The conflict in this excerpt is that the main character, Darius, is concerned about this situation that takes place at his school every morning and he wants to do something about it, but his friends make fun of him and are not interested in what he has to say. So, Darius on one hand has a list with possible solutions, like early-arriver incentives, but on the other hand he doesn't get the support he needs in order to propose them because he seems to be the only one who is concerned about this situation.
Mrs. Mallard's reaction to the news of her husband's death is that of a woman freed from a long prison term. She is shocked into silent disbelief, overcome with emotion, struck with a sense of relief at being free from the burden of marriage. She is now a widow who will be accepted in society, free to make choices, to have friends, to attend social events, to decide each day what she will do, according to what she wants. No more bending to the will of a husband, whom she loved most of the time.
Mrs. Mallard's reaction is not the typical hysteria, crying and grieving of a wife who has lost her husband, the man she loves. Louise Mallard sits in her room, staring out the window, imaging the life she will now have, free to choose, to explore her likes and dislikes.
Mrs. Mallard lives a lifetime in the space of one hour as she imagines what she will do with all her new freedom. She journeys in her mind, wandering free to enjoy and appreciate the life she sees through her window.
Sadly, her new life is brief, cut short by the abrupt return of Mr. Mallard, who was not anywhere near the train accident. His poor wife, so overcome by his return, along with her bad heart, is so stricken, that she dies right there on the spot. Mrs. Mallard's heart gave out, she was unable to bear the thought of living under the control of her husband, not after she imagined the life she could have alone.
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Well, it's kinda obvious. Consumerism is a word typically used for talking about the economy. What sense would it make for that word to appear in a speech supporting astronauts?
One time I received credit for repeating a joke someone else made
