The Analysis of Conflict and Literature ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Corey King The Analysis of Conflict and Literature Literature is a form of art. It paints an invisible picture of the past, present, and future. Literature helps people to find truth, and an understanding of one’s own identity. Readers often relate to the characters in a story, poem, or play because it provokes the imagination, creates hope for the future, and confidence to live life. From California to the New York Island; from the redwood forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters This land was made for you and me.” _ And on the sign it said “No Trespassing”_ _ But on the other side it didn’t say nothing_, The author makes a stand and chooses to keep walking the freedom path highway. “Nobody living can ever stop me, The character reassures him and the readers that this land is made for them by saying; This land was made for you and me.” “Once riding in old Baltimore” “Heart-filled, head-filled with glee”. In the poem the boy see’s another boy about the same age staring at him, so he smiles and then the complication/climax hits the readers like an atom bomb_._ After spending six months in Baltimore and experiencing many things the poem ends with….. That’s all that I remember.” The poem makes the reader think about ones experiences whether young or old and helps them to relate to the boy. Many questions remain unanswered like, who was the boy who stuck out his tongue and called him a name? Was this boy actually from Baltimore? Although the poem leads the reader to believe that the boy was hurt by the name calling, we do not actually know this. We form our own opinions as to the final outcome. The boy says he only remembers the name calling and the boys tongue sticking out, does he only remember this because he is really hurt or because he just doesn’t understand why the boy did it? Like the first poem not everyone will form the same opinionsabout what the boy may have been...