There seems to be a lot of apathy in this story. People just acting and being pleasant but not expressing the truth, which is interesting commentary.

Quick bread usually served with tea, Wonder if this was used to draw a certain association with class.

Illness and things related to the mind seem common throughout these stories. Whether it be delirium, paralysis or some other medium, Joyce emphasizes the peculiar nature of the mind and human body's reactions to life's challenges.

Symbolic for change? Maybe signaling an intense moment followed by change. Another instance of the weather being used to reflect something in the plot.

Immediately there is a sense of stillness. Similar to the descriptions in "Araby", the usage of the senses are employed to suggest something about the time. Here it smells dusty and she is still, which refers to the themes in "Eveline" of dwelling on the past.

The usage of brown here is very interesting. It connects the skin color to the main plot story of the boy going to Araby (an middle eastern inspired bazaar) to his romantic interest. I don't think Mangan's sister's actual ethnicity is ever revealed though.

Interesting to see how the sterotyping of Indian as agressive, fierce, and almost unhonorable has permiated even through the American sphere to the English sphere. It suggests that the basis of this writing is formed upon the biased references that it draws upon.

"a member of the clergy engaging in simony" - definition from Google. Immediately there are many mentions of deeply religious references, which indicates something about the narrator.

The comparison of his legs to a spider's emphasizes his lack of support that he feels from those around him. Neave has not only worked so hard physically, but also feels weak emotionally, thus resulting in his body and mind feeling weak and vulnerable, despite not know how to fix it.

Here golden is used to symbolize "warm, eager, restless", youth. This goes back to my interest in color and extracting the uses of color to see how they are used in different senarios.

This emphasizes the excitement that people feel when being part of something that is new to them. Whether it be the ball or this social group, I think one of the driving themes of this short story is revealing the two sided nature of such experiences.

The use of color here emphasizes the stark differences between the the boarding school and the ball. I wonder if finding concordances of color and finding their uses will reveal anything about color and symbolism.

This list of verbs emphasizes the digust that Isabel feels towards herself for embarressing William. This stark contrast highlights the difficulties of marriage, as the differences between Isabel being happy and alone versus this feeling of shame show the stark divides that can exist in one person.

This short story seems to be a jumble of jumping between memories and imagining Isabel at different locations in the present. I wonder if a computer program could process these various temporal jumps and put them in a timeline. Could they differentiate from the different marks that define a flashback vs imagination.

Is this a symbol for the birth of some new found meaning/maturity. It seems like her resistance to being not left alone plus this imagery/symbolism indicate a change that is important and positive (a shift from dark to light). Overall, this seems like the point of the story, to emphasize the change.

With the title of "The Young Girl" and this description, there is clearly a linkage between youth and beauty/purity. This speaks to the divide between the classifcations of old and wise vs young and pure.

There is a contrast between the liveliness that they expect from the personified aspects of their father's remeniants versus the actual reality of death. That is coldness and the absence of life. Really interesting to see how death is approached here though.

There seems to be a common theme between many of these writings. Often people of class express sympathy towards those who don't have it, and are met with opposition. This makes me question the common debate of if this pity is actually genuine or not.

Immediately we see a clash between characters. Similar to the Moonstone, there is a commentary about the class system. Is it justified for characters to feel like this, simply because they have the means to do certain actions?

Funny moment here. Not only is she playing a piece called "This life is Weary", this description makes it so that the clash between the actual quality between Jose's ignorance mirrors this.

The novel has a large presence of the power of nature. Apart from the Moonstone with its mysical properties, the weather and landscape have been used with significance throughout the novel. Here the sun is used as a cleansing agent to alleviate Jennings from his pain, which is used against the negative connotations of rain and wind.

Cuff contrasts the idea of a gentleman with pleasure. Maybe this is a manifestation of religion and looking down upon over indulgence, or maybe this is just Cuff's viewpoint of Godfrey now.

Out of all the characaters so far, Jennings seems to be the most convincing and adirable characters. He symbolizes that life can be hard and unfair, but it is still possible to be kind and wise.

Raining but not heavy or with negative connotations attached to it. I wonder how that fairs in the weather theme that runs throughout the novel.

A lot of this narration has been very impartial and factual. A narrative style that is similar to Mr. Bruff's in the fact that he doesn't use many adjectives or mention himself. This breaks that pattern in a way that immensely amplifies his characterization and likability.

This shows a contrast between the precieved wiseness of Bruff and misconceptions that he has. He doesn't really believe in the power of drugs/medicine. Maybe this is Collin's commentary about how people specialized in areas that require high levels of education still are not all knowing.

A recurring theme throughout the story is the danger of overly depending on something. Whether it be the bible, drugs, or book, this demonstrates that sentiment. However, it is interesting to see how opium, which is consumed by many people throughout the book, is only seen as a good and bad thing in the context of a disease.

This note could be interpreted in two ways. Firstly, it could be seen as an attempt to adhere as close as possible to the truth. Secondly, it could be seen as Franklin's persistance in separating himself from someone like Rosanna.

Before this I honestly viewed Betteredge's obsession with Robinson Crusoe as a funny quirk. However, this line is comparable to Clack's much more outward obsession with her faith. Maybe this distinction between Betteredge/Clack and Bruff is Collin's commentary on how ridiculous it is to have something dictact how you precieve the world.

I am surprised that Bruff is still firmly siding with Rachel's acknowledgement that Godfrey is completely innocent. It seems to me that there is a clash between his logical thinking and his personal relationships. Additionally, it would be interesting to see how the names of people change throughout the narrations/instances of the plot. For example, here it is Miss Verinder and Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite, while in other areas it varies.

