BMCC OpenLab | Ross Neill | Activity https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/members/rossneill/activity/ Activity feed for Ross Neill. Sat, 30 May 2026 11:15:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 779754863dde73eb9009047c26ba5559 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Final reflections in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1124 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 14:54:29 -0500 I have always felt most comfortable reading and writing about fiction and non-fiction, and that was true in my writing this term. Writing about different works by Sherman Alexie cae relatively easily, and […]

]]> 0 6325267a06a02454c3a3d6c0c0011796 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Chekov in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1069 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:44:53 -0500 Lomov visits Chubukov at Chubukov’s country house. Chubukov asks why Lomov is dressed up. As an aside to the audience Chubukov wonders if Lomov has come to borrow money.

Lomov finally says he has come to ask f […]

]]> 0 38f2781bc1579ff0ebc9210df6d608eb Ross Neill wrote a new blog post poetry analysis in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=1031 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:58:41 -0500 “So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs From Americans” by Jimmy Santiago Baca is a free verse poem. This uses non-rhyming lines that follow the natural rhythms of speech. (Poetry Foundation) Likewise, another poem by Baca […]

]]> 0 9e90c169d79ed9975f74045e0c5f9a40 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Dunbar-Nelson in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=999 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:08:18 -0500 There were times reading Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s play “Mine Eyes Have Seen” when I felt the play defied Moral Criticism. Ugly things are said, for example when Harvey says that children were crucified in the war, […]

]]> 0 e9574600af8e511054cdc364a15465f3 Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/12/01/parents-5/#comment-198 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:18:52 -0500 you have beautiful prose and I agree

In reply to - Moses Salazar wrote a new blog post Parents in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry Any figure that can negatively or positively affect a child’s outlook on life should choose their words wisely when a […] ]]> 3a68f3330efef7cc913cbcf914345a05 Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/12/06/adults-just-teasin/#comment-197 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:17:07 -0500 as someone with parents, who were loving, but a little too frank sometimes. I agree with this

In reply to - Brittny Grenion wrote a new blog post Adults "Just Teasin'" in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry In my opinion, parents should have a balance. They should be as truthful as possible while taking the […] ]]> 107d34585d7946c7df2ef16380ed6815 Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/11/14/feminism-in-ichiyo-6/#comment-179 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:51:59 -0500 as true as it is about women not having as much power as men, it still rings true today with the dynamic unfortunately

In reply to - Doris Rodriguez wrote a new blog post Feminism In Ichiyo in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry “The Thirteenth Night” by Higuchi Ichiyo shows that women in that era didn’t really have as much power as me […] ]]> c95205adc6ee085fde2ec5408dfda06e Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/11/30/marxism-in-the-thirteenth-night-5/#comment-178 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:51:09 -0500 I agree with you about the look from above and below the surfaces. good point

In reply to - Bridget Tracy wrote a new blog post Marxism in "The Thirteenth Night" in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry Two very different economic classes are shown in “The Thirteenth Night.”  These classes are […] ]]> 9b74bdd1d961b1e3fff50ac92bec8a24 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Feminism in Ichiyo in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=897 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:47:17 -0500 In the story “The Thirteenth Night” by  Ichiyo Higuchi, Oseki is so unhappy with her upper-class husband, Harada, and is so happy to encounter her childhood friend Roku, who she always thought she would marr […]

]]> 1 6e0ad129536d6d48fb15799723bbee3c Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/19/what-it-means-to-say-phoenix-arizona/#comment-150 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 22:24:13 -0500 You make a good point with the isolation issue. A lot of non-Native Americans have never been to a reservation because of how far away they are from many places so we have no idea what their life is like until reading or watching such mediums from Native Americans

In reply to - Jesus Ayala C. wrote a new blog post What it means to say Phoenix, Arizona. in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry In “What it means to say Phoenix, Arizona”, I think the colonization affected Victor’s […] ]]> e506431b199ef700a446c9257a581dcc Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/19/this-is-what-it-means-to-say-pheonix-arizona/#comment-149 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 22:22:37 -0500 “Victor feels as if he can’t be vulnerable because he’s Native American and wants others like him to embody this idea as well.”

This is an issue with a lot of cultures but seems more so with Native American cultures and was quite interesting I found. thank you

In reply to - Mairely Rivera wrote a new blog post "This is what it means to say Pheonix, Arizona" in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry Because of colonization, the lives of Victor, Thomas and most of those who live […] ]]> 1978b2fa1b28ef45d80ee4fd7452b20d Ross Neill wrote a new blog post This is What It Means in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=840 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 22:16:12 -0500 In “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” Sherman Alexie is writing about the loss of Native American culture and traditions. He is also writing about the loss of the communal spirit represented by tri […]

]]> 4 92f3b6aa35fc4b740e30ce639aacc904 Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/09/18/blackout-poem/#comment-113 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:06:30 -0500 Thought I was reading the intro to Lord Of The Rings with the one ring. Loved it!

In reply to - Elisjoe Ramirez wrote a new blog post Blackout Poem in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry Repost of Erasure poem, I posted incorrectly under a comment. ]]> 714b4b3ebd993e324d763977013fb5ce Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/11/07/691/#comment-112 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:05:48 -0500 this reads like a heavy metal song. I love it.

In reply to - Marcus wrote a new blog post erasure poem in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry ]]> 8872b2b3d8f71dc55682ab60a1369016 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Erasure Poem in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=703 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:23:56 -0500

]]> 2 898ad26df244827a4165e7f98927d2e9 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Where I'm From in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=701 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:11:43 -0500 I am from stethoscopes.

from Purell and Kimberly-Clark powder gloves.

I am from the constant beeping of heart rate monitors.

I am from a brick building

the artistic heart of a city.

I am from […]

]]> 2 f40ea091194380c7e8de1e939446f7d1 Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/11/01/where-im-from-16/#comment-101 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:27:28 -0400 Your family sounds fun!

In reply to - Sadie wrote a new blog post Where I'm From in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry I am from followspots, From theater chairs and marley floors. I am from the bright orange fridge, almost neon I […] ]]> f4ce2f2fe008c58e9e914e2b548acdc7 Ross Neill posted a new activity comment https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/2022/10/31/where-im-from-12/#comment-100 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:21:48 -0400 I love the use of mentioning Bachata in the second line. It really sent the reader, or at least me, into a setting that was meant for this

In reply to - Angel Vasquez wrote a new blog post Where I'm From in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry I am from my Abuelita, From where bachata is heard far and wide, I am from a land that shimmers like […] ]]> d180cfa02bbd6467209d0fd1f1450b15 Ross Neill wrote a new blog post Where I'm From in the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eng-201-fall-22-c-perry/?p=615 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:35:27 -0400 0 ec97d53224c236795caabc0127f7f81a Ross Neill joined the group ENG 201 Fall 2022 with Prof. Perry https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/117382/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:22:26 -0400 0 f55e784541f9fdbbee534ad882309bd3 Ross Neill became a registered member https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/117309/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:26:15 -0400 0