Read the poem "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers," by Emily Dickinson.
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
Hope is the thing with feathers,
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard,
and sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land
and on the strangest sea,
Yet, never in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
What is the theme of this poem?
Without hope, people are not human.
People hope for things that do not come true.
Hope does not give up, even when life is difficult.
Spring is a hopeful season.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine