compare it to the version of the story I told in class. How does reading the original version of the story add to your impressions of Rousseau? Do you find yourself more sympathetic to him or less sympathetic to him? Does the version of the story I told you in class seem close enough to the original, or do you think that students definitely should read the original version and draw their own conclusions?
After reading the original version of the ribbon story, I read a lot of new stuff. This reading added some new impressions I have on Rousseau. Oddly enough I feel more sympathetic towards him. This is because yes even though he blamed his theft on a young chef, he still feels guilt for it many years later. The story you told us in class gets the main points of the original. But I still think students should read the original and form their own opinions on Rousseau. Overall, this was an interesting read and it made me rethink my thoughts on Rousseau and how I feel about him.
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We talked about Rousseau and the ribbon incident, and after hearing the story I had a lot of hatred for him and what he did for that cook. After reading his story in confessions I oddly found myself feeling sympathy for him after this event. Even though what he did was pretty bad he finds himself feeling a lot of guilt, and even years later he still thinks of this event and wishes he would've done something different. I think the story you told us in class was close enough to the original, although I still think students should read his version, because it add more feelings and depth to the story.
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In class we really just hit the main points and because of that I really didn't have much sympathy for Rousseau. I'm sure many of the other students felt the same and that's why I think they should read this because you get like more of his story further on down the road and that even though what he did was pretty bad he still felt guilty. Anyways, it added a lot more to my thoughts after getting more in depth with the story and other should read it to see how they feel after learning more.
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