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I am Holden Son of ,,, Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield Brother of ... Phoebe, Allie, and D.B. Who needs dough, a place to stay, a better life style. Who loves cigarettes, Phoebe, and Allie Who sees movies, Sally, and a prostitute Who hates Pencey, Phonies, and Ackley Who fears being alone, creepy dark places, flits Who dreams of going to Vermont with Sally, moving to a ranch and finding a job, becoming a deft mute. Who wonders about girls, the streets of New York, the ducks at the lagoon Resident of. New York

Caulfield Cassandra Britus

Cassandra: Please remove the (three things) from your lines. You did a good job.

The Glass Menagerie Several times we see Tom having difficulty getting in to the apartment. What is the signifigance of these moments? Tom is too drunk to get into the apartment, but he is always saying that he is at the movies. The only reason he is so drunk is because he is trying to forget his reality of having to listen to his mother and take on all the responsibilities of providing for his family while sacrificing his dreams. He wants to escape his mother and sister and that dreary warehouse job he has. The apartment is an object that holds Tom back from doing what he really wants to do in life, more like a prison.

TL: I agree with what you said very much because I know tThe apartment itself is like a part of Tom that he could not get into and his mother and sister were the ones holding the keys. hat by his actions you cn tell that he was drunk and not going to the movies. Brad ellis- i agree with what you said but I also think that it represents his difficulty in returning to reality because he wants to escape so bad. House = reality Drunk and movies= escape from reality

ZD: Have you tried looking at this question and then comparing it to all of the different themes that weve talked about. Not only does it symbolize his will to run away from the apartment, it can also represent his inability to give the people in his life the things that he is supposed to give them. He doesnt feel dedicated towards his job or towards his family. Just try and look at the different things we know about Tom and compare this question to those themes and facts.

HF: I agree with her answer because he was trying to get out of reality providing for a family and having a crappy job that he doesn’t like. He has dreams and the family and responsibilities are holding him back. ASHLEY LIPSEY: I agree with the point that Cassandra made about the reason Tom is having trouble getting into the apartment is because he is drunk. But I think there is more to it, for instance, yes he is drunk, but he is having difficulties entering the apartment because he does not have strong will to be there. Why would he take care trying to get into the apartment when he doesn’t want to be there in the first place? He also knows that when he returns he will be forced to face the disappointment of mainly his sister. I don’t believe that he cares what his mother thinks, but he does feel remorse in letting Laura down.

Werica dos Santos: I believe the physical trouble that Tom has going back into the apartment represents the psycological difficulty he has coming back home. While he is out drinking everything is fine, but once he must return home to his mother and sister and his many responsibilities it becomes very difficult for him to face that.

I agree it probably is because he is out getting wasted that gives him the difficulty to get in. But, what if it's becuase he doesn't want to get in or maybe if he can't he leave and never come back. Maybe the drinking is what he needs to finally push him over when he goes to " The Movies" to never come back. I also agree with why he drinks is to forget his problems. I think though it is a temporary fix and after he is done he has enough strenght to deal with his family. Maybe that is the only way that Tom can make it through his life with out snapping and hurting one of the family members physicaly. - Murad Cofer

" A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin makes what point about humanity? CB- That everyone can fall into daily life and forget about themselves, who they are or who they used to be. Humans become shackled by the simplest things and how people will often search for themselves at times. Humanity at some point will revolt against society when they feel as though they are being restricted from themselves or form their rights as a human being. Humans are creatures of habit and tend to fall daily life and forget about thinking and then lets society think for them and when someone revolts against this set of thinking they are deemed rebel against society when in fact they are just being human. Mrs. Sommers, for example, revolted from society by not taking on her motherly duties and by spending her time and money as though she is single and doesn’t have any kids to worry about.