In Tom Wayman’s “Marking”, Wayman applies allegory to emphasize that teachers not only evaluate their students’ assignments, but also shape and mould the students’ identity and system of beliefs and values. Wayman expresses the enraged “red pencil” in order to suggest the significance of the alternative approach in which a student is evaluated. Indeed, a red pencil is most often used to mark a student’s work; it is the ultimate tool used to judge an individual’s effort and content. Furthermore, the teachers belong to the external world immersed with imperious opinions; hence, their use of the red pencil also implies to “hacking and destroying and rearranging” the students’ innate talents and individuality. Wayman depicts a teacher as a