https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0 Made with charm en-us 2016-09-20 16:03:47 UTC 2016-09-28 15:55:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126741036 The angel is a direct reference to God and Christianity and the fact that it is tainted with smoke, "the idiosyncrasy of this town", implies that Christianity is overshadowed by the labor in the town.

]]> 2016-09-27 16:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126741036 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126741326 Periodically, Davis stops in telling her story in order to persuade the audience to be kind in its judgement towards Wolfe and that it may "judge him justly."]]> 2016-09-27 16:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126741326 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126741410 2016-09-27 16:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126741410 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742409 Smoke serves as a repressing prison to the people of the working class, as they are bound to their work. Despite their struggles to escape this prison, the possibility of wealth and power are close to non existent.]]> 2016-09-27 16:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742409 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742461 Another example of symbolism is the setting; the town where Wolfe resides is parallel to the desolate, despairing life of a factory worker. The condition is often described as "smoky" which takes a heavy toll on the citizens who occupy it, "breathing from infancy to death and air saturated with fog and grease and soot..."(2)]]> 2016-09-27 16:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742461 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742483 When asked about what he “means by it” Wolfe responds with, “She be hungry.” Rather than symbolizing hope itself, this korl woman symbolizes Wolfe’s craving for more than just the life he lives now. ]]> 2016-09-27 16:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742483 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742531 Davis portrays a belief that there is hope for reform, because the furnace hands themselves are not completely defeated. The hope is demonstrated in Davis' style of narration, as well as in her uses of religious imagery and willful diction.]]> 2016-09-27 16:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742531 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742645 Davis sets up a description of setting using smoke, saying, "The idiosyncrasy of this town is smoke."(2) Smoke represents a lack of clarity and a sense of misdirection in life. In saying, "Smoke everywhere!"(2) Davis is reflecting Wolfe's lack of clarity and hopelessness in his life to smoke all over the town.

]]> 2016-09-27 16:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742645 cconger2 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742662 The working class is plagued by a filthy smoke that can never be escaped. In contrast, the wealthy willingly inhale smoke from their cigars as a luxury. The white angel represents their hope for some graceful future salvation, but even those hopes are smudged and swallowed by the ever-present smog.]]> 2016-09-27 16:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742662 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742666 2016-09-27 16:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126742666 https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126743597 Wolfe is "starving" (12) to have some belonging in the world where he isn't defined by his social status, but his talents.]]> 2016-09-27 16:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_p_helms/tp5u73cr3at0/wish/126743597