The second reason Matt’s father should not have left Matt alone to care for the crops and the cabin, is anything could go wrong. Had the Indians not been friendly, or if there had been other Indian tribes, they might have attacked and killed him. Also, a bear broke…
She loved her life as it was, without a man. She loved her perfect little house, with her big dog, and her amazing job. While soul searching, she examines her house. On page 98, “Everything she saw was just the way she wanted it, wasn’t it?”, “She looked around at the house with new eyes, wondering if there was room for a man in her home, or her life.” and on page 99, “noticing that everything in the room were objects she loved and had collected over the years, but all of them were about her.” Bennie is critical of her house, because it is so much like her, filled with everything important to her. She would bring a key to her house with her on her vacation, not just so she can get in when she gets back, but because that house is all hers.…
The first and most influential thing her teaches Jennings is that there are no friends in the homes, because it hurts to much when they leave. Jennings didn't believe in this rule at first and convinced Mark and to be his friend, so you can imagine it hurt when he had to leave. Finally he taught Jennings a lesson about what it means to real lose someone, while people Jennings cared about were in and out of his life all the time in the book, Mark died. It hurt Jennings so bad because he loved him, Mark dying made Jennings not want to tell anyone he loved them because of how scared he was for that to happen…
The freedom that Holden had was great so he could figure out what his goals were, but the lack of structure lead to some mistakes and a lot of wasted time. In today's society, many students take a gap year before they go off to college, which is said to “offer valuable personal freedom. Young people are able to figure out who they are and what inspires them” (Patterson 2). This year gives these students time to determine what they actually want to do in life. This also gives them absolute responsibility over their future and education because they gain the experience to know what they want. This is exactly what Holden needed, a structured way to take full responsibility over his life and decide what his meaning in life…
The author’s underlying meaning of the book to me was how social structures influence us to be a certain way. Sam Patch was supposed to be a mill worker but instead he decided he wanted to jump from very high areas into water. A lot of people at this time were just like him in the way that they were born into their life and struggled to make it better for them. Sam Patch gave them hope that they could make their life whatever they wanted it to be.…
Putting yourself into someone else's shoes has been a lesson that is recognized globally. The Radley family inhabits the house that is across the Finch family, the family is unsocial and the son, Arthur (Boo) Radley, hasn’t been seen for years. When Boo Radley’s role was constituted into the novel, Scout’s opinion on Boo was quite imprecise. This opinion was largely devised by Ms. Stephanie but after…
Lastly, George doesn’t have the money to get his dream life now, he will have to work longer. I know that it will take longer to “Live the Dream” because they lost Lennie. The book says, “George, how long’s it gonna be till we get that little place an’ live on the fatta the land’-an’ rabbits?” If he weren’t to kill Lennie, they’d be having one heck of a dream. Also, they would have money from Candy, the old swamper, if he could join in on this dream. The book says, “.... An’ they give me two hundred an’ fifty dollars `cause I los’ my hand”…
Tom goes to the movies to escape the drab life he leads as a warehouse worker living with his mother and sister. He hates his life and feels trapped. He gets no recognition or appreciation from Amanda for the sacrifices he feels he makes to support the family. He could choose to abandon them like his father had, and find the adventure he lusts after which is what he will eventually do.…
A man named Derek Holtzer, who is a government survival school psychologist, comes to ask Brian Robeson; a teenager who managed to be the only survivor in a plane crash and survive in the Canadian wilderness for 54 days with only a hatchet, for a favor. He asks for Brian to survive in the wilderness all over again, except this time he will have Derek with him so the government can learn how to actually survive if you are stranded or in trouble. Brian and the rest of his family eventually agree so they begin the preparations.…
During the rest of the trip through Montana and on to Alaska, the boys' experiences only reinforce their attitude towards the carefree atmosphere. While visiting Montana, the brothers came across a hitchhiker. Henry just has the girl hop in the car without even asking her where she was headed. When Henry finds out that the…
An important theme is the contrast of loneliness and friendship that is expressed in the novel through all characters. The men move from place to place and rarely have anyone to look to for companionship because of their lifestyles. Crooks, another character in the novel, is outcasted because of his black race and is therefore extremely lonely. Curley’s wife is also suffering from loneliness because she is the only woman on Tyler Ranch and longs for attention. Loneliness is present everywhere.…
Derek soon becomes a recruiting agent for that local white group. While the local movement grows, Derek's soul withers further and further away, polluted more and more by hate. This moral deterioration culminates when Derek kills two black gang members who try to steal his truck. He is caught and sent to jail, where he is shown the error of his ways, the hard way. With the help of one of his former teachers (Avery Brooks), Derek begins to reform. It, however, may be too little too late.…
I believe the theme of the movie is about finding meaning in your life. Ben, who just graduated college, doesn’t really know what he wants to do from there on out. He falls into this affair with Mrs. Robinson and it becomes something like a routine. There is that montage of Ben watching TV, laying in the pool, lying in bed with Mrs. Robinson, and I think the show conveys a lot of things. First, the passage of time. Time is going by so quickly that all of these happenings seem to be going on in one continuous go. Also, it conveys Ben’s boredom. He’s bored with his life, so he does these meaningless things out of pure monotony. He’s putting his future on the backburner, keeping himself occupied so he wouldn’t have to think about.…
The point is they face some dilemmas in their life. Jonas and Stanley both ran from their community. They had their own reasons but the reasons are only to save other people instead of themselves.…
The concept of having someone is threaded throughout the novel. Discuss the significance of this idea, along with the theme of loneliness. Be sure to include observations about the “outcasts” on the ranch including Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s wife.…