The Come after linking verbs
I believe the correct answer is: a leaf.
In the poem Possum Crossing written by Nikki Giovanni in 1943, the subject advocates the putting of the sign “Possum Crossing” enraged by her neighbors not paying attention to the animals on the street, which results in taking their lives. While driving through the mist, subject sees the light hopping and hits the breaks assuming that it is an animal, but it turns out the be just a leaf:
“I hit brakes for the flutter of the lights hoping it’s not a deer
or a skunk or a groundhog
[…]
I look . . .
relieved and exasperated ...
to discover I have just missed a big wet leaf
struggling . . . to lift itself into the wind
and live.”
Answer:
women's oppression by their husbands.
Explanation:
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the ugly yellow wallpaper represents the hardship and misery that the narrator and women in general are forced to experience in marriage and society. In that respect, women feel trapped in a submissive life, in which they are not free and live to serve their husbands and raise children. In fact, the narrator is locked in the room by her doctor husband, who ignores her real mental condition.
Esperanza, a strong- willed girl who dreams big despite her surroundings and restrictions, is the main character in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza represents the females of her poor and impoverished neighborhood who wish to change and better themselves.
