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@Nature_Rhetoric #L3VEGroup5 I think they made good use of Trees Atlanta's website and pointed out important graphics backing up their claim. Also, I did not know Atlanta was ahead of most other U.S. cities in terms of air quality👌🏾

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@Nature_Rhetoric #L3VEGroup4 I think they argued their point very well and it very much shined a great light on the Aquarium

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@Nature_Rhetoric #L3VEGroup2 They do a great job of emotionally appealing to the audience. Their argument is constantly supported by the videos and images in the background...but that dab:

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@Nature_Rhetoric #L3VEGroup1 Wow, their video is amazing. I love the intro with the creative drawings and how it engages you from the start. The music throughout makes it very happy and reflects their arguments. Their argument flows well. Great job

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@bolger_ian7 @Nature_Rhetoric I love the Aquarium's rescue stories. For example, they found sea lions wrapped in trash and saved them from starvation and death. They kept them in the Aquarium and on display for a little but then left them back on the wild, like T's elephants could only wish for.

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@ppsaltakis_1102 @Nature_Rhetoric I agree that in-person peer review works better than through an electronic medium. Nowadays, we are becoming so advanced with technology that we forget the simple ways that always worked. In-person works better since we can ask questions and receive thorough, direct feedback.

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@Nature_Rhetoric Millet wraps up the book with big claims about our world. I like how she says that T is one of the few people who "knew the value of animals and their world" (238). She's saying that not many people understand her real meanings of life, which T finally gets.

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@Nature_Rhetoric "He had always been on the bank of this sluggish river; he had always been walking here, always been this person. The rest had been a mirage" (231). Millet says that T has truly been alone, lost, looking for himself, and fighting through false hope. Do you agree?

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@Nature_Rhetoric The 3rd and 4th paragraphs on p.228 especially show T's new personality. As a child, he admired the "comforting" professional world, the warm and glowing cities, the population clusters. Now, he has taken to the wild, showing just how much he has changed.

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@Nature_Rhetoric Peer review is a great tool that often enhances projects. Like other peer review sessions, yesterday's class gave our group necessary feedback so that we can make our script well. For example, we were advised to define a key term since we forgot to do so.

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@Nature_Rhetoric I was confused when the Aquarium group asked customers whether they thought the Aquarium was for or non-profit. I felt like customers' opinions didn't pertain to whether or not the Aquarium is for profit; I would've just focused on actual employees. Thoughts?

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@Nature_Rhetoric I peer reviewed the group whose project is about the Aquarium. One of their draft's strengths was the outline of scenes and images that will be in the video, especially for their introduction. I only advise adding background music.

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@neelnaikGT @Nature_Rhetoric I agree, T's abandonment hits him deep. We see this especially when Millet talks about traditional American abandonment beginning on page 195. He is hurt and feels like the women of his life all left him, like the statistics showed.

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@Nature_Rhetoric Rain is usually symbolic in literary works. The storm T is in with Marlo could symbolize T's emotional state with everything that has happened up to this point, especially after his mother cannot remember him. Could it symbolize anything else?

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@Nature_Rhetoric I agree with T's thoughts on zoo animals expressed in this section, such as the fact that after living in the zoo, they're not the same species they were in the wild. They truly are "ill" animals because as cool as zoos are for kids, the animals are just trapped.

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@Nature_Rhetoric "All the shows are about criminals. All of them" (Millet 191). Angela's words interest me since they apply to our world of news; you rarely see good news on T.V.. It's important to learn from bad news, but we should hear more heartwarming news to boost morale.

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@Nature_Rhetoric I'm interested to see ideas for the future of video essays and what they can accomplish. Do you guys envision anything in particular for what video essays could look like by the time we are like fifty years old?

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@Nature_Rhetoric I agree with the argument in Orthwein's article saying that video essays can be more efficient than traditional film analysis. Reading lengthy, descriptive paragraphs can bore readers; it's much better to listen to a narrator while watching the subject itself

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@Nature_Rhetoric I like the many claims throughout the book that applies to our world today. For example, T's new community is referred as "an infant", "clean and unmarked" (62). Children are born pure; they can be corrupted by parents, society, and the world. #LydiaSpittinFacts

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@Nature_Rhetoric What did you guys think of T describing his mother as "personal freight" business wise when she stays with him in LA? I understand the situation sucks, but it's his mom; isn't she more important than business? Personally, I'm too close to my mom to ever say that.