Death OF a Moth Explained

Game2TeachToday at 2:22 PM
Wow. That is a very good story
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:23 PM
Really, cause It was a really wierd read for me
Like her writing style, and language
Game2TeachToday at 2:24 PM
I had to read part of it several times over (mostly because I just woke up and am a bit distracted by some things)
I think her style is brilliant.
Some of the words were a little advanced, but they are good vocab words
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:25 PM
The beginning of the essay is what confused me the most
Game2TeachToday at 2:29 PM
So the beginning is just talking about the moth
explaining how the moth is insignificant basically- moths and butterflies are insignificant enough, but the hybrid of the two is like losing the few good qualities from both and just becoming some pointless creature
then she says, even though the day moth is a pointless creature, it is still content with life. Then she starts explaining what she (and the moth) sees outside the window- all of the vivacity (liveliness) of the people working and horses working etc
that transitions into the second paragraph explaining how it's the same energy compelling the people outside to do these great things also energized the moth to simply flutter around a window
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:33 PM
Oh the Day moth is a hybrid
Game2TeachToday at 2:34 PM
the third paragraph basically tell you straight up what Virginia Woolf is thinking: the day moth is so meaningless and pitiful, it is actually pure. In other words, it is so simplified that all it really has is life itself- nothing is beautiful or noteworthy about it other than the fact it is a living creature
and for that reason, it is wonderful
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:36 PM
Ok so first paragraph he calls the moth useless, then she starts seeing the moth trying to live. But thinks it's pathetic. Thats a useless animal is trying to live
Game2TeachToday at 2:36 PM
the 4th paragraph explains how the moth, and even the workers outside, all became unnoticed in the monotony (plain, everyday routine) of life
And then starts to show the first signs of death
ummm 1 paragraph  isn't about it being pathetic. It is just explaining what a day moth is, really, and how they are generally considered to be insignificant creatures
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:39 PM
Oh i mean in paragraph 2
When she see's the moth trying it's hardest to escape
Game2TeachToday at 2:39 PM
pathetic means to arouse pity - pity is a very specific concept. This shows up in the story, but not until the 3rd paragraph
ah, yes
P 2
Because the moth is ignorant to the fact it only lives such a short time, whereas, for example, a horse or human lives for many years.
but the moth is still trying so hard to live just as the horses and humans do
to be full of energy and stuff
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:42 PM
"The same energy which inspired the rooks, the ploughmen, the horses, and even, it seemed, the lean bare-backed downs, sent the moth fluttering from side to side of his square of the window-pane."
Oh ok so like this
Game2TeachToday at 2:43 PM
in the 4th paragraph, too, she notices the moth struggling and goes to help it. There is something compelling about the moth trying to hard she wants the moth to succeed even if what the moth is doing is pointless. But then she realizes the moth is dying, and she pulls back to let the moth die
^good quote. It shows how life in the moth is the same as life in any other living being
and this plays an important part later when it talks about the moth's purity mentioned in paragraph 3 mostly, but also in paragraph 2 and 6
2 and 5***
something that may be helpful: use the function ctrl + f
and search for key words
I just did a search for "pur"
so I would catch "pure" and "purity"
this is a key concept in the essay, so I could find all examples of this by searching for it
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:47 PM
True, Life hacks
Now that you've explained and pointed all this out
It's become easier and more enjoyable to read the story
Game2TeachToday at 2:48 PM
:smiley:
ScuttlemonxToday at 2:48 PM
Yo, so now I gotta figure out to cite discord privates chats with MLA formatting :joy: