"Obedience, or The Lying Tale" by Jennifer Chang
1.
How would you describe the speaker's tone in the first stanza?
2. Why do you think Chang titled her poem "Obedience, or The Lying
Tale"? Explain who is lying to whom and about what she is lying.
In the last stanza, the speaker contemplates two options as she
"studies escape." What does she want to escape? What might these
options represent, and what might she be seeking?