You have been given the floor for three minutes at a city council meeting. Write a brief speech on the topic of gentrification using what you have learned and the articles you analyzed. Explain whether you think gentrification is helpful or harmful and why. Support your argument with at least TWO specific examples.

Match the author with the description a. ernest hemingway b. john steinbeck c. robert frost d. langston hughes (1) summers spent in pacific grove, california influenced the symbolism in his literature (2) his poetry includes simple, direct language. many are dramatic monologues written in free verse are about life on new england farms (3) the mood and tone of his literature is largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in world war 1 (4) his poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms which gives his primarily african american characters distinctive voices