Four years ago, the entire world went into lockdown, and ever since then, we’ve been dealing with the effects. Everyone needed to adjust their lifestyle to the pandemic and hope that they would never get sick because, for years, everyone knew the world was low on medical assistance and supplies. “Shelter in Place” by Tina Cane is a piece that encompasses a time in which people had no one to turn to but those that lived in their homes. “I Can’t Breathe” by Pamela Sneed encompasses an event that was occurring throughout our time in quarantine in which those of color were even more scared to go out because they were at an all-time high of being attacked by the same officials who state that they want to help them. Within these two pieces, as a
