Corey read a poem about inequality between the rich and the poor. the poem included a description of a child, dressed in rags, who sleeps on the street and goes to sleep hungry each night. the poem also describes an overweight dog that wears a wool sweater on cold mornings. the child sees the dog each morning when servants walk it to the market to buy fresh bread and vegetables for their employer’s household. when the child begs food from the dog’s owners, she is merely ignored. corey notices that the poet does not judge the unequal treatment of the dog and the child. this poem’s objectivity, or lack of critical judgment, represents a value specific to which literary movement? a. naturalism b. romanticism c. classicism d. modernism

Of the poems you have read so far, which did you find most powerful regarding the themes of identity and/or freedom and why? don't forget evidence (quotes, name of poem,

According to the text, to become economically successful (self-sufficient), the louisiana superdome, before finding tenants, had to earn between $26,000 and $35,000 in daily rental income. this is evidence that

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.