Aryeh Wismer
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Answered a Question in The Metamorphosis
A pun: Gregor spends a great deal of time in the first part trying to wrestle his cumbersome insect body off his bed and on to the floor. Rocking back and forth and... -
Answered a Question in Life on the Mississippi
I focus here on time transitions because this conversation is so evocative of whiling away hours on this dock. Right from the start he "began"... -
Answered a Question in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy traveling by Amtrak indicates 1971. "The television blared ESPN." Television technology means at least 1920s, broadcasting ESPN advances the date to 1979. "The ADHD part of me wondered,... -
Answered a Question in Hymn to Aphrodite
Aphrodite is not only the god of love but is also an ideal of love itself. Sapho supplicates to Aphrodite that she is in anguish over a reluctant lover and asks for a...