Hi everyone! My name is Raymond. I’m a bit of a fish out of water, but I’m hoping to make a splash here! I’m a pretty laid-back person with a few hobbies that keep me busy. When I’m not working, you can usually find me swimming, tinkering with technology, or gaming. At LaGuardia, I’m hoping to make the most of all the opportunities available to me. Whether it’s joining resume writing workshops, attending other workshops, swimming, or simply connecting with other students, I’m excited to get to know people from various backgrounds. One of my biggest passions is swimming.

In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” Walt Whitman does a beautiful job portraying what is like to be connected to the mass of commuters in the ferry. In the poem he describes how he too saw himself looking at the water, looking at the buildings, at the sky, at what the other commuters are looking at. He feels identified with the commuters. In paragraph 6 he compares himself with the actions and thoughts of the commuters by relating to them in more than one way.

In the poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Walt Whitman makes a good case for a connection between theindividual and the masses of commuters. Throughout the poem the author discusses how a commonexperience amongst strangers creates a bond that unites them across time. The author and thecommuters, present and future, share the same observations, emotions and life experiences. Forexample, “It avails not, time nor place – distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of ageneration, or ever so many generations hence. Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so Ifelt.” The author considers the many common sights they share on their daily journey…

In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, Walt Whitman makes a great case to portray the daily commute to be full of significance. Throughout the story, Whitman’s connection between the individual and the masses of commute amplifies how the commute of yours and others around you, can say a lot about yourself and the other person ahead or behind you. Whether we commute to school, work, the gym, we all may have experienced the same or similar cultural impact during traveling. Whitman uses his own commute as a prime example, using the ferry can only make him question what kind of people he is surrounded by and how similar they are as people.…