English 10A Week 1 Lecture 3 01 24 2012 The Wanderer The power of ritual habits structure the passing of time the way that unexpressed suffering restructures the suffering itself Suffering as the starting point of heroism Loss as the precondition for understanding Memory functions as both a joy and a sorrow within itself Memory is also a social moment shared as well as an individual experience Tragedy of the loss tragedy of having the loss after knowing comfort terrifying isolation being trapped with memories and being powerless The cold comfort of consistency of memory Smallness of the answer the poem offers in the face of vast suffering 01 24 2012 01 24 2012
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