Read the poem below and complete the instruction that follows.  “in my mother’s house”by gloria g. murrayevery wallstood at attentioneven the air knewwhen to hold its breaththe polished floorslooked updefying heel marksthe plastic slipcoverscrinkled in discomfortin my mother’s housethe window shadesflappedagainst the glareof the worldthe laughtercrawled like roachesback into the crackseven the humans sat—cardboard cut-outsaround the formicakitchen tableand with silver knivessliced and swallowedtheir wordssource: murray, gloria g. “in my mother’s house.”  poet lore  99.1 (2005).  poetry foundation. web. 18 july 2011.  identify the subject and mood of the poem. discuss how the poet’s use of figurative language, imagery, and symbolism contribute to the reader’s understanding.

Would you like to live in a place like that? Could you stand it? So neat, so tidy, so filled with discomfort, so inhospitable.

You walk into the place and all laughter dies. Are you a teenager? Could you go to a friend's house where there a giggle would be a signal perhaps to leave.

The giggle passes, now you notice how still it is. The air is putrid. It may not smell foul, but it is.

Everything is uncomfortable. You almost wish you didn't have to sit down because when you do, the plastic covers are going to make noise in objection to your weight.

Nobody is real. The kitchen / dining room is a place for eating in silence; even swallowing is a chore.

Would you like such a place?

the correct answer is c. usually the language, and its emotional insight, that is how feelings and attitudes are expressed through language, are not quite present in film adaptations. despite that, it is a factor that a fan may either not notice or not care much about, especially compared to the other factors.