30 pts need help
1. Refer to the following passage for this question:
After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, "You want to be the same as American girls on the outside. "She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. "But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame."
The “miniskirt in beige tweed” is an example of symbolism. What does it represent? What quoted evidence from the story (you cannot use the above passage) supports your answer?


2. Why do you think Amy Tan wrote this story? What is the story’s theme? Use quoted evidence from the story to support your answer.


3. How does Collins, in his poem “The Names,” contrast the childlike innocence and the horrific in this poem? What is the message he wants his readers to receive? What evidence from the poem supports your answer?


4. In Collins’ poem “Introduction to Poetry,” how does he want students to explore a poem? How does Collins feel about the analysis of poetry- how we study it? What evidence from the poem supports your answer?