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"But I get up. I go! For sixty-five dollars a month I give up all that I dream of doing and being ever!"

I used this image to show Tom is not earning enough to become satisfy with his life because all he doing is moving supplies around all day.

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Tom's age I believe is around in his twenties, his clothes are probably old clothes as he is the only one in his family with a job.I believe he is built from his shoulders as there are many heavy things to lift in a warehouse.

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“I don't believe that lie!” (21)

His Mother is very uncertain to where tom heads to everyday he comes back from work as he often comes home drunk.And she is worried the tom will follow the footsteps of her husband.

I choose this photo because it represents tom following the footsteps of his father.

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Band of Horses - The Funeral [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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“But, Tom, you go to the movies entirely too much!”(30)

This identifies tom as he likes to go away from his life and by going to the movies it feels like he is an a alternate world.

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“Mother, I want to tell you something and I mean it sincerely right straight from my heart. There’s a lot of boys who meet girls which they don’t marry!”(36)

Tom tries to tell Amanda that not everything goes how it is suppose to go In a realistic world. But Amanda has her own ideas and shaping the way of how it will happen.

The image below is suppose to represent Amanda only looking to what she wants to happen an a unrealistic word.While tom is approaching his idea an a realistic world

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“House, house! Who pays the rent on the house, who makes a slave of himself.” Page 22.
Tom uses this statement to show he has a voice in the house to step to his mother and convince her that the family is being carried by tom hard work working in the factory

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“For sixty-five dollars a month I gave up all that I dream of”. Page 23
Now he mentions this because he could maybe be doing what he loves if everyone in his family somehow help contribute financially.

The image below represents tom dumping all the money towards his family and not being able to keep it to pursue his dreams