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"Jasmine’s commentary really grabbed my attention because she touched upon both the points where she believes that Claudia Pierpont did get Wharton’s writing style right and those where she disagrees to the way Pierpont interpreted the writing styles of Wharton. For instance, in accordance with Jasmine’s point of view, I also believed that Wharton’s The Age of Innocence was not only “centered around love” but also “derived from Wharton’s life”. I also agreed with Jasmine in that I did not really see the significance of the way Wharton expressed sexuality throughout her work. Rather, I found importance in the way Wharton reflected her feminist ideas and unconventional ideologies that often went against the contemporary society and it’s interpretation of the rights and roles of women. I further agreed to Jasmine when she agreed with Pierpont that “Wharton was giving insight to a more complex consciousness” because Wharton, instead of having lack of sympathy, rather expressed her sympathy perfectly through the coldness and other subtle emotions of her characters as well as her detailed descriptions of various settings and situations such as the description of the room."
--( posted on Oct 4, 2016, commenting on the post Claudia Pierpont’s Analysis on Edith Wharton’s Writing Style )
 
"Jasmine’s commentary really grabbed my attention because she touched upon both the points where she believes that Claudia Pierpont did get Wharton’s writing style right and those where she disagrees to the way Pierpont interpreted the writing styles of Wharton. For instance, in accordance with Jasmine’s point of view, I also believed that Wharton’s The Age of Innocence was not only “centered around love” but also “derived from Wharton’s life”. I also agreed with Jasmine in that I did not really see the significance of the way Wharton expressed sexuality throughout her work. Rather, I found importance in the way Wharton reflected her feminist ideas and unconventional ideologies that often went against the contemporary society and it’s interpretation of the rights and roles of women. I further agreed to Jasmine when she agreed with Pierpont that “Wharton was giving insight to a more complex consciousness” because Wharton, instead of having lack of sympathy, rather expressed her sympathy perfectly through the coldness and other subtle emotions of her characters as well as her detailed descriptions of various settings and situations such as the description of the room."
--( posted on Oct 4, 2016, commenting on the post Claudia Pierpont’s Analysis on Edith Wharton’s Writing Style )