Gellhorn uses her journalistic skills to bring awareness to what is going on in Central America. Instead of hearing the stories of those who are being displaced, she is telling readers what she is seeing. Gellhorn is literally calling Americans out and telling them what the United States has done to cause those issues and violence in Central America. People are being tortured and killed for asking questions causing them to be displaced in their own country. They are seeing their country and home turn into a different place that harms them. In The Displaced, there is some similarity in that someone else is telling the displacement story of those who are coming to the United States. The major difference that I see between The Displaced and Gellhorn is that both are telling a story. Now, the major difference is that someone who has been displaced is also telling the story of the displaced people in The Displaced. It is much more impactful to tell a story this way because readers are not just getting one story but two. Readers are being exposed to the many ways that someone becomes displaced. When Fatima went through the exhibition that showed people’s displacement it also triggered her own memories of her displacement. Both stories also demonstrate the wrong that America has done. In The Displaced, American border patrol agents are threatening the lives of those crossing the Mexican American border.

When I think of existentialism, I think of agency. Camus uses great examples of existentialism in The Plague. In part 2, the preacher is talking to those in the church about the plague being a punishment from God because of their sins. This goes against existentialism because he is taking away people’s agency and putting the blame on everyone. This blame makes people think twice about their decisions and actions because now they are responsible for the health and wellbeing of others. The 1950s is known as the period that religion boomed. People are looking up to their religious leaders and faith which takes away their agency. They are using religion as their consciousness and influences their decisions. Another example would be when people believe that everyone should take part and see their responsibility in fighting against this outbreak of the plague. Those who agree are falling into the same boat as those who agree with the preacher. During World War II, people all felt a sense of responsibility to fight and take part in the war one way or another. Those who do not agree with this responsibility are using their own agency which exemplifies existentialism. I believe that physical displacement can become a metaphor for other forms of displacements. If someone is physically displaced that can cause possible mental displacement as well. I think that mental health is a form of displacement because a person is no longer able to think fully for themselves and make decisions due to having to think of their mental health or because their illness controls their life.

While reading Mrs. Dalloway, I could not help but think about Septimus and how he is described. Septimus reminded me of Disabled by Wilfred Owen. No one talks about the mental disabilities that people suffer from after wars. They only focus on physical disabilities. Although Septimus suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, his disability was not deemed as important. There was nothing physically showing that he suffered from the war. Anyone who had something wrong with their brain and nothing physical was considered extreme, not to be around, and led to being locked up. Lucrezia was anxious about how Septimus was acting when they heard the gunshot. That goes to show exactly how people felt about it, which was embarrassing and worrisome. People praise the soldiers who are disabled physically, yet those who suffer from shell-shock have to hide. I find the most interesting because Owen wrote his poems to help him overcome his difficulties with shell-shock. Septimus’s suicide is the result of not having help and having to ignore his disability. I realize that mental health and illness were taboo to talk about during this time, but if Septimus had some type of help, then there could have been a possibility that he would have lived in the book. Not only does this poem have a connection to Septimus, but also Attack by Siegfried Sassoon, who also wrote poems to overcome his shell-shock. I described in class how people glorify and praise war when in reality, it is gruesome. While in war, soldiers do have the option to sit out attacks; they all go in. Septimus has to remember and live with the thoughts of what happened while in the war. Civilians live a normal life, whereas some soldiers who returned home lived in constant fear. The smallest things triggered them. Unfortunately, it got to the point for Septimus, where he no longer wanted to live in that fear.

I believe that there is a lot to talk about when it comes to the monster's education. He is not educated like Victor because Victor abandons the monster after he came to life. After he was created, he ran and had to figure things out himself. The creature is already disadvantaged because of this issue. He had to educate himself on hunger, thirst, cold, warmth, and light. He had to figure out himself how to keep a fire burning and what to do when he was hungry. He was not even able to speak. He became educated after watching and mimicking a family. The monster has to learn the basics, and by observing, he is able to do that. He begins to know what guilt is like and learns to give back and care for others. The monster also taught himself how to read and makes an effort to learn. The monster has the same ambition as Victor, and they want to learn more. If Victor taught his creature, then the creature would not have had to suffer and possibly be a "great experiment .”The monster just wants to be cared for and have a companion and friend. If Victor had made an effort to see what his creature did, then I believe that the creature would have had a different education. He could have been as smart as Victor and have somewhat of a normal life. The creature's education is not traditional, but that is due to his circumstances. The regular men in this book are not the only ones who have been educated.