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Obsessive love is followed by the will to be rid of it. This is expressed through the clever insinuations by the potions keeper. This picture represents the love potion Austen wills to give to Diana. The potion in the picture looks harmless, but the contents have an effect that is misleading just like the color.

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She wished to be 102 so she would not have the humiliation of not having the right thing to say to Mrs. Price. Do you remember that feeling of a teacher being wrong and you being right, but they did not want to hear it? This is what she felt like. Only she is 11 years old and her emotions lean towards embarrassment rather than enrage your teenage hormones and anger.

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The girls are making a daring move. They walk around maybe enjoying the attention? Then they are scolded and are in a hurry to leave. Sammy attempts to impress them, but his gesture goes unnoticed by them. Then he has his future to worry about. Does the gesture mean less, because he wanted them to notice it? Does it mean more, because they did not? Is it silly to change the course of your life for the attention of a pretty girl? Or was he standing up for what he truly believed in? I believe he made this gesture to please and gain the attention and favor of the girls. This one event is pivotal to Sammy's life. His decision is like mine now. The decisions I make now could leave me with a better or worse life.

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This story hits home. The plot twist ending of Désirée and her child dying to ease the embarrassment of her husband is difficult to believe. Then the truth of her heritage is not the questionable one is revealed by Armand discovering his mother is the reason behind the child's skin color. The truth has a way of changing the reality one lives in. It can twist one's life around. The tree stands for the truth and knowledge. The twisted trunk and many branches are symbolic of how the truth treats and leads someone.

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5. "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins 75

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5. "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins 75

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The image represents the beauty poetry holds and a symbolic reference from the poem. The water skiing is meant to provide fun and energetic life to the project he is trying to get his students to participate in. All they see is the single paradigm of its aesthetics.

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6. "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes 80

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6. "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes 80

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Dreams can be the ones we have when we are sleeping, but Hughes is writing of the dreams for one's life. If one puts off his or her dream it may crumble or wither. In other cases, the dream could by hard work or chance come true. The reality is that this quote can be true for both types of dreams and outcomes. I have personal experience with having both one's dreams and nightmares come true. This quote is by Oscar Wilde.

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7. "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich 241

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7. "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich 241

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This river is similar to the river I picture from the story. I did not think the story would end so sadly, but I gained an ominous feeling as the story progressed. I did not understand what was meant by his boots filling with water. It seems obvious of the answer, but the next sentence adds a twist to the perception. "He bought out my share" is what shakes the perception and is misleading (Erdrich 241). He seems like he meant to commit suicide. "My boots are filling" (Erdrich 247). The fact that he said this will a "normal voice" explains that he knew what was happening (Erdrich 247). This is his will. The way Lyman lets the car they shared drive into the river fits the relationship they had. This way Henry would forever have the car, and Lyman would not have to drive it ever again without his beloved brother.

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This is the relationship most kids today have with their fathers, especially me. The disappointment felt when realizing one's father is never going to be there or be what one wanted or expected can feel soul crushing as sung about in this song.

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Lindsey Lohan - Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father) - Lyrics

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything! All rights belong to Lindsey Lohan Backup Account: http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicIsFor3ver Subcribe :)

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9. "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien 1131

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9. "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien 1131

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In "The Things They Carried," a character named Tim O'Brien narrates the necessary and sentimental items soldiers carried throughout their tour in Vietnam. This picture represents Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his letters from Martha. These letters were what kept his feet moving forward for most of the story. After Ted Lavender was shot and killed, Cross burned the non-love letters that were his worst and best distraction. The sentiment of the letters and their underlying meaning of returning to their lives at home are interweaved with the lists of items of protection from and cause of death and destruction.

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This picture of the piano keys reminds me of Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds." The child's ideas of what he or she wants can often differ from his or her parents. Jing-Mei Woo (June) tells the story from her perspective. This is how I pictured the piano she talks about in the story. The meaning of the piano is dynamic throughout her life. At first, the piano represented a dream of her mother's. At her recital, the meaning of the piano changes in before and after the event. She gains excitement of actually being a prodigy to embarrassment and shame. Then at the end of the story, the piano is a memory holder of her mother and her intentions. The world changes June's perspective from a child to adult. The naivety of childhood will drain away from a person as he or she grows.

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11. "My Papa's Waltz" by Theordore Roethke 274

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11. "My Papa's Waltz" by Theordore Roethke 274

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The Waltz was a poem read to me in my younger years. It was read in two different tones, a negative and positive one. The analysis was to decipher if it was about abuse or a smile romp with his drunk father. Initially, I heard abuse for the tone. I read the poem afterwards in the positive tone and saw my childhood through the poem. When I was younger, my father would romp with my sister and me like this. I could see my father's intoxicated laughing face as we romped through the house. The drunken happiness is taken as his or my father being playful.

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The quilts in "Everyday Use" are the symbol of being true to one's word and honoring one's way of life. The quilts are given to Maggie and then Dee comes in and asks to have them to hang. She wants to hang them to honor her heritage, but Dee is cast in a light of condescension. The quilt are just quilts and Mama had already given them to Maggie. Mama sees the quilts to be used rather than looked at.

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In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell this bird cage is a symbol. The bird cage represents Mr. Wright. He cages his wife Minnie Foster Wright. This cages Mrs. Wright through his allowance of her loneliness and solitude. Then as he broke the door latch of the bird cage to release the bird he wanted to kill, Mrs. Wright broke him.

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The fog personified in this poem reminds me of the encasing fog that occurs in Duluth, MN shown in this picture. In the poem "Fog," the fog moves in slowly and quietly as a cat does. Similar to cat behavior, the fog comes in and sits but then moves on. The fog moves on as the cat does when there is nothing more to entertain him or her. Just like this fog, the fog in Duluth is all encasing and creeps its way in and out of the city.