In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, light is used symbolically through the example of Estella. Miss Havisham brings Estella up in the darkness, consequently sheltering her from the true meaning of life. By Miss Havisham's orders, the house in which Estella lives is lit only by artifi...

The poem I choose was "I Have Killed the Deer". This poem was written by a Pueblo Indian. He explained how throughout his life he took the other lives of plants and animals in order to survive. He said that when he died he would give his body to the earth for the new plants and ...