diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e66b725..efb68c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
     <groupId>io.zipcoder</groupId>
     <artifactId>collections</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ParenChecker.java b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ParenChecker.java
index caee675..5f4c7ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ParenChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ParenChecker.java
@@ -1,4 +1,129 @@
 package io.zipcoder;
 
+import com.sun.xml.internal.fastinfoset.util.CharArray;
+
+import java.util.Stack;
+
 public class ParenChecker {
+    private Stack<Character> stackOfChars = new Stack();
+
+    public boolean parenChecker(String inputString) {
+        char[] arrayAsChar = inputString.toCharArray();
+        for (int i = 0; i < arrayAsChar.length; i++) {
+            characterChecker(arrayAsChar[i]);
+        }
+
+        if (stackOfChars.isEmpty()) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void characterChecker(char inputChar) {
+        switch (inputChar) {
+            case '(':
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '{':
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '[':
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '<':
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case ')':
+                checkClosingParen(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '}':
+                checkClosingBracket(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case ']':
+                checkClosingSquareBracket(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '>':
+                checkClosingAngleBracket(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '\"':
+                checkDoubleQuotes(inputChar);
+                break;
+            case '\'':
+                checkSingleQuotes(inputChar);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkSingleQuotes(char inputChar) {
+        if (!stackOfChars.empty()) {
+            if (stackOfChars.peek().equals('\'')) {
+                stackOfChars.pop();
+            } else {
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+            }
+        } else {
+            stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkDoubleQuotes(char inputChar) {
+        if (!stackOfChars.empty()) {
+            if (stackOfChars.peek().equals('\"')) {
+                stackOfChars.pop();
+            } else {
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+            }
+        } else {
+            stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkClosingAngleBracket(char inputChar) {
+        if (!stackOfChars.empty()) {
+            if (stackOfChars.peek().equals('<')) {
+                stackOfChars.pop();
+            } else {
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+            }
+        } else {
+            stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkClosingSquareBracket(char inputChar) {
+        if (!stackOfChars.empty()) {
+            if (stackOfChars.peek().equals('[')) {
+                stackOfChars.pop();
+            } else {
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+            }
+        } else {
+            stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkClosingBracket(char inputChar) {
+        if (!stackOfChars.empty()) {
+            if (stackOfChars.peek().equals('{')) {
+                stackOfChars.pop();
+            } else {
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+            }
+        } else {
+            stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkClosingParen(char inputChar) {
+        if (!stackOfChars.empty()) {
+            if (stackOfChars.peek().equals('(')) {
+                stackOfChars.pop();
+            } else {
+                stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+            }
+        } else {
+            stackOfChars.push(inputChar);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/WC.java b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/WC.java
index babb68c..1cc79e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/WC.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/WC.java
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.*;
 
 public class WC {
     private Iterator<String> si;
+    private TreeMap<String, Integer> wordMap = new TreeMap();
+
 
     public WC(String fileName) {
         try {
@@ -20,4 +21,54 @@ public WC(String fileName) {
     public WC(Iterator<String> si) {
         this.si = si;
     }
+
+    public void wordCounter(){
+        splitIntoSingleWords();
+        sortMap();
+    }
+
+    private void splitIntoSingleWords() {
+        String[] words;
+        for(String fileLine = si.next(); true; fileLine = si.next()) {
+            words = fileLine.split(" ");
+            words = stripUnwantedChars(words);
+            placeWordIntoMap(words);
+            if (!si.hasNext()){
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void placeWordIntoMap(String[] words) {
+        for (String word: words) {
+            if (!wordMap.containsKey(word.toLowerCase())){
+                wordMap.put(word.toLowerCase(), 1);
+            } else {
+                wordMap.put(word.toLowerCase(), wordMap.get(word)+ 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void sortMap(){
+        ArrayList<Map.Entry<String, Integer>> listOfEntries = new ArrayList<Map.Entry<String, Integer>>(wordMap.entrySet());
+        listOfEntries.sort((entry1, entry2) -> entry2.getValue().compareTo(entry1.getValue()));
+        printAllResults(listOfEntries);
+    }
+
+    private void printAllResults(ArrayList<Map.Entry<String, Integer>> inputList){
+        for (Map.Entry entry: inputList) {
+            System.out.println(entry);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String[] stripUnwantedChars(String[] inputArray){
+        for (int i = 0; i < inputArray.length; i++) {
+            inputArray[i]= inputArray[i].replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z']", "");
+        }
+        return inputArray;
+    }
+
+    public TreeMap<String, Integer> getWordMap() {
+        return wordMap;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/someTextFile.txt b/src/main/resources/someTextFile.txt
index e69de29..048f5a1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/someTextFile.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/someTextFile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+case test
+call
+apple apple apple test
+test
+case sweep
+sweep!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ParenCheckerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ParenCheckerTest.java
index 76aa3b6..4c6660a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ParenCheckerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ParenCheckerTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,37 @@
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import javax.xml.ws.RequestWrapper;
+
 public class ParenCheckerTest {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    @Test
+    public void parenCheckerTest1(){
+        ParenChecker testChecker = new ParenChecker();
+        boolean actual = testChecker.parenChecker("()()<>\"\"[]{}\'\'");
+        Assert.assertTrue(actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parenCheckerTest2(){
+        ParenChecker testChecker = new ParenChecker();
+        boolean actual = testChecker.parenChecker("ufeuifbbifeiu><<()");
+        Assert.assertFalse(actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parenCheckerTest3(){
+        ParenChecker testChecker = new ParenChecker();
+        boolean actual = testChecker.parenChecker("\"(({}))\"");
+        Assert.assertTrue(actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parenCheckerTest4(){
+        ParenChecker testChecker = new ParenChecker();
+        boolean actual = testChecker.parenChecker("fsf(kfbf{}jnje)<>\"dsdjhsjdhj\"");
+        Assert.assertTrue(actual);
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/WCTest.java b/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/WCTest.java
index 895e831..b8c92f4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/WCTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/WCTest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,60 @@
 package io.zipcoder;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class WCTest {
+    ArrayList<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    @Before
+    public void setUp(){
+        stringList.add("test");
+        stringList.add("apple");
+        stringList.add("test");
+        stringList.add("case");
+        stringList.add("case");
+        stringList.add("case");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void wordCheckerTest1(){
+        WC wcTest = new WC(stringList.iterator());
+        wcTest.wordCounter();
+        int actual = wcTest.getWordMap().get("apple");
+        int expected = 1;
+        Assert.assertEquals(actual, expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void wordCheckerTest2(){
+        WC wcTest = new WC(stringList.iterator());
+        wcTest.wordCounter();
+        int actual = wcTest.getWordMap().get("case");
+        int expected = 3;
+        Assert.assertEquals(actual, expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void wordCheckerTest3(){
+        ArrayList<String> testArray2 = new ArrayList<String>();
+        testArray2.add("apple test test case case case");
+        WC wcTest = new WC(testArray2.iterator());
+        wcTest.wordCounter();
+        int actual = wcTest.getWordMap().get("case");
+        int expected = 3;
+        Assert.assertEquals(actual, expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void wordCheckerTest4(){
+        WC wcTest = new WC(WC.class.getResource("/someTextFile.txt").getFile());
+        wcTest.wordCounter();
+        int actual = wcTest.getWordMap().get("test");
+        int expected = 3;
+        Assert.assertEquals(actual,expected);
+    }
+}