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Florin- One of the pictures used is that of Florin coin. I chose this picture due to the coin not only being a commonly used currency in Ireland during that time, but also because it is the exact coin that the protagonist held when he was walking down Buckingham Street. The specific Florin used is that Jubilee Florin which was made in 1887.

Silver Bracelet- One of the pictures used is that of  a silver bracelet. I chose this picture due to it representing the bracelet worn by Mangan’s sister, whom the protagonist is in love with, and due to her inadvertently influencing the protagonist to go to the Araby.

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Rem Te - Bento Box for "A Wall of Fire Rising"

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Rem Te - Bento Box for "A Wall of Fire Rising"

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Foster Campbell - "The Story of an Hour" - Bento Box Writing Project Draft

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Foster Campbell - "The Story of an Hour" - Bento Box Writing Project Draft

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I chose the heart because to me it symbolizes both Louise’s physical and emotional oppression in The Story of an Hour. Her heart trouble anticipates the tragic irony that it is not sadness but the shock of lost freedom that kills her. When her husband returned it disrupted her independence, and she dies not out of joy, but out of the burden of societal oppression.

The open window represents freedom and potential, something she lacks in her stifled marriage. Through it, Louise’s views the outside and breathes “the delicious breath of rain” (Chopin). This denotes her temporary freedom. But Her husband's return destroys that vision and reinforces Chopin’s critique of constraining gender roles.

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Adrian Walker - Bento Writing Project Draft for the Lesson

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Adrian Walker - Bento Writing Project Draft for the Lesson

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The Fist (bottom left) - The big red fist is a hint at Sylvia's combative attitude she shows throughout the story. This same behavior leads her to reject the lesson that Miss Moore tries to show her and the others. Sylvia's aggressive attitude then creates conflict, making her ignorant of the important lesson that is being taught to her.

The Light Bulb (top middle) - The light bulb references the realizations the main character, Sylvia, has made throughout the story. Realizations such as the first time she asked Miss Moore about the price of a boat or when she and the others were window shopping. The occurring realizations are key to Sylvia's character growth throughout the story even though she still acts ignorant of the lesson.

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the book - the book is used by little guy who reads his script to practice his lines, i chose this because when little guy would recite his lines to his father, that gave him the realization that he no longer wanted to be "trapped" in poverty but wanted to feel free

hot air balloon - the hot air balloon is is used as a symbol in the book that's supposed to represent the freedom (hence the wings) that guy longed for himself and his family. it gave him something to look forward to, it gave him a goal to reach.

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Pfeiffer Galloway, "Interpreter of Maladies"

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Pfeiffer Galloway, "Interpreter of Maladies"

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Throughout the story, there are several counts of the Das children verbalizing the differences between the sights they see in India compared to what the United States is like. The incorporation of goat prints into the imagery of the bento box emphasizes the differences in environment, as it references how the children were “intrigued by a goat tied to a stake in the ground”, since livestock out in the open is uncommon in New Jersey (page 13). Goats are not the only animals mentioned within the short story; however, the inclusion of an animal track highlights the discovery of experiencing differences & effects of other cultures as the Das children have gone from living in a concrete jungle to travelling dirt roads coated in animal tracks.

Although the children make their fair share of tourist observations, they are not the only victims of culture shock. Mr. Das is introduced as holding a “paperback tour book, which said "INDIA" in yellow letters and looked as if it had been published abroad” (page 13). A book similar to the one described in Mr. Das’ grasp is included in the bento box to represent the irony and perhaps closed-mindedness in his willingness to learn about the country from an outside source rather than the locals he is currently surrounded by. He goes on to apoligize for the embarrassment of his children not being adjusted to the differences in culture, leaving Mr. Kapasi to, “as delicately as he could”, assure the father that he was “well aware” of how America differed from India (page 16). Mr. Das seems to be aware of his children’s reactions to their new environment, while not making the effort to acknowledge that he, too, is experiencing a similar culture shock. Despite being from the country by blood, Mr. Das finds himself unfamiliar with most aspects of the culture as represented in his tour book from abroad.

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Bento Box Draft for the short story "A Wall of Fire Rising"

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Firstly, I choose this background because seeing that the sky kept being mentioned I figured it was symbolic to the story, since it can represent, freedom, hope and change. Louise’s character is round and dynamic, she goes through a major change in perspective and emotions. The author also often directly tells us about her toughs and feelings which, gives us insight into her core, the good and the bad and allows us to deepen our understanding of her character. For this reason, I choose the Death card. Although this card does not usually represent literal death in this case it can. It also symbolizes both the end beginnings of a chapter, birth and rebirth, and change and transformation. Similar to the changes and fluctuating and complex emotions that Louis character goes through.

