1. Why is the narrator attracted to the kind of family life depicted on TV? What, if anything, does he think is wrong with his life? Why do his desires apparently have so little impact on his family?…
Throughout the story, the author wants to tell us about the relationship between Sue and her imaginary friend, the racial difference, and the moral of respecting people. The author…
2. What do stalking the old man and the post-murder details reveal about the narrator’s character?…
The friendless characters have been lonely for so long, their lives no longer have meaning. Both Crooks and Curley’s wife’s lives lack love and affection to give them purpose. Since Crooks has lived in white towns his entire life, his lack of friends has…
“This hitherto peaceful congregation of neighbors and old friends had suddenly to endure the unique experience of distrusting each other; understandably, they believed that the murderer was among themselves.”…
As the reader, I can tell that she is extremely happy when she said, “when we pulled up in front of the house on North Third Street, I could not believe we were actually going to live there” (94). She had never even been close to a house of this size. The neighborhood wasn’t all that…
In "The Widower in the country", change is conveyed in many ways. The poem shows that change can bring a life of isolation and loneliness. The poem also shows how change is not always embraced and how we should not lead a life with a lack of change.…
Everyone in their lifetime desires the comfort of a friend, but will settle for the attentive ear of a stranger. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows how lonely people were during the 1930’s. He teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence, and how the characters in the story had to admit at one time or another to having a profound sense of loneliness and isolation. Although each character had their own secluded troubles, Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy, suffered the most from loneliness.…
Devoting quality time for family is appreciated when we often live separate lives. In “Wordsmith”, the speaker feels appreciative of her father for devoting his time to fill the cracks of her fifty-eight year old house. The speaker’s father has a hard time expressing his love emotionally towards her, thus he expresses it physically through his work. The speaker’s describes her father’s work like “words he didn’t know how to say, the lost syllables and consonants springing up…Until there is smoothness, [the] fifty eight year old house is a perfect sentence.” Similarly, Marco from “Nature Lessons” embraces the country life. Marco’s daughter, Mary comes to visit him from the city, Los Angela. Mary doesn’t feel connected with her father’s values. Marco was hoping to encounter one of God’s creatures to savor with Mary. Marco wanted to show Mary, that Marco “valued most about living in the woods”. Marco took Mary on hikes to trout stream, ate rare meat and for some ice cream. Mary doesn’t feel as connected to the country life like Marco does.…
Companionship is a necessity for those seeking happiness and peace of mind within their lives. Without any faith in others, people will suffer from loneliness and sorrow. This idea is presented in the novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. The text delineates the lives of multiple characters who have experienced pain as a result of their alienation from others. These characters include a black man, named Crook’s, who is separated from society because of his skin color, Curley’s wife who, in the time period, was treated with disrespect because of her gender, and two itinerant farm laborers, George and Lennie, once the best of friends, who have lost each other in a world of fear and misfortune. This concept of isolation is developed through…
Living in New York City, Ascher has had many experiences with the less fortunate and how others react to them. She cleverly adds some of these personal anecdotes to her essay. Ascher describes a woman who gives a dollar to a homeless man after he stops and stares at her child. Was the woman’s sympathy genuine or based off of fear? In another instance Ascher witnessed an owner of a coffee shop giving a food and coffee, the owner did this twice.{Ascher,47} The owner could have been annoyed and wanted to get rid of the man, or she really could have empathized with him. These stories are the foundation for the rest of the essay, without them Ascher wouldn’t have the credibility that is also established through them.…
Mary, a member of the younger generation and like every other resident of Garden Place, "did not talk to many old people any more" and owned a house that looked like the one beside and across it. Mary, knowing both sides, and has heard both Mrs. Fullerton and her neighbors' stories, is in a dilemma. She sacrifices being the topic of gossip at the next coffee party and asserts her position as one who does not care how things look and stands up for Mrs. Fullerton. Mary differs from every other resident of Garden Place by showing vulnerability while her discrete refusal to conform with the others imperceptibly bridges the division between the two…
1. Using the photograph of the back steps of apartments on Chicago’s South Side and the excerpt from a Chicago commission report, explain the appeal of suburban life for Chicago residents in the 1940s and ’50s. How does your answer relate to the experiences and ambitions of the Younger family in the play?…
In the novel, the people act dull and in unison. Even their houses have “no front porches… they had time to think. So they ran off with the porches” (pg. #). The…
What is Community? What kind of impact can it have? These are questions that aren’t as easy to answer in today’s world, opposed to just a decade ago. The biggest change in that time, is the introduction of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. Many of the brightest minds are taking conflicting sides on the topic. Some will argue that we are more disconnected then we’ve ever been as a result of social media. On the other hand, people will swear that we have never been closer due to social media. Let me tell you, I know first-hand how much of a positive impact social media is having in our friendships and communities.…