Marks by Linda Pastan

The author in the poem demostrate how this women is interested in the way her family grades her by the way she does things for and with each menber of the family. Her worst grade is the I (incomplete) which her husband gave this could be convert to an A upon completion. So the speaker is making pretty good grades, meaning that her family is satisfied with her performance, but also realize that they must be constantly evaluating her, or why else would the speaker feel the need to observe their evaluations and comment on them. At the end of the poem after this grades she takes a decision of "droping out" this could be interpreted in different ways for example she is going to commit suicide or leave the family. But because her grades are good, and also because the tone of the poem is playful, it is unlikely that her "dropping out" signals such a drastic action. Still there is room for multiple interpretations in the poem.

To my Dear Loving Husband by Anna Bradstreet

On a literal level there is a sincere meaning found in the poem. There is suitable evidence that support Bradstreet's sincere love, such as metaphors, in addition to several lines in
the poem. The poem tends to take on an ironic insight to the situation and there are indications that Bradstreet was trying to depict a different message to her husband.

The Tell-Tale Heart

The story is about a mad person who, after killing a companion for no apparent reason, hears an interminable heartbeat and releases his overwhelming sense of guilt by shouting his confession to the police. Indeed, some early critics saw the story as a straightforward parable about self-betrayal by the criminal’s conscience.

Araby by James Joyce

This story deal with the passion of a teenage boy for his friend's sister, shows how poverty and despair tarnish even the purest of childhood dreams.

A & P

Sammy, the teenaged narrator, begins the story describing the three girls who have walked into the A & P grocery store where he works. They are wearing nothing but bathing suits. He is so distracted by them that he cannot remember if he rang up a box of crackers or not. As it turns out, he did ring them up, a fact that his customer, "a witch about fifty," lets him know quickly and loudly.

A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

Phoenix makes a periodic journey into town to obtain medicine for her little grandson, who has swallowed lye and will probably never wholly recover. Phoenix has made this journey so often that she can do it by a kind of interior radar, and thus her mind is free to wander while her feet stay on track. She meets only one person on the road, and thus the beginning of the story is dictated by her interior thoughts.

Everyday Use

Alice Walker tells the story of a mother and her two daughters' conflicting ideas about their identities and ancestry. The mother narrates the story of the day one daughter, Dee, visits from college and clashes with the other daughter, Maggie, over the possession of some heirloom quilts.