She is introduced to us a sensitive woman, the first sentence being, “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.”. The word choice is significant here as she’s introduced to us with her husband’s last name “Mallard”, Mr. Mallards wife and not Louise the woman married to Brently Mallard. And initially that is exactly what her character embodies, your typical 19thcentury wife. When Louise was told of her husband dearth she broke out in tears. This leads me to my second and choice. The tower- This card can symbolize something shocking as it is widely associated with sudden and unexpected changes such as the shocking news or Mr. Mallards death. The man is also wearing a mask, also relevant as it represents illusion.

The author adds “She did not hear the story as many women have heard it the same, with paralyzed inability to accept its significance.” in retrospect it seems to be foreshadowing what was bound to happen next. Because in addition to this the author says “When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.”  and the use of “spend itself” seems very intentionally because it alludes to the idea that her grief was no more, it had all been used up, almost as if subconsciously her tears were not due to her grief but a sense of relief. But I am not denying her pain after all her reaction was not that of numbness, she was emotional and cried in her sister’s arms.  Which is why I choose the three of swords, this card represents the initial heartbreak, grief and sadness that Mrs. Louise must’ve felt when she received news that her husband died, as this card is associated with emotional pain. “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion pf the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who had cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.”

The moon card is associated with looking inward, and illusion which can reveals uncomfortable things about ourselves.  It represents Louise’s, period of self-refection, when she is in the comfort of her room, alone processing her emotions. Although she tried suppressing it at first, she soon became thrilled at the idea of freedom. “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching towards her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.” Until she had no choice but to accept the truth “She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will- as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.”

The Eight of cups card represents her desires, and wishful thinking, wanting to let go of her past, and embrace change.  “When she abandoned herself, a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath. “free, free, free!”.” Everything changed, from her previous motionless body and dull eyes to them being described as keen and bright, and her body was not tense anymore but relaxed.

She daydreamed of a future ahead without her husband, overlooking his supposed death without questioning if it was okay to have such thoughts.  “She did not stop to ask if it where or where not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial.” Though she knew she would still be grieving she didn’t let it get to her and showed excitement. “But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.” She viewed the news of her husband’s death as a blessing in disguise and compared to before, she felt hopeful about life. “She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was just yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long”. She embodies the fool card, which symbolizes both the end and beginning, stepping into the unknown and having unconditional faith despite not knowing what’s coming. And yet it all changes again, when it turns out that her husband was not dead. “When the doctors came, they said she had died of a heart disease—of joy that kills.”  She foolishly believed her husband died and ended up with that fate instead.

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Thesis: the tension in "A Wall of Fire Rising" represents the struggle with internal conflict with repression of poverty and how it manifests in different ways.

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﻿﻿This image is greenery with dark parts in the front and black underneath the greenery.

﻿﻿This represents the need and greed for money in the story which plays an important that in holding the family back from freedom.

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This image is a light airfield with green-brown grass. In the sky, there are light clouds with a light blue sky.

- This image displaces the freedom of Guy and his family. The field served as a distraction

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- This image is a sparring down image of dark shades of blue and purple with a black outline that is heading in one direction but it is messy.

This image depicts the struggle with Guy's freedom versus his responsibility to this family.

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- This image is red all over with black underneath and in-between there is different shading all over this image.

The image represents the rage from being held back from pursuing freedom from the son to the Guy being at odds.

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- The last image is of broken sticks which are being which are being held together by dark brown paint.

This represents the broken bonds within the household of Guy and Lili due to the struggle of poverty and both of them take different paths in the way they deal with their poverty.

The In between is a white path that connects throughout the story. The white background represents the truth underneath the actions of people in the story.

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The sugar mill is a representation of Guys misery. Throughout the story we can figure out that they are very poor and that only the people who own the sugar mill in that village are rich. We can also read that there is a long wait time to even get employed at the sugar mill, guy was never a permanent worker even-though he had been on the list so long. The sugar mill in this story portrayed guys entrapment and how frustrated he was when he finally realized that that wasn’t the life he wanted, he wanted to be free from all that bad work and be somebody that his family was proud of he felt that with working at the sugar mill it was almost like he was settling in life.

Guy has a son named little guy who he is extremely proud of considering that the small boy was doing so good in school. Guy knew that his son had so much potential and it is almost like the small boy represented hope for Guy. He knew that one day the boy would be able to be so much better than he ever got the chance to be ."He wiped a tear away, walked over to the chair, and took the boy in his arms", Guy truly demonstrated just how hurt he was over the fact that he couldn’t do any better for his son even though he had so much talent . However, the reader can still see that Guy was losing hope especially when he began to converse with his wife about adding the boys name on the list. He wanted to do that so his son wouldn’t have to wait as long as Guy to begin working in the sugar mill. Or in another perspective the reader can come to the conclusion that since suicide was in guys mind, he only wanted to add his sons name to the list to set him up for a guaranteed future, with a stable job.

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Closing the presentation The hot air ballon plays a significat part in the theme of the story because to guy it was the freedom he longed for so long. Considering that the hot air is able to go anywhere with just the ability to guide it guy alsways hyper analyzed how to work it

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The hot air balloon is the escape from what Guys reality is. Hence the conditions the family live in for example in Danticat Edwidge story A wall of rising fire a child is told to show their father their lines with items labeled as toys. “The toys” are actually bricks.(page 54) Which is why the image of a community that is presumed to be in hard times.Furthermore, the chains are the pinnacle of the struggle that guy faces throughout the story about his struggles with his life

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Hot air balloons - In the short story "A Wall of Fire Rising," the hot air balloon represents the desires and hopes of the family's father, Guy. Guy wanted to go on the balloon and was willing to let go of his family. A clear example of the guy exhorting is shown on page 6: "As he approached the fence surrounding the field where the large wicker basket and deflated balloon rested on the ground, Guy let go of the hands of both his wife and the boy." Guy was likely growing exhausted from the economic pressures he felt from trying to maintain his family and looked at the ballon as some escape from his situation, inevitably in a twisted way, escaping his family.

Lemon wedge -

The lemon wedge represents the desire that he desperately wanted to feel towards his wife.

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The wings in the story symbolize how people misunderstand and mistreat things they don’t understand,showing lack of compassion towards things that’s not normal.The narrative describes his wings “dirty and half plucked ”,“pelayo and eslinda kept him in the chicken coop” and “people threw things at him.”Placing him in the chicken coop show that they see him as a animal and not a human .The town people mean behavior shows they react to what they don’t understand with fear The description of his wings dirty and damage makes the old man seem less human and easier to judge in be mean too.People reject what’s not normal.

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In The Cathedral, the author makes use of symbols to illustrate the effect that avoidance and poor coping skills have on the main couple in the story. This is contrasted by Robert who doesn’t need substances to cope with grief, explore new ideas, and connect with new people. Our narrator displays this avoidance when his wife retires to the bedroom by saying, “I didn’t want to be left alone with the blind man. I asked him if he wanted another drink, and he said sure. Then I asked if he wanted to smoke some dope with me (pg 7)”. Even though he’s had many drinks and plenty of time to bond with this guest in his house, he’s still uncomfortable with the idea of diving deeper into understanding him. The blind man responds with a simple “I’ll try some with you (pg 8)”. He’s willing to partake of the drug that will facilitate a potentially vulnerable experience, but he doesn’t need that to bond. These substances, like whisky glasses and marijuana, can be used to symbolize the rigidity and skeptical mindset in the narrator, and they contrast by representing the open mindedness and curiosity of the blind man. Overall, they represent the emotional walls we often build, hide behind, or overcome.

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Closing the presentation "An Old Man with Enormous Wings" and Symbolism Summarize each point you made Give quick call-backs so your audience remembers Make it clear this is the end By: Egypt Hunt Spider woman The spider woman prepresents exploitation because she was with a

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In this story, symbol (Sunglasses, The puffed rice, Monkey, Camera, and The slip of paper) help me to emphasize them as failure type communication, and the destruction consequences of emotional delusions.

Sunglasses: The sunglasses symbolize emotional barriers and blindness that Mrs. Das wears almost like armor. The glasses allow her to see the world without actually being seen or having to communicate with her family. She eventually tries to remove her sunglasses and reveal the confession she had been hiding by wearing them, creating a moment of naked, albeit selfish, vulnerability. Deep down in the story, the glasses show her disconnection from her role as mother and wife.

The puffed rice: The puffed rice is a symbol of worldly issues and disorder. The puffed rice, bought on the side of the road, represents the Indian tourist experience, something that is consumed casually, and also serves as a catalyst for the climax of the story as he spills the crumbs on the ground, which attracts the attention of the monkeys and causes them to attack him, further showing his neglect of his children and the consequences of his neglect.

Monkeys are a symbol of the physical embodiment of sin and chaos.

Monkeys: are a symbol of the physical embodiment of sin and chaos, are not just part of the environment, they are a menacing presence that reflects the inner turmoil of the Das family. The monkeys attack the son (Bobby) who is the result of the betrayal. This attack causes them to throw off the mask of this pleasant holiday.

The camera: is an interesting symbol of rupture and the (terrorist) lens. Mr. Das is constantly looking through his Nikon camera. He tries to enjoy only the beauty of India and his vacation without addressing the real needs of his wife, who is faced with real poverty or her needs. The camera essentially acts as a barrier that prevents him from seeing the (pain) in his own marriage. He sees his life as a series of snapshots rather than a lived experience.

The piece of paper: symbolizes the fragility of the relationship. The torn piece of paper that contained Mr. Kapasi's address represents the fleeting and illusory hope for a meaningful connection. Mr. Kapasi imagines the letter writing from a distance, in which he is appreciated, while for Ms. Das he sees it only as a temporary confession. In the end, when the paper is left hanging in the wind, it is actually a symbol of the (lost translation) between them. This bond was never real.

