Chelsea Margolis

In order to answer this question, the best poem to read from Out of the Dust would be "Give Up on Wheat." Polly is Billy Jo's mother (Ma), and Bayard is Billie Jo's father (Daddy). In this...

In order to find the theme in a poem, it's best to start by understanding the main idea of the poem and think about what is literally happening in it. In "A Drunk Cadet Had Hit Them," the speaker...

Determining the tone of a literary work requires you to think about what the author's attitude or opinion is of the topic. The best way to analyze tone is to review the chapters mentioned and look...

Leigh and his mother live in a mobile home park outside of Bakersfield, California, when Leigh is in fourth grade. When writing to Mr. Henshaw about his book Ways to Amuse a Dog, Leigh is upset...

Helen Keller became both deaf and blind when she was nineteen months old, and she was not able to understand the world around her because of these disabilities. Her parents hired a teacher, Anne...

Auggie often acts like a baby in the beginning chapters of Wonder and knows that when he behaves in this way, his family will continue to treat him as a baby. When his mother first mentions the...

Mary's murder of her husband in Lamb to Slaughter is most certainly a crime of passion. Before her husband reveals that he is leaving her, Mary is very much looking forward to him coming home, as...