... for her. That helps to insert a picture into the reader's mind. These monstrosities are in addition to the countless youths who are shot to death or killed in various fires, which are all too familiar to the occupants of the South Bronx. The city and its officials are set in the role of the villain, just as they are with many of the poor citizens who feel neglected. This ... outside, where they could get some clean air, is just too dangerous."(Kozol 99) That statement paints a terrifying picture of a place where a run down hall way with a faulty elevator shaft is the safest place for ki...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... cold passionless eyes are a reflection of what it is she is gazing upon, and at the moment of the story, it is Chandler. Ironic that chandler perceives more from his wife through the distance of a photograph, a dim analysis of a living creature and its entire existence by the pixel fabrications of a picture. This is symbolic of Chandlers detachment from an outside, inspirational world, that holds lines ... having qualities to that of a child, as having a child himself. It puts Chandler in an awkward position, considering that the one thing he has that Gallaher does not, which is a famil...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate