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In the short story "The Things They Carried," Tim O'Brien language is what tells of the emotional and physical burden that Lieutenant Jimmy Cross felt throughout the entire story. O'Brien's tone and the descriptive language that he used illustrated the misery that Lieutenant Cross felt due to him missing and longing for the love of his life, Martha, and also the mental torture that he had experienced due to the guilt that he felt for the soldiers who lost their lives, especially Ted Lavender, on his watch. Cross ultimately hated to love Martha. He knew all along that Martha did not feel the same way about him, yet he was so distracted by her likeness that he personally felt as if the lives that were lost was his fault, because of the time he spent fantasizing about her and her pictures. The image that I chose for this short story, represents the emotional and physical baggage that the soldiers in this story carried throughout the war in Vietnam.

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The family in this story was in constant conflict after a father's likeness failed to a to acquire him success as a salesman and his boys, Biff and Hap, failed to meet their father's expectations to become successful salesmen on their likeness. The intense arguments and the constantly battling between Willie, the father, and his older son Biff placed a great strain on the family's relationship. After Biff and his father had their last big altercation, Willie masterminded and carried out his final sale by ending his life to give Biff his life insurance money, so that Biff could finally achieve the success that Willie has always known that Biff was destined for. The quote that I chose for this play was exactly why Willie was so damaged by his failed attempt at success; he heart was broken by his expectations.

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When the story began, the family had already been divided by jealously and envy. As the story continues, the conflict escalates after the eldest daughter, Dee walked through the door as Wangero and denounced her old heritage. Another good title for this shorty could have been "A Family divided," because Wangero's  announcement not only hurt the mother and sister, but it caused a further divide amongst the three. The quote that I used for this story represents Dee's (Wangero's) internal struggle with her heritage.

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In this story, Miss. Moore, an education African American woman gives a group of children from her underprivileged neighbor a lesson on the social and economic injustice in America. By taking the children to a fancy toy store on Fifth Avenue, Miss. Moore was able to visually show the children that African American's were far from being equal, socially or economically, to White Americans. The image that I attached to this story shows how everyone, regardless of their color or disability, should be treated equally.

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In this short story, an accusation of a racial slur, causes a troop of African American girls to insult a troop of girls who all has mental disabilities by calling them retarded. It is ironic that the African American troop grils, the Brownie troop, did not recognize that they were doing exactly what they accused the other troop, the 909 troop, of girls of doing; they Brownie troop were unfairly labeling the 909 troop not because of their race, but because of the disabilities. The quote that I chose for this story explains why the Brownie could not see past the 909 troops disabilities.

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In this story, the main character suppresses his true self to get ahead in society. The main character made the choice to suppress his true self in this story, but a lot of people in today's world are forced to suppress their true self just to survive. Over the years as the world has become more diversified, there are various reasons, other than just race, that causes many people to have to pretend to be something or someone that they are not just to get ahead in life. While this story was published in 1952 and some things have changed, some people still have to facade in order to fit society standards. The image I chose for this story shows how we call can become a part of the solution and end discrimination of all kinds.

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In Hughes poem "Negro," Hughes paints a vivid picture as he describes what African Americans were forced to endure at different times throughout the history of slavery. Although Hughes spoke mostly on the negative experience that all African American's had during this time, his repetition of "I am Negro..." showed that despite the unfair and unjust treatment that African Americans experienced, they were very proud of their heritage and would not change it for anything. The image that I chose for this poem reflects the pride the Langston Hughes wrote about in this poem.

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This poem reminds of me of what happens quite often to dreams that are deferred. Postponed dreams either taunt you and weigh you down until you are able to accomplish that dream; or they taunt you until you lose hope and no longer have the dream. Not only do you risk not achieving your dreams when they are deferred, but it is never a good feeling to have to defer your dreams, goals, and/or aspirations. The image I chose for this poem reflects what happens to most dreams that have been deferred.

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Susan Glaspel's play "Trifles" is very similar to her short story "A Jury of Her Peers." Some of the differences that I observed between the play, "Trifles," and the short story, "A Jury of Her Peers," were that the short story included more details about some of the events that took place during the investigation, and the woman were more vocal with one another than they were in "Trifles." The added  the commentary from the ladies, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, in the short story gave me a clearer understanding from their point of view, of what the ladies really thought about Mrs. Wright and about the murder investigation.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

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This story paints a vivid picture of the torment that many depressed people must have experienced during the 19th century. Doctors failure to acknowledge depression as a real illness and their failure to properly treat those patients that were suffering from depression during that time, only exacerbated their condition and symptoms. The "rest cure," the isolation, and the loneliness that the woman experienced in this story did more harm than good; these recommendations along with her depression caused her to have a mental breakdown and lose touch with reality. The image that I chose for "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a image with a simple statement that shows and explains the mental torture that the depressed woman in this story was experiencing. The yellow wallpaper represented the monsters that were in her head, so removing the paper allowed her to pull those monster out her head.

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This story was about a wife, Mrs. Wright, who was under investigation for the murder of her husband. Whiles Mrs. Wright denied that she murdered her husband, it became obvious that she murdered her husband due to oppressed life she lived being married to her husband, John Wright. It was so unfortunate that Mrs. Wright was not allowed to have a voice and had no other choice but to place a rope around her her husband's neck to escape her unhappy life. The picture that I chose for "Trifles" matched Hale's description of Mrs. Wright perfectly. She didn't seem to be in her right state of mind. She was "queer" as Hale had mentioned and a distant blank stare on her face--all while she continued pleating her apron.

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This story was about a girl who seems to be mentally tortured by a laundry list of expectations that her mother  expects her to live up to. Because this girl is constantly being scrutinized and told how to live her life, these expectation has completely consumed her mind. Instead of her mother giving her great advice on how to grow into great young lady, her mother is constantly browbeating the girl into being the young lady she wants daughter to become. The picture that I chose to use represent what I feel like this little girls head must look and feel like on the inside. She is so overwhelmed and consumed with her mother's expectations that the girls mind is always jumbled with negative thoughts.

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This story was about Mrs. Mallard, a strong wife with a delicate heart condition, who had to endure the unexpected death of her husband. As Mrs. Mallard grieved the lose of her husband, she battled with a range of conflicting emotions--she was initially weakened by the devastating news, but was ultimately able to find strength because she was finally free. Unfortunately Mrs. Mallard's freedom was short-lived, once she discovered that her husband's life had been spared, Mrs. Mallard died along with her joy. The picture that I chose for this story represents Mrs. Mallard's heart after the return of her husband. The promise of joy that Mrs. Mallard had imagined was no longer a reality after her husband walked through the door--causing her heart to go out of service.