All physical objects in this story act as silent witnesses to the collapse of this family, as Mr. Capassi seeks to record the world through his camera, while his wife hides behind her sunglasses and refuses to accept the realities of her surroundings. The piece of paper acts as the final evidence of their isolation.

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The monkey could be an important symbol in the short story because the monkey could represent as a protector or a guardian to the sun temple or forest or anything else that is important or if it is provoke by any intruder by protecting their own monkey kind or even food. pg 7 "Do not provoke them with food and they will not bother you"

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The chicken coop represents humanity’s instinct to reduce the miraculous to something ordinary and controllable. When Pelayo and Elisenda discover the old man with wings, instead of recognizing him as something possibly divine, they lock him in the chicken coop with the hens. The narrator describes how “they shut him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop,” placing a potentially angelic figure in a filthy, degrading space. By confining him to a coop an enclosure meant for animals raised for food and the villagers strip him of dignity and identity. Rather than responding with awe or compassion, they treat him as livestock. This setting emphasizes how quickly the community reduces the extraordinary to something base and manageable. The coop becomes a physical representation of their narrow-mindedness.

Furthermore, the condition of the chicken coop highlights the community’s moral corruption. The old man is forced to live among “the hens” in mud and filth, exposed to weather and ridicule. Visitors “tossed him things to eat through the openings in the wire as if he weren’t a supernatural creature but a circus animal.” These details show that the villagers are less concerned with understanding him and more interested in exploiting him for entertainment and profit. The coop transforms into a spectacle site, where faith becomes commerce and mystery becomes mockery. Instead of elevating the old man, they lower him to their own level of cruelty and greed.

Ultimately, the chicken coop symbolizes the human desire to confine and control what challenges existing beliefs. By imprisoning the old man in such a degrading space, Márquez suggests that people often respond to the unknown not with reverence, but with fear, selfishness, and exploitation. The image of the chicken coop reinforces the story’s broader message: true blindness lies not in the old man’s strange appearance, but in the villagers’ inability to recognize wonder when it stands before them.

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In Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, the image of a bridge (not physically talked about) can symbolize both the fantasy and suffering of Mr. Kapasi. Mr. Kapasi imagines that his very little connection he has with Mrs. Das will carry him away from the boredom and disappointment of his everyday life. He builds a fantasy that she sees him as intelligent, important, and someone whose job as an interpreter makes him romantic. “But so romantic” Ms das says. (Page 17, paragraph 3) In his mind, the bridge stretches toward romance and recognition. However, this same bridge also represents his suffering, because it is unstable. While he believes they are forming a meaningful bond, Mrs. Das only sees him as a temporary friend. When her truth becomes told, this bridge collapses, leaving Mr. Kapasi alone with the reality of his unfulfilled desires and the emotional distance in his own marriage.

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The blindfold signifies how everyone in the story has lack of knowledge of the other characters perspective. The narrator is blind to his wife's feelings and to the blind man's humanity. When the narrator says "A blind man in my house was not something I was looking forward to" or when he says "Right then my wife filled me in more details than I cared to know." He judges the visitor before even meeting him and can't see why their friendship matters to his wife. On the other hand, the wife is blind to her husband's discomfort. "I waited in vain to hear my name on my wifes sweet lips," "but I heard nothing." or when she says, "But if you had a friend, any friend, and the friend came to visit, I’d make him feel comfortable.”She expects him to accept a stranger staying in their home without really understanding how awkward that feels. The blindfold represents how each character fails to truly see each others point of view.

The blind man shows that seeing is more than using your eyes. The eye symbolizes how people think vision is the main way to understand the world. Because he cannot see, the narrator assumed he is disconnected or limited. However, the story shows that he sees through listening, touch, and emotional awareness. "My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn't feel like I was inside anything." By the end, the narrator realizes that true vision comes from openness and shared experience, not eyesight.

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Cathedral Joint By: Raymond Carver Symbolism EYE Cathedral Blindfold Tape The blind man shows that seeing is more than using your eyes. The eye symbolizes how people think vision is the main way to understand the world. Because he cannot see, the narrator assumed he is

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The Tapes the main character mentions contain one of the first assumptions he makes about Robert: his marriage. On page 4, he says, "What a pitiful life this woman must have had." Basically, assuming that Robert's marriage was underwhelming because he couldn't see his wife, but that's not what makes a marriage good or bad. We have seen marriages between couples who can't see each other, but again, that's not what defines marriage, so I don't know why he made that assumption. With this take, he proves my theme right: "don't judge a book by its COVER."

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The old man/Angel represents the greed humans have for mythical or unknown creatures. When found by Pelayo and Elisenda he was describe as a "old man, a very old man, dressed like a ragpicker, his huge buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked." Not long after he was found he was moved to a chicken coop were he was kept and used as a attraction, like a circus animal. "Found the whole neighborhood in front of the chicken coop, tossing him things to eat, as if he wasn't a supernatural creature but a circus animal." When the word got out, people from around the world came to look for the "angel", and with many people coming Elisenda and Pelayo stared charging , making them have a lot of money to build themselves a new house. Despite the old man/angel being the reason Elisenda and Pelayo were able to get a lot of money he was still kept in the chicken coop and being mistreated by the villagers. Not only was he fascinating to look at but he was expected to make miracles occur, and when failed to do that he was no longer of an attraction. The old man/angel shows how people react to difference and the expectations they expect.

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In A very old man with enormous wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the character of the old man with enormous wings helps emphasize that humans will exploit other people for there own entertainment. In the start of the story the readers hear that the old man is an angel this is hinting at that the old man is special but he gets treated different like when the put him in the chicken coop. "He's an angel she had told them he must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old the rain knocked him down" Pg.1. "He's a supernatural but a circus animal" Pg.1. They mention him being a mythical creature and it brings the family a lot of attention and they treat him like crap. Although its not talked about a lot they treat him like an animal and exploit him for fame.

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The Scotch:

Toward the middle of the short story "Cathedral," when the husband officially meets Robert for the first time, we notice his discomfort. Noting how the husband immediately asked Robert if he wanted something to drink, trying to find something in common as though to ease himself. On page 5, we are met with numerous inner thoughts from the husband, whom is the narrator. The entire paragraph was filed with how uncomfortable he was by being by a blind man for the first time. One quote in particular stated, "I'd always thought dark glasses were a must for the blind. Fact was, I wash he had a pair." Later on in the next paragraph, the husband immediately tries to distance himself from his thoughts by offering Robert something to drink, "Let me get you a drink. What's your pleasure?" To which Robert asks for scotch, leading into a less awkward conversation, essentially breaking the ice. Using this, we can understand that this was only the starting point to the husband's character development as their walls slowly start to come down over the course of the story.

The Strawberry Pie:

After the husband, wife, and Robert had all finished dinner and decided to move over to the couch, they both try to assure that Robert is comfortable by offering him a second serving of strawberry pie. One quote from this could be, "'There's more strawberry pie,' I said. 'Do you want some more, Robert?' My wife said." The wife and husband are using the strawberry pie as a way to open their home and space up to Robert by continuously asking him if he wants more, still trying to fight off any lingering awkwardness. Another quote from the story is, "You say when you want some strawberry pie." This is right after the wife ends up falling asleep between the two of them, guessing out of habit, the husband again asks Robert if he wants another slice of pie even though he asked just moments prior, still trying to make sure Robert feels welcomed in his short stay with them.

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Interpreter of Maladies Bento Box -Isabella Morales

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Within the story, many readers should encounter a few obvious signs of needing to let go of something or someone moving forward. The first time I really noticed it was when the note of paper, the address slip got taken away by the gust of wind was Mrs. Das letting go of her past and feelings, and choosing to move forward. “ when she whipped out the hairbrush, the slip of paper with Mis Kapasis address on it fluttered away in the wind. No one but. Mrs Kapasis noticed.” one of the items and my bento box will include a blank address slip note to represent Mrs Kapasis strong feeling towards the fantasy of romance connection with Mr. Das, following her confession of infidelity, and therefore making an excellent addition to my Bento box​.

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Bento Box - A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

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Bento Box - A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

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Throughout the story, the old man’s captivity with the townsfolk gets him labeled as a circus attraction made to satisfy the townsfolk’s entertainment. In the beginning, when Pelayo and Elisenda awake to check on their captive angel, they discover “… the whole neighborhood in front of the chicken coop having fun with the angel, without the slightest reverence, tossing him things to eat through openings in the wire as if it weren’t a supernatural creature but a circus animal.” (1) Later on, we see remnants of what is left with the old man as evidence of punishment, as he is found “…lying in the corner, drying his open wings in the sunlight among the fruit peels and breakfast leftovers that the early risers had thrown him.” (2) These quotes show how vulnerable the old man is. These highlight that his identity and differences as a supernatural being don’t stop the townsfolk in enacting cruel punishment on him. As well, limits or restrictions aren’t being enforced, as he can be taken advantage easily for the sake of entertainment. The old man’s label as a “circus attraction” confines his existence as something easy to take advantage of and to toy with. I chose the clown nose as it represents the old man’s label and how he is forced to endure his captivity and trauma, altering how he views himself and how people reduce his resilience into nothing but a freak, making an important addition to the bento box.

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In the story, the chicken coop that the old man was locked away in is a great representation of how the main characters felt about the man's presences. It shows the mistreatment of the old man just for the fact that he is different. In the fourth paragraph the narrator says, “and before going to bed he dragged him out of the mud and locked him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop”. This detail lets the reader know that instead of being treated with kindness the old was thrown into a chicken coop. The setting that the old man is placed in functions as a depiction of the mistreatment that he had to endure throughout the story, making it essential to the bento box.

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Early in the story, readers are introduced to the use of tapes, and that Robert (the blind man) and the narrators wife send them to each other, in order to stay in touch. Robert asking the wife to send him tapes highlights how significant the relationship was to him, "He asked her to send him a tape and tell him about her life" (2). The narrators judgment blinds hims from accepting that despite being blind, Robert is a regular human being who is capable of doing things beyond what he is limited to. Which is why he can't grasp his wife's and Roberts connection and often would seem bothered by it, "She told him everything, or so it seemed to me" (2). In the story, the tapes were there for the narrators wife when she needed someone to confide in, and because it was a connection formed before she met the narrator, Roberts importance does not process until he and the narrator can form a connection themselves.

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In the story, the characters wings in their description helped to show how the old man was different from everyone else.” His huge buzzard wings, dirty impact, were tangled in the mud.” He’s an angel, poor fellow, is so old in the rain knocked him down.” We were allowed to believe Angels looked angelic, yet he subscribed as a refugee/older, looking man. When you imagine an angel, you envisioned a pretty white wing figure. This assertion of the old man to be frail, and dirty is a great example of never judged a book by cover

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In A very Old Man with Enormous Wings, the author makes use of the old man's wings to convey prejudice based on those whose appearance is not of the norm.

The wings represent the disconnect and discomfort that a society encounters with something unfamiliar that can be perceived as a threat due to limited and lack of trying to understand who they may be. "He argued that if wings were not the essential element in determining the difference between a hawk and a airplane, they were even less so in the recognition of angels" Pg.2. The idea that his wings, something that is able to earn the old man's freedom in flight can leave him nothing more than a captive in a foreign land and can be stripped of his dignity and humanity while only being nothing more than a money making machine for Pelayo and Elisenda. With this apperance based disconnect Marquez is critiquing humanity's tendency to dehumanize those who do not conform to societal looks/expectations.

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Rough Draft / Trynaty Morales

My two explanations will be ...

Chicken coop - One of the photos I have above is a chicken coop. This represents humiliation they had this old man locked in there to be seen as an object to be used. Once others noticed something odd in the chicken coop they all gathered to gain wishes.

Money - One of the other pictures in my opening is money. Money was used as a sign of pleasure. The angel was used to gain something that he couldn't have. As soon as people started to come more, they put up signs and started taking money.

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Green and Red Floral Festive Indian Restaurant Marketing Presentation

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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez. "The Chicken Coop"

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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez. "The Chicken Coop"

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chicken coop - The angel is locked “with the hens in the wirechicken coop.” This reduces him to livestockand symbolizes humanity’s desire to control anddegrade what it cannot understand.​

sea - When he finally flies away, he becomes “animaginary dot on the horizon of the sea.” Thesea represents escape from human corruption.​

EXPLANATION PARAGRAPH

The chicken coop in which the old man is imprisoned symbolizes how humanity degrades and cages what it does notunderstand, emphasizing the story’s critique of greed and moral blindness.​

Pelayo “dragged him out of the mud and locked him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop.” ​

Instead of treating the old man with reverence or curiosity, Pelayo immediately confines him to a chicken coop — a spacemeant for animals. This physical confinement shows how quickly humans strip dignity from what they do notunderstand. By placing a possible angel among hens, Márquez deliberately lowers the miraculous to something ordinaryand disposable. The villagers’ behavior reinforces this symbolism; they throw food at him and gather around the cooplike spectators at a zoo. Even Father Gonzaga views him through suspicion rather than compassion. The coop becomes avisual representation of how society cages mystery, controls it, and profits from it. It is not just a physical structure — itrepresents spiritual confinement and moral failure.​

Ultimately, the chicken coop highlights the central theme that humanity often exploits rather than honors theextraordinary. By imprisoning the angel, the villagers reveal more about their own limitations and greed than about histrue identity. The coop symbolizes the way people confine what challenges their understanding, reducing the miraculousto mere spectacle.​

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Camera - Mr.Das camera represent him being unable to see the world clearly. He views the world through the camera which makes him miss the reality of the world around him. In page 17 he saw a barefoot man on the side of the road and the first thing he said was "Hey do you mind stopping the car. I just want to get a shot of this guy". This shows that through the camera lens he only see what he wanted to see which to him was an interesting picture from a foreign land and not the actual man who is literally starving by the side of the road. Throughout the trip Mr.Das didn't engage with India in a meaningful way instead he romanticize it, keeping him from actually connecting and learning about the country that his parents call home.

The slip of paper - The slip of paper is the most important symbol of Mr.Kapasi romanticized, idolized vision of a future with Mrs.Das. In the bottom of page 20 Mrs.Das ask for Mr.Kapasi address, she handed him a scarp of paper with a hero and heroine embracing under a tree and he wrote down his address on it. Toward the end of the story when the the paper was blown away by the wind and is destroyed, it symbolize the loss of illusion and hope that he had, the connection that he had imaged with Mrs.Das is now gone.

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The Tapes-

In the beginning of the story, the conflict is shown in between the narrator and his wife about the tape. Uncomfortable and suspicious on the relationship of Robert and his wife. This internal conflict of steryotyping and insecuritiy of Robert makes our narrator be in a constant state of unease. “They mailed tapes back and forth. I wasn’t enthusiastic abouot his visit. He was no one I knew. And his blindess bothered me.” Further acnowledging to the reader already from the start of his internal conflicit with Robert sets the tone and tension between the two without even meeting each other. Consecutively seen till the climax of the story.

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Brown Simple Ancient European Architecture Presentation-2

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The cassette tape represents the connection that the narrator doesn't have with others. The cassette tape represents the contact that the narrator's wife and Robert shared over the years, which the narrator doesn't seem to care for. "I heard my own name in the mouth of a stranger, this blind man I didn't even know!" (page 2) and "I'd heard all I wanted to" (page 2) show that the narrator doesn't seem to care for the connection that their wife shares with Robert. This makes the narrator seem uninterested in connection in general, which is shown throughout the story with the hesitation and prejudice the narrator holds towards Robert, the blind man.

The dark glasses represent the prejudice that the narrator feels with Robert not wearing any. "...He didn't wear dark glasses. I'd always thought dark glasses were a must for the blind. Fact was, I wish he had a pair," (page 5). This shows the narrator's prejudice towards blind people as a result of their "idea of blindness [coming] from the movies," (page 1). "I've never met, or personally known, anyone who was blind" (page 5) shows that the narrator only relies on what they learned about blind people from the movies, and not any personal experience. Without knowing anyone blind and only relying on movies, the narrator doesn't think very much of Robert at all because of his being blind.

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I accidentally did more than what I was supposed to but this is a draft.

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Giselle Hernandez- Bento box project [[DRAFT]]

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Giselle Hernandez- Bento box project [[DRAFT]]

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WEATHER

In the story, the Das Family takes a trip to India during the summer time. Heat usually symbolizes the intense feelings and uncomfortable emotions. I chose this symbol because of two things: The author mentioned it at the start of the story and it played a part when everyone was cooped up in the car.

In page 3 of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies , Mrs.Das argues with her husband, Mr. Das, about getting a car with no air conditioning.

"Isn’t this an air-conditioned car?" she asked, still blowing on her hand. The window on Tina’s side was broken and could not be rolled down. "Quit complaining," Mr. Das said. "It isn’t so hot." "I told you to get a car with air-conditioning," Mrs. Das continued. "Why do you do this, Raj, just to save a few stupid rupees. What are you saving us, fifty cents?"

From this interaction between Mr. and Mrs. Das, the heat does play a factor with their relationship with the addition of Mrs. Das's dark secret. to look at it at a different angle, For most people heighten temperatures makes them feel easily antsy and irritated. The heat combined with Mrs. Das's hostility and the carelessness of her husband highlights their unsteady relationship.

CAR

The car is another symbol hidden within the story.The family rode around in a car during the tour with the tour guide, Mr. Kapasi. He has stated in page 3, "They were all like siblings, Mr. Kapasi thought as they passed a row of date trees. Mr. and Mrs. Das behaved like an older brother and sister, not parents. It seemed that they were in charge of the children only for the day; it was hard to believe they were regularly responsible for anything other than themselves."

Mr Kapasi could even see that the couple had lacked any sort of romantic chemistry let alone have the emotional maturity to raise children. Being in a car emphasizes the lack of connection and control the parents have between them and the kids. They dont seem to emotionally present and only have to parent when they need to keep up an image.

SHADES

- Next symbol is shades. Mrs das's shades in the story ties into one of the themes of the story. With one of her kids not being mr. das's, bobby, she carries the guilt of having the affair. She was married very young, then had kids shortly after and was expected to raise them all on her own without the help of her husband. She sacrificed her life for something that she didnt want in the end. Mrs. das was miserable and copes by an attempt to isolate herself and become emotionally distant with her family. Thst is what the shades represents. aswell as hiding the guilt of her having the affair to begin with. she hides behind the shades as a way of not fully being face to face with the mistakes shes made.

FAMILY PHOTO CARD

- When it comes to the family photo, Mr. das tells his wife that he wanted a photo with the family for a christmas card but mrs. das declines and gets frusterated with him. In page 7, mr. and mrs das are arguing about the family photo:

"I’ll stay here."

"~Why did you have to wear those stupid shoes?" Mr. Das said. "You won’t be in the pictures."

"Pretend I’m there."

