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    contrast‚ Steinbeck also provides a blunt backdrop to the violent language and feelings that characters like George have due to the time fame of the novella. Steinbeck uses improper grammar in his dialogue to demonstrate the backgrounds of the men. Steinbeck used language that illustrates the uneducated backgrounds of Lennie and George. In their dialogue‚ he spells words incorrectly to show how the characters pronounce the word. This gives the dialogue a realistic style. The realistic pronunciation

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    Explore the way Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as someone we both sympathise with and dislike at times. Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as one we both sympathise and dislike at times by showing both sides of her story to the reader‚ he illustrates Curley’s wife’s‚ point of view by revealing her past and why she is married to Curley. He then depicts the other side of her personality by exposing how she is around the ranch workers‚ and what they think of her. The author also illustrates the life

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    GLOSSARY OF MEDIA TERMS This glossary is designed to give you technical terms to help you write in more detail about media texts. It includes many of the terms used in television‚ film‚ newspapers and marketing. |biased |One-sided rather than neutral or objective | |broadsheet newspaper |also sometimes called ‘the quality press’. | |

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    future. The reactions to Discrimination varies on each type of person as Discrimination is often based on qualities and abilities. Discrimination shapes the story by targeting vulnerable characters in order to exploit their weaknesses and control the minorities including gender‚ race‚ & age of the ranch in order to prosper. In the story‚ Discrimination is used for benefit by an individual in order to gain control for himself. This conflict occurs between Curley‚ a small guy and Lennie‚ a bigger

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    but he killed Curley’s Wife. Curley was the bosses son and one of the most unpleasant people on the farm. When he killed Curley’s Wife‚ that was the end of it for him. Curly was mad because he killed his wife‚ so him and his men went to hunt him down. Before Curly and his men could find Lennie and kill him‚ George had already found him. Lennie was explaining to him‚ he didn’t mean to do it. George told him it was

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    even funny.” (p.113) * Curley’s Wife = powerful‚ white‚ married to the boss’ son. Shows weakness “They left all the weak ones here.” (p.110) “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while.” (p.110) * Sexuality gives her power – men fancy her. BUT are too scared to talk/go near her which causes her loneliness * She can’t escape her terrible relationship “Think I don’t know where they all went? Even Curley‚ I know where they went.” (p.110) “I don’t like Curley. He aint a nice

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    Ana September 27‚ 2011 “The Chrysanthemums” Critical Analysis “The Chrysanthemums”‚ written by John Steinbeck is a story about a thirty-five year-old woman named Elisa Allen and her encounter with an old bearded man in a wagon and his effect in her perspective in life. The point of view in which the story was narrated is relevant to its analysis and understanding. Also a character analysis can be done to interpret how they each think and act the way they do. Steinbeck uses a great amount

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    better friend is or who does the most in the friendship. It should be about the good times they shared‚ the times they were there for each other when no one else was‚ or the days when no one said a word but it was almost as if they were telling a whole story. A genuine friendship needs to have loyalty‚ support‚ trust‚ and of course‚ love. It also needs to have knowledge‚ knowledge that when someone has left nothing has changed. Friendship is also being five hundred trillion miles away from each other and

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    "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck The short story "The Chrysanthemums" shows how extraordinarily forward thinking the author‚ John Steinbeck‚ was in his understanding of the pressures that women dealt with in his time. Through the exploration and illustration of women’s emotions‚ Steinbeck gives us a view into the struggle of women in the early 20th century to find a place for themselves in society as well as establishing their own sexuality(Charters‚ 502). The story starts out

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    A Potential to be Noticed Prompt: How do the Chrysanthemums resemble the role of women in society? What kind of symbols help show the overall theme? Humans‚ just as flowers‚ can not fully live without sunlight‚ they can not develop without nourishment‚ and most of all‚ they can not flourish if life is constantly beating them down. Just as the Chrysanthemums fight to stay strong and powerful in the short story‚ “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck‚ the main character Emily tries

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