Realism: We Ear The Mask By Paul Laurence Dunbar

1. “We wear the mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a good example of Realism because this poem does a good job of making sure it is about real people. I think this poem portrays real people because it talks about real life issues. The poem is about African Americans after slavery ended and how they were really upset by the pretend everything is normal because they are scared that people will really think that slavery was a good thing and now they are lost without it this is proved when he says “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes.” Another example is throughout the poem the subject is we. This shows that the whole poem is about someone rather than just a subject or event. The last reason that this piece shows real life people is that they don’t have super powers. It
Two women that do a good job showing the importance of a woman's ability to choose are the Authors, Kate Chopin and Mary Wilkins Freeman. In Kate Chopin’s piece entitled “The story of an hour” She does a good job of showing the importance by having a symbol throughout the story. For example when she says “she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window.” The open window is the symbol in the story because it represents that she is now free from marriage. Kate Chopin does a good job of proving society wrong because society says that you should be married to be happy but she makes a clear point that the character doesn't feel that way because she is so unhappy until she realizes her husband is