Literary Analysis District Assessment

Literary Analysis District Assessment Courage is doing what is right, even when the odds of succeeding are poor. In the short short story, “After Twenty Years” is about how two best friends parted at a restaurant and they promised to come back exactly 20 years later no matter what the circumstances are. One of the two friends Bob is patiently waiting in the door for his friend Jimmy while a police walks by to chat with him to see what he's waiting for. When Bob strikes his match, the police, who is actually Jimmy, realizes Bob is a wanted criminal and then arrests him with the help of a friend. In the poem “What Do We Do with a Variation?” by James Berry is about making the choice whether to make the right decision or just watch and let
The phrases “What do we do with a difference?” (Berry). and “Do we work for it to go away?” (Berry). are both perfect examples of the questions tone in his writing. In these short phrases, you can tell that Berry doesn’t know what to do and is questioning himself different possibilities of how to solve the problem. For example, when he asks himself what to do with a difference, you can tell that he isn’t sure if he should have courage and make a move or just let things be. And as Berry asks himself If he should work for it to go away, he is considering stepping up and trying to do the right thing. In other words, he’s trying to look for courage and do what is right. This all connects back to the main theme that doing what is right does take a lot of courage, even though some outcomes might be poor. The mood is shown through the majority of the story but once you hit the strong phrases in the poem, you can feel how tough it sometimes is to do what's right. The readers can now see how it's always best to make the right decision. Finally to conclude this evidence, you can tell by the tone that Berry told his poem, it can be very hard to make the right decision, but it's always the best