Imagine that you are attending the Barnard College Graduation Ceremony as a guest of a graduate. You are a member of the audience (not a

graduate) as Toni Morrison delivers this speech.

Write a fictionalized story in which you describe the experience and setting in detail as well as

your own point of view and reactions as you witness the speech.

Remember, Morrison may be speaking to women specifically, but there are

lessons that men should take away as well.

Use information and details from the speech in your answer. 500 word minimum

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced