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nikita ladyzhensky: This is pretty straight forward. I think that most of your comparisons are kind of straight forward like making Laura happy and content. Of course Tom wants her to be happy and content. I really like the comparison between tom and Jim. I like the use of a direct quote in your response. I understand that they both work together, but I really liked how you inferred the detail about that Jim and Tom are both more outgoing and spirited than the other ware house workers. **BRAD ELLIS**- I agree with Glenn and Nikita’s similarities. But I think that another similarity is that both Tom and Jim have aspirations in life: Tom wants to be a writer and Jim wants to be an actor. A difference is that Jim is more active in that dream while Tom can’t pursue it because he is held down by Laura. If Jim becomes a “surrogate” he too will assume Tom’s responsibilities and then be prohibited from following his dream. __ Second question: __ **__ Question: __** Discuss Desiree’s, Armand’s, or Madame Valmonde’s knowledge of the situation through the story and how it affects their actions or lack of action. You may like to consider the following: When Armand reads the letter at the end, is this new knowledge? How can you explain his changing attitudes towards Desiree and the slaves? Armand’s attitude changes towards Desiree and the slaves. His attitude changes with the new baby. The baby is the same coloring as the quadroon boy that is at the house fanning Desiree and the baby. Armand blames Desiree for the baby’s coloring. Desiree takes the blame and leaves with the baby. With the baby being a quarter black Armand easies up on the slaves knowing Desiree is probably half black and his child is quarter black. Desiree talked about Armand’s attitude towards the slaves since the baby was born, "He hasn't punished one of them--not one of them--since baby is born. Even Negrillon, who pretended to have burnt his leg that he might rest from work--he only laughed, and said Negrillon was a great scamp.” I think that Armand did know about his mother before hand; however, I don’t think he wanted to admit it to himself. It was easier for him to put the blame on Desiree and accuse her of being black than to admit to himself and to her that it was really him. I think he felt as though he would be less of a person if he were black because of the way society treated black people. –Julia H.  ** I am Holden Son of two very disappointed parents Brother of Phoebe, DB, and Allie. Who needs cigarettes, money, and education.  **  **Who loves my sister, Phoebe, English, and real people. Who sees beyond the normal person, a messed up world, and the wonders of childhood. Who hates phonies, school, and Stradlater. Who fears failure, emotions, and my parents finding out about his failure in life. Who dreams of escaping his nightmare of a life, sex, and Jane Gallagher. Who wonders about sex, where the ducks go in the winter, and if Stradlater got far with Jane Gallagher. Resident of a very lonely place.** **Caulfield** My Lennie tweet- I with George we ate supper with no ketchup. I got me a mouse. George ain’t let me keep my mouse. George got mad at me. I maybe getting a pup that way I can pet it as hard as I want!
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 * Question: ** Tom finally agrees to bring the gentlemen caller. Amanda agrees that once there's someone to take his place, he's free to leave. In other words, Jim ends up functioning as a surrogate for Tom. To emphasize this, Williams writes in many parallels between Tom and Jim. What are these parallels?
 * Answer: **Tom and Jim are similar in many ways. Tom is a worker at the warehouse where Jim works, too. Tom feels that Laura is a wonderful sister and he would do anything to make her happy and content. Jim looks past Laura’s problems and he just treats her like a normal woman. Jim tries to tell Laura that she is normal and just like everyone else and that she has to believe in herself. Also, Williams has Jim tell Tom “You and me, we're not the warehouse type.” This shows the reader that Tom and Jim are similar in mind and spirit. Also, the statement from Jim shows that they are both more outgoing and spirited than the other warehouse workers.
 * __ Answer: __** When Armand reads the letter at the end this is new knowledge. After Desiree leaves with the baby, Armand cleans out drawers where he had placed letters from Desiree. When he is cleaning these drawers out, he stumbles across a letter from his mother to his father. “But it was not Desiree's; it was part of an old letter from his mother to his father. He read it. She was thanking God for the blessing of her husband's love: ‘But above all,’ she wrote, ‘night and day, I thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery.’” Armand now figured out it was not Desiree that was the half black, but it was himself.

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