[Critique Group 2] Emailing: Critiques for Group 2, 3-25-21

[James]

Critiques for Group 2, 3-25-21 

1. Alice's piece:

A very powerful piece about a sensitive and complex issue. It recalls an
earlier excellent piece from Alice:"To Where is She Walking?" I agree that
immigrants these days are seldom viewed as individuals. There is simply "the
immigration problem and numbers." I will never understand why in the past
four years, immigrants were viewed with contempt and as a problem to be
hated. When people are opposed to something involving people from other
countries, one immediate tactic is dehumanization. Such enables the viewer
to no longer see the group in question is real individual people with real
and valid lives. We see this contemptable practice most frequently during
war time. This approach is divisive, mean spirited and ultimately
unrealistic in my humble opinion. 
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2. Leonard's piece:

Well, I must be honest, I had never heard previously about butterfly bushes.
I gather that they are beautifully aromatic, with colorful flowers which
attract and nourish butterflys. I can't help but wonder if such flora are
native to warmer places than Long Island or am I just out of the loop? A
brief, well-constructed and vivid piece. 
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3. Valerie's piece: 

An extremely powerful and accurate piece about the cold, dark lonely well
that is depression. There is an interesting use of rhyme which adds emphasis
and rhythm. One question, was the last word of the line supposed to be rain
or should it have been "pain?" And yes, I have been there. You nailed it!
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4. Joan's piece:

A poem in verse about the personalization of evil. Whatever name one uses:
Shitan, Beelzebub, Satan, The Dark Lord etc., all the attributions in this
piece apply. An unusually easy to interpret poem from Joan. (Disclaimer)Of
course, I may be totally wrong in my determinations.   
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