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**Wérica dos Santos**
SLIM Tall man, long black damp hair, wore blue jeans and short denim jacket, a jerk line skinner, prince of the ranch, thirty-five or fifty years old, his hands are large and lean, they were as delicate in their action like those of a temple dancer. ||
 * //Twitter: Lennie- We got dropped off here and Georege said we walked a long time before we got to the new job, I reckon the boss must'a'been real mad, but George says I'll be able to raise sum rabbits here so I'm happy.//**
 * ** What does he or she look like? ** || Doesn’t wear any high-heeled boots, his hatchet face was ageless
 * ** Basic psychological characteristics ** || “His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.” P.33 ||
 * ** How does he or she speak? ** || “His manner was so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was takes on any subject, be it politics or love.” P.33-34 ||

__ What is the setting of //Desiree's Baby// and how does it affect the plot? __
 * //Desiree's Baby// Question**

The setting of Desiree's Baby is on a farm. The plantation has many workers who work under Armand, Desiree's husband. Madame Valmonde describes it saying, "It was a sad looking place, which for many years had not know the gentle presence of a mistress. "The roof came down steep and black like a cowl reaching out beyond the wide galleries that encircled the yellow stuccoed house. Big solemn oaks grew close to it, and their thick-leaved, far reaching branches shadowed it like a pall." The way it is described we can infer that it was not a very happy place. The "thick-leaved, far reaching branches" that shadowed it foreshadow the bad things that are coming. For example, it is revealed that the baby has a darker skin color. __ How does the fire escape a symbol that reveals something about Tom's personality? __** The fire escape symbolizes Tom's desire to escape his life and reality. Tom wants to leave his annoying mother and dependent sister, he is tired of carrying the responsibility his father left for him. The fire escape also symbolizes his temporary escape from the arguments he has with Amanda. Everytime they argue about something Tom leaves and goes to the "movies". In the opening of the first scene, Tom is on the fire escape introducing the play, as he speaks he says that he is the opposite of a stage magician, he gives you the illusion that has the appearance of truth. "I give you the truth in the pleasent disguise of illusion." (Act 1 Scene 1) This shows that he tried to care for his family and to make their situation better, but in his mind all he really wanted was to go pursue his own life. Tom tries to find Laura a gentlemen caller and it's unsuccessful so he leaves anyway, leaving Laura alone without anyone to provide for her and Amanda.
 * //Glass Managerie// Question

**__ Comments __** TL: I agree with what you said, everytime he was on the fire escape to smoke a ciggarette it was a way to be away from stress and from the drama of his family problems. Brad Ellis- I agree with this answer but I disagree on the symbolism of the magician. I think that the magician represent Tom’s want to disappear and escape from reality and the hardships of his life.

I agree that the fire escape represents Tom’s need to escape from the realities in his life. This is the way he leaves when he leaves his family. This is also where he goes when he is upset and “needs” a cigarette. I think the fire escape also represents Tom’s dream of being free and doing as he would like.--Julia H. I like to think every thing that was said is perfect, but like brad I don't agree with the symbolism. Yes Tom, a stressed out and exausted man is forced to the fire escape in his own mind. His everyday life conflicts with who he is which is why he flees to the fire escape so often. It's almost like a santuary to him. It does reflect on his personality that like his father he is not a very strong man at all and flees at danger. As far as the symbolism, I think the chimney is a temporary escape, while the magician is permanent and a way for him to never come back again. I think these actions show that maybe he doesn't care about his family at all and he is just like his father, the bastard. - Murad Cofer.
 * Do you think he just pretended to care for his family? Look at his closing speech. Read the introduction to scene 1 and add information from it. Mrs. S**

__**Poem**__ I am Holden

Son of fake, rich, disappointed parents Brother of writer D.B, deceased Allie, and innocent Phoebe Who needs cigarettes, money and to feel loved Who loves soda, scotch and red hunting hat Who sees beyond the physical, interrogates reasons why, and negative qualities Who hates alienation, Pencey, phonies Who fears confronting problems, growing up, change Who dreams of finding a place in a world to belong, running away with Jane, being intimate Who wonders where ducks go in the winter, sex, and if Stradlater ever got intimate with Jane Resident of the large, cold, solitary, strange New York city

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