- “ The body is the threshold across which each objectionable call passes into consciousness—all the unintimidated, unblinking, and unflappable resilience does not erase the moments lived through, even as we are eternally stupid or ever-lastingly optimistic, so ready to be inside, among, a part of the games.” This quote stuck out to me because it just felt so true. We cannot erase the moments we live through and unfortunately these moments can put on extra “weight” to our bodies.
- Rankine uses a bunch of Logos within the excerpt to prove her claim. When bringing in the example of Serena Williams, she uses the facts over that situation to better prove her point. I also sense some critical race theory when talking about Serena’s 2009 semi final outburst.
- There was a time where I was seriously scared of needles. I think at this moment, when my mom told me my doctor’s appointment was canceled, I was effectively communicating my joy. I first began by getting on my knees and shedding a couple tears of joy. I then got up and did my happy dance. I circled around my mother in the kitchen dancing with a big smile on my face. My mother stared back at me with a look of confusion at first, and then an understanding remembering my full blown fear of shots. She started to smile as my dancing continued and responded saying, “ yea yeah don’t get two excited, you’re going next week.” Quickly that smile faded, and the dancing stopped.
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I really enjoyed reading about the time you communicated without using words. I found it funny yet sentimental.
logos works in this situation great work.
I agree that Rankies point was proved when she was able to back up her claims with logos and facts to build credibility and persuasion.
I also wrote about critical race theory so it’s interesting to see someone realizes there was a lot of it in the text. I think the most obvious example was when Morgan told Serena she looks like a “gangster.”