The way that Anderson treats nationalism is also the way that I've always treated it. Nationalism has been an innate quality that allows one to align and connect with others. Liberalism or fascism delve more into government and treatment of others, which doesn't really encapsulate the prospect of nationality. Kinship and religion definitely fits better because they both connect people in ways that don't apply to personality, or understanding of others within the group.

This sequence of events is a great demonstration of the cultural binding forces that connect people together, even when they don't even know of each others existence. Not only are they connected through those that they know and the community they're a part of, they are also connected to each other through the reader. The reader can connect all of the characters together even when the characters themselves are separated and doing different activities at the same time. It is the role of the reader that observes all of the characters that also allows the characters to be aware of their fellow members and connect with them.

These methods are quite useful. By explaining what you read to someone you are able to recall the information and rearrange to make sense in your head. When you are able to connect those dots in way that makes sense in your head you are able to convert that information into long-term memory. Which is very useful for retaining information.

This is an important concept for us college students. A lot of students will go through a reading as quick as they can and consequently shelve all of the material into short-term memory. If we can be taught certain techniques in order to convert the text into long-term memory, then we can more effectively use the readings in our academic journeys to learn.

This description of communication displays the written aspect of language, but words aren't strictly needed for understanding. Thoughts and feelings can be relayed to others through bodily movements and facial expressions. Sometimes communication in this manner is easily understood by the vast majority of people, even those who can't communicate through written or spoken language. Communication can stem past the usage of words or symbols and still be just as effective.

Language is one of the best and closest way that we can truly connect with one another, but it's not perfect. By reducing perception, experience, and recognition into speech or words you can convey an imitation of your thoughts, feelings, and you as a person. The only issue is that the conversion process eliminates your true self, as in one's individual feeling or experience. We are not all connected by true perception, experience, or recognition through language, but rather lifeless descriptions of perception, experience, and recognition that depend on the recipient to utilize their own life to comprehend.

Very important to remember, coming from a usual APA user

Having a requirement of 200+ words a day for annotations is a great way for us to get a lot of writing done. Using a lot of "smaller" writings allows us to not only write a whole bunch, but also have our writing be more meaningful and thought out. Big essays have the issue of using a lot of filler to reach the word count requirement, which this method eliminates while still having a large total word count.