in Kalman's photographs.) In the passage you quote for point 3, how would you interpret Junod's choice to use the legal language of a "trial" that the victims faced along with the witnesses? What kind of trial does Junod have in mind? Who is the judge? Who is doing the judging, and by what standards or regulations? If you extend that metaphor, what sorts of implications might you uncover, and how might those implications help you interpret "The Falling Man"?
Interpreting word choices (such as "trial" in the air and on the ground) can be a good way to stay focused on the text. It's easy (especially when writing about Junod) to drift away and let your essay become a loose response to Junod's claims, rather than a close reading and analysis of how he is communicating in a rhetorical situation.
In part 2 of your assignment, remember that paraphrases don't get quotes. You only use quotes for words that are taken exactly as the person wrote them or said them. As for your paraphrase itself, it's really well written and it actually strikes me as a sentence that could work for a thesis statement in your paper. (or at least, as part of your introductory paragraph)