This is an extremely telling word to describe and characterize Bruff. Something interesting to keep in mind are unique words that only appear in certain narrations. I think those words will be the most telling and interesting to look at, although computationally I don't know if it will be possible to sort through all the random words that may pertain to the plot etc.

This plus his faith in Lady Verinder ultimately display a flaw that is projected onto a lot of characters. While he is able to judge the women individually, he falls victim into generalizing that many women are not competent. He has respect for the Verinder women however cannot seem to get passed his bias for others.

Instantly you see a shift in narration style. Like discussed on Zulip, Bruff has this eagerness to prove himself like the other narrators. However, in the beginning of his narration, he instantly lays out why his perspective is important using the facts of his situation, unlike Clack who uses her faith.

Interesting to see how this narrative towards the upper-class has somewhat transcended Betteredge's narrative. More importantly, this isn't an opinion from a common person, this is an assessment from Clack, who isn't a a common person.

This is an somewhat indirect emphasis on how much faith is important to Clack. Her obession towards Godfrey, which also seems to be drawn upon by his Christian traits, gets trumped by her own thoughts on how she failed in guiding Lady Verinder. Her aunt dies and that's the first thing she comments on.

Interesting how this whole scene plays out. Despite being at the house to sign the will, they seem entirely engrossed by the mystery of the Moonstone. Similar to the comparison of the Moonstone as a drug, people become possessed and intoxicated by it,

This is another instance where we can question the validity of the narrator. She openly exposes her weakness towards Godfrey, and thus makes the reader question if her narration is going to be entirely truthful.

This diction shows Clack's ego. She views herself as on the same level as Lady Verinder. It is interesting to see that most of this behavior stems from her faith. She allows her faith to dictate how she precieves both herself and others.

Immediately this makes the reader question the validity of Clack's narration. This almost creates a second layer of characterization as now we can see that Blake either trusts Betteredge more or find's Clack's narration to be flawed in some way.

Something interesting is to track the usage of biblical/Christian terms throughout this part. A trend I noticed is that near the end he increasingly mentions being Christian and being a good Christian, while in the beginning there isn't as many references. Maybe it has something to do with the events being more personal and challenging for Betteredge, and therefore his faith is brought up more.

The environment seems to be a large symbol throughout the book. Whether it be the weather, physical environment, or details that certain characters decide to point out, the plot moves along with the environment. It mirrors the sentiment that the diamond, a natural gemstone from the earth, can control the fates of its owners.

After mnay chapters of anticipating the omen of bad weather, the bad weather finally comes. Maybe this is where the plot picks up? Additionally coincides well with the climax of this narration, as Part 1 is ending.

Interesting how Betteredge's opinion of the shore changes in only a couple paragraphs. The description of horror may be a projection of his distaste for the situation at hand. He links the place with Rosanna's mideeds and how she may be in trouble because of this place that Rosanna met Franklin.

It is interesting to see when Betteredge uses the term nota bene to mark something of importance. Even though the writing seems to be a recounting of events, he still feels the need to isolate some details, even though he can integrate them easily in the story. This for example emphasizes the was Betteredges portrays women.

This is perhaps the second instance that a symbol is strongly tied to a character. The first obvious one is Robinson Crusoe with Betteredge. I have little clue about what the rose could symbolically represent for Cuff. Since the character is rather new, my best guess is with the emphasis that the roses he emphasizes are white and "the Last Rose of Summer", maybe he represents a person void of the vitality and love that roses traditionally represent.

A bit of irony present here. It is interesting to see how Betteredge's style of narration is broken here, as normally he talks of events like they are in the present. Throughout the narration so far, he often makes it a point to claim his disbelief in the superstitions. However here, as himself looking back, he seems half-convinced of the superstitions. Not only does this indirectly characterize Betteredge as lacking self-awareness, it also is perplexing to think about how he is writing these narrations. Is it in blocks, maybe after each day/event, or is it all in a single go, either of which would drastically change how I would view Betteredge as a character.

A sentiment that can be seen even today, especially in tech. The struggle between industry versus academia is definitely real. Even hundreds of years later it is interesting to see how this idea has persisted. While not as extreme as only the rich being able to disect random animals for fun, it shows the bitter nature of balancing passion (or time) with the need to survive and make money.

When thinking about the interpretation of text by machines and considering the voice of the narrator, this switch between speakers is something interesting to consider. Just looking at this text, it would be hard to see how text processing could identify the switch. For example, reading this line and the line immediately above it, the speakers are almost indistinguishable (except if you consider the pool of characters that view a character as "my lady"). Maybe they dectect the switch in relationships between the two speakers, isolate the "said Mr. Franklin", or even something else. Hopefully we'll learn more about this process!

The narration through these first few chapters jump out at me. Even though not explicitly demonstrated through his actions, it is interesting to see how well Betteredge is characterized through his narration style. Through the understanding that he is supposed to be writing with the focus of the Moonstone, he comes off as unfocused and unattached. Although he portrays himself as self-aware through admitting that he wastes paper, it is almost frustrating as the reader to toil through this narration.

Since the focus on the book in this class is the speech patterns of the various narrators, my guess is that the changes in narrators will follow the lineage of the owners of the moonstone. With this in the context of text analysis, I wonder how a computer would interpret this style of writing. For example, similar to the example in lecture with Pride and Prejudice, will there be a lot of small moments of excitement (since we know that the moonstone is said to be cursed) or will it follow a more traditional structure?