Gloomy, dark, depressing, fearful, melancholy, and foreboding.

Conformity in schools plays a major role in fulfilling their <u>tasks of educating the teens</u> and preparing them for the world outside the walls of school building. Obediently, with their heads down, students are taught to become successful executives and agreeable members of society.

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The Things They Carried.
This book is an incredible account of the Vietnam War that uses item (the things they carried) in an effort to describe how soldiers in the war went about their days.
Side note: A very good, short read.
I will organize the columns like this
1 4
2 5
3 6
Themes include: 1, 3, 5
Informative Phrases include: 2, 4, 6