Discuss two examples of gender roles that you have seen in Barrio Boy so far, and explain how the gender roles in Mexico during this time period were similar or different from the gender roles in the United States today. Be sure to support your answers with specific examples from the novel and from your life.  Share your thoughts on gender roles and gender equality. Is it okay that people have different expectations for males and females? Why or why not? Are there still certain jobs that you expect a man or a woman to do in our society? Do you think this will ever change? Why or why not?

Read the following poem carefully, and then answer the questions that follow. sonnet 73 by william shakespeare that time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. in me thou seest the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west, which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self, that seals up all in rest. in me thou see'st the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the death-bed whereon it must expire consumed with that which it was nourish'd by. this thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well which thou must leave ere long. comprehension what seasonal images do you see in this poem? how do these images contribute to the poem's tone of loss and sadness?