"But we could use one of these pictures for our Christmas card this year. We didn’t get one of all five of us at the Sun Temple. Mr. Kapasi

could take it."

"Im not coming-"

What we know is that she doesnt want a photo due to her secret shes been carrying around for some time. I believe the photo card is a symbolism for the superficial image that the dad holds up to. He wants the traditional perfect family but its difficult when mrs das dislikes her life and her family. Mr. das goes off anyways and joins the kids while they run everywhere, not watching over them.

CAMERA / BOOKLET

- During the tour, mr das seemed to have his attention to taking photos of their trip. He would ask mr kapasi to stop to take a photo and go as far to prioritize his camera over watching his own children. All he seems to worry about is the photos of their family trip while not being entirely prensent in the moment. Towards the end of the story, Mrs. das stormed out of mr. kapasi's car upset and questioned her husband where bobby is:

"'Great,' Mr Das said without looking up. 'Just in time. We’ll get Mr.

Kapasi to take a picture of the five of us.'

Mr. Kapasl quickened his pace, waving his branch so that the monkeys scampered away, distracted, in another direction.

'Where’s Bobby?' Mrs. Das asked when she stopped.

Mr. Das looked up from the camera. 'I don’t know. Ronny, where’s

Bobby?'

Ronny shrugged. 'I thought he was right here.'"

The same with the booklet that he was carring around the whole tour. He was more interested in both his camera and the booklet that he forgets his responsibilities as a father. Both the camera and the booklet symbolizes the detatchment and carlessness of his family since he never had to step up to do anything as a parent or husband.

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In the story A very old man with enormous wings, we encounter the old man being “dragged out in the mud and locked up with the hens in a wire chicken coop” (Pg 1). Instead of treating this old man as a human being or even considering if he really is an angel, Pelayo and Elisenda imprison him. This shows the fear that they have with the old man because they don't know what he really is. Because he looks different, they give him the same treatment as they would do of an animal, showing how they dehumanize him rather than treating him with respect and compassion. Later we see how Elisenda starts charging the community 5 cents just to see the old man in the coop. “They use the old man thats “maybe an angel” into a source of profit. “then got the idea of fencing in the yard and charging five cents admission to see the angel” (Pg 1). This shows how the chicken coops symbolizes fear that leads to greed. Pelayo and Elisenda were first scared of the old man with wings and locking him up because he's different and then starts making profit out of him.

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Chicken Coop:

Throughout the story, we find a very obvious example of Pelayo and his wife being indifferent the old man. "The chicken coop was the only thing that didn't receive any attention. If they washed it down..., it was not to pay homage to the angel but to drive away the dung heap stench" (Paragraph 11). Being trapped in a chicken coop was already terrible, but now they don't even care about him. The old man never gets attention and the only occasions they visit is to get rid of the smell. This is someone who helped them make a lot of money, but now they treat him terribly. The chicken coop as a setting in this story helps a lot in showing how indifferent they can be to things outside their normal life, and makes it a good addition to the bento box.

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An Old Man with Enormous Wings Written By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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I apologize for the submission being late.

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Bento Box Draft - Interpreter of maladies

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Bento Box Draft - Interpreter of maladies

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Mr. Kapasi's Car - Throughout the story Mr. Kapasi's car is used to symbolize Mrs. Das' personal circle and who she wants or doesn't want to be in it. She tells Tina "Leave me alone"(pg16) in the car in response to Tina asking if she can have her nails painted too. She tells Mr. Das "I told you to get a car with air conditioning" and asks him "why do you do this Raj?"(pg16). This shows how Mrs. Das is frustrated with the people in her current circle and feels trapped between them. Her bargaining with her husband could show that he often doesn't take her suggestions into account. Her response to her daughter seems to indicate that maybe she wasn't ready to be a mother or simply doesn't enjoy her family's company. This is all in contrast to how she responds to Mr. Kapasi in the car. In response to the stories of his second job, she says "But so romantic"(pg17). This change in demeanor shows how she's much more fond of Mr. Kapasi as compared to the rest of the car. It is a representation of how she enjoys Mr. Kapasi being in her personal circle (the car).

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Draft of Bento Box "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

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Draft of Bento Box "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

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In the story crabs are shown as a parasite and a nuisance because they have no purpose or benefit to offer the family. The family’s treatment and opinion of the crabs is similar to how they view the old man before they realize they can gain from keeping him. On page 1 the text says, “they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them in the sea,”. This is significant because the family’s initial plan for the old man was similar, on page 1 it says, “and decided to put the angel on a raft with fresh water and provisions for three days and leave him to his fate on the high seas. ” The crabs symbolize the old man because they are viewed as less than what they are, living creatures. The act of throwing them into the sea shows how the family(humanity) can treats pests, by avoiding the guilty act of killing a creature yet turning a blind eye to the consequences of casting it away. The family omits themselves of wrongdoing by simply leaving the creatures to fate.