A Rose For Emily, Fences, Trifles, The House On Mango Street

A Rose for Emily, Fences, Trifles, the House on Mango Street, and The Powwow at the End of the World are diverse in many perspectives. The writers of these works reflect a diversity of perspectives in gender, race, historical time period, and genre. A Rose for Emily was written by William Faulkner, a White American man. Fences was written by August Wilson, an African and German American man. Trifles was written by Susan Glaspell, an American woman. The House on Mango Street was written by Sandra Cisneros, a Mexican American woman. The Powwow at the End of the World was written by Sherman Alexie, a Native American man. A Rose for Emily challenged my thinking because of its suspense. The author described Miss Emily’s death at the beginning of the story, told the story in flashback, and then surprised the readers with Homer’s death. Faulkner’s style of storytelling kept me interested in the story till the end as the result was unpredictable. In addition, from this reading I started to

This Poem expressed an idea I held in a new way. This poem describes how a construction of a dam affected the life of Native Americans. From my previous research, I taught that the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam had a positive effect because it provided water for agricultural and industrial use. However, this poem made me rethink. The author states, “…the salmon swims…until it arrives in the shallows of a secret bay on the reservation where I wait alone” (Alexie). This symbolizes that the Native Americans could no longer get Salmon, which was the center of celebration, because of the construction of the dam. After the construction of the Dam, the tribe was unhappy. This poem made me realize that one should pay equal attention to the positives and negatives. If the government created a solution for the tribe before building the dam, they would not have gone through all the