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    1. She knew this coffee-drinking guy wanted tohave sex with her, and she was considering it, but he wasn't improv-ing his chances by making her feel stupid.

      he uses knowledge to make her feel inferior, rather than treating her as an equal.

    2. Maybehe deserved her contempt, but Corliss realized that very few youngmen read poetry at Washington State University.

      I’m surprised that even though she dislikes him, she still respects that he reads poetry, which changes how she sees him.

    3. Yes. So I started crying, and I kept crying, and I couldn't stop cry,ing no matter how hard I tried. They tell me I cried for two weeksstraight, but all I remember is that first day. I took a leave of absencefrom school, sold my house, and spent my money in a year, and nowI'm here, relying, as they say, on the kindness of strangers.''"I am kind because you are kind. Thank you for sharing your story.'

      She has the thoughts that she wants to give up but has the world is holding her.

    4. She sat at a Mac and logged on.Her user name was "CrazyIndian," and her password was "StillCrazy."

      Though this sentence is a little bit related to the book title, why her username is CrazyIndian? Is it indicates the scene, or is it a simple meaning?

    5. I kept shouting, 'I want some respect! I want some respect!' Ishouted it all day and all night. And nobody gave me any respect. Iwas asking directly for it, and people just kept walking around me.Avoiding me. Not even looking at me. Not even acknowledging m

      He keep asking for respect, but nobody listens to him. People ignore him and act like he doesn’t exist, which shows how lonely and powerless he feels.

    6. Corliss couldn't help herself. She loved her mother, but her motherwas a bipolar storyteller who told lies during her manic phases andheavily exaggerated during her depressed times. Those lies and ex~aggerations were often flattering to Corliss, so it was hard to com~pletely resent them

      Corliss loves her mother, but her mother often tells lies or exaggerates because of her bipolar disorder. Since these stories usually make Corliss look good, she can’t really hate them.

    7. Corliss had never once considered the fate of library books. She'dnever wondered how many books go unread. She loved books. Howcould she not worry about the unread? She felt like a disorganizedscholar, an inconsiderate lover, an abusive mother, and a cowardlysolider

      Corliss suddenly feels guilty when she realizes she has never thought about the forgotten books in the library.

    8. For her, each great book was

      This sentence illustrates how Corliss elevates literature to a near-religious status. It reveals her tendency to surrender critical judgment when she admires a writer. It also shows how her passion for reading can blur into blind devotion.

    9. I think you're going to find I'm writing themost authentic Indian poems that have ever been written

      This sentence shows how highly Harlan values his own work. It suggests a desire to prove his cultural legitimacy. It also hints that his idea of authenticity may be shaped more by ego than community tradition.

    10. We're still Indian.

      This passage is interesting because Corliss feels a deep emotional connection to the poet simply because she has shared the same physical landscape. The moment she calls her mother brings the scene back to everyday reality and contrasts her idealistic excitement with her mother’s practical view of identity.

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    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmita

      During shmita, the land is left to lie fallow and all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden by halakha (Jewish law).

      The sabbath year (shmita; Hebrew: שמיטה, literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or shǝvi'it (שביעית‎, literally "seventh"), or "Sabbath of The Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observed in Judaism.

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