Rita Dove's poem "Dawn Revisited," read alongside Zadie Smith's "Commencement Address at the New School," calls attention to the feelings a person experiences during a time of transition. Is it better to look back where you came from or to jump ahead into the future. YOU MUST USE TEXT EVIDENCE.

I do not have the book so I cannot use text evidence but It is better to jump ahead to the future and not worry about the past because you can't change the past

Explanation:

well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.