Sometimes What Is Right to one Person Is Wrong to Another. . .

Sometimes what is right to one person is wrong to another; the resulting conflict can build walls and break hearts. In her story, “The Cardboard Room”, Teresa Pitman writes about a girl who faces many choices while she is growing up. The reader witnesses her making a critical choice between what her parents want and what she wants, and the reader watches as things fall apart for her when she chooses what she believes is right.

The two dark clouds represent the setting. They represent how the girl’s parents are a darkness upon the setting, and the shadow underneath the clouds represents how the parents have a dark influence over other people and the rest of the setting. The dark clouds also represent a forewarning, a notion of danger in the future.

The opening door with the world behind it represents the main character. The opening door represents that she has finally learned enough, and gained enough smarts to realize that there is a so much more out there. The world represents how much more there is out there for her, and how much more she has to learn and do.

The gavel (behind the brick wall) represents the girl’s parents. The gavel represents their judgmental ness, and how they don’t just let things slide. They get feel they need to make comments, and decide whether people