Identify the character: Mother-daughter conflict often occur…

Identify the character: Mother-daughter conflict often occurs with a fifteen-year old girl and her mother. Staying home alone instead of going to a family barbeque on a Sunday afternoon unfortunately leads this girl being put in a situation for a stranger to come to her door to lure her out for ultimate death in order to sacrifice herself for her family since the stranger threatens to kill her family if she does not go with him.  

Identify the title:You that never done nothin’But build to d…

Identify the title:You that never done nothin’But build to destroyYou play with my worldLike it’s your little toyYou put a gun in my handAnd you hide from my eyesAnd you turn and run fartherWhen the fast bullets fly. You’ve thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed  You ain’t worth the blood That runs in your veins.

Identify the title: “But Billy was holding the boot now. Unl…

Identify the title: “But Billy was holding the boot now. Unlacing it trying to force it back on, except it was already on, and he kept trying to tie the boot and foot on, working with the laces, but it wouldn’t go, and how everybody kept saying, ‘The war’s over, man be cool.'”

Identify the speaker: “Now, this conjunction of an immense m…

Identify the speaker: “Now, this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience . . .We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications . . .In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarrented influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist . . .Together we must learn how to compose difference–not with arms but with intellect and decent purpose.”

Identify the title: “You weren’t being smart, were you, boy?…

Identify the title: “You weren’t being smart, were you, boy?” he said, not unkindly. “No, sir!” “You sure that about ‘equality’ was a mistake?” “Oh, yes, sir,” I said, “I was swallowing blood.” “Well, you had better speak more slowly so we can understand. We want to do right by you, but you’ve got to know your place at all times. All right, now, go on with your speech.”  

Identify the author: Still alive and writing, this Vietnam v…

Identify the author: Still alive and writing, this Vietnam veteran wrote about the Vietnam conflict as a surrealistic experience in his National Book Award- winning novel. He received a Purple Heart in action at My Lai and presents the absurdity of war through the experiences of the soldier on the ground.  

Identify the title: Come mothers and fathers Throughout the…

Identify the title: Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin’ Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand. . .