English Journal 10/2/12. "Young Life"

Claims:
 -The man shot the deer
 -Bartlett is illustrating stereotypical "Redneck" America
 -Bartlett is praising stereotypical "Redneck" America

Support (to each claim, respectively):
 -The deer doesn't appear to be alive, and the man is holding a shotgun
 -The man owns a shotgun, a pickup truck, and hunts, all stereotypes of a redneck
 -The dead deer, the powerful position of the shotgun in the painting.

English Journal 11/9/12, "2+2=5"

Subject: Loss of free will? Conformity?
Tone: Negative, "devil's way"
Theme: The strong pull of conformity on society, even on the strongest

English Journal 10/25/12, "The Loss of Innocence"

Innocence is the lack of knowledge or lack of acknowledgement of evils in the world, whtever those are for you.

Loosing innocence is whereby one either gains knowledge or acknowedges the eveil, whether specific or broad.

I, honestly, have no idea about what symbolizes the loss of innocence or the loss of anything for that matter besides the obvious representation of the nakedness trying to be covered up by the woman on the right. After this point, I'm going to punt. The falling petals show the descent of the person from an innocent person to that of the world.

English Journal 10/22/12, "Don't You Want Me"

What's going on:
     A man basically made a woman's career, and loves her. He sees this as love. The woman, however, was going to do something with her life, and this guy happened to the vehicle, so she doesn't see this as love.

How is it possible to have such conflicting views on the same situation?
     Everyone has his or her own views, values, or other things the want to protect, including their ego.

English Journal 9/27/12, "Blackbird"

Symbols:

Blackbird = people struggling for civil rights in America

Broken Wing = wrong done to these people

Dead of Night = hope in darkness