{"id":428,"date":"2015-02-12T01:18:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T06:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/?p=428"},"modified":"2015-02-12T01:18:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T06:18:37","slug":"m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/2015\/02\/12\/m\/","title":{"rendered":"M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou have scored your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">name<\/span> into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">my<\/span> shoulders, referencing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">me<\/span> with your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">mark<\/span>. The pads of your fingers have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">become<\/span> printing blocks, you tap a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">message<\/span> on to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">my<\/span> skin, tap <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">meaning<\/span> into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">my<\/span> body. Your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">morse<\/span> code interferes with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">my <\/span>heart beat.\u201d (89)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this passage the narrator is referencing the profound affect that Louise has upon them.<\/p>\n<p>The letter M is repeated frequently in this passage. Especially in the first sentence with words like name, my, me, and mark the soft M begins to surround this passage. The letter M is used to create a soft and gentle foundation to support these words of love that the narrator has for Louise.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the text the letter M has many comforting connotations. It is the majority of the word \u201cmom and mama\u201d. Mothers are seen by our society as the ultimate form of comfort and therefore their name immediately creates comfort. In the prayer word \u201cOm\u201d the M is always held out until the vibrations fade into the air. Om is believed to be the first syllable\/sound that was uttered by a living being in this world in Hinduism. To be in a room full of people praying and saying Om is to be blanketed and supported by a simple vibration.<\/p>\n<p>These connotations of the letter M help to support the narrator\u2019s easily identified care and comfort in Louise. The narrator describes how Louise has, \u201ctap(ped) meaning into my body\u201d and \u201cinterfere(d) with my heart beat.\u201d The narrator has acknowledged head-on that their love for Louise and the love she has for them has affected them. This affect is received with open arms, which is shown by the constant use of M. The sound of the words out loud\u00a0deepens the softness that the narrator feels towards Louise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou have scored your name into my shoulders, referencing me with your mark. The pads of your fingers have become printing blocks, you tap a message on to my skin, tap meaning into my body. Your morse code interferes with my heart beat.\u201d (89) &nbsp; In this passage the narrator is referencing the profound affect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/2015\/02\/12\/m\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">M<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93618],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2015-blog-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}