failed American dream. Although he is not the most important character in the plot‚ even Crooks‚ the stable buck‚ embodies this theme. Crooks is African-American and disabled. Because Crooks is African-American‚ he will never be treated fairly and will never raise up in society. He has the same job for 20 years working in a stable. Because Crooks is disabled‚ he could never find a better job and get a better pay. Crooks has also been at the ranch for a very long time and has seen all of the drifters who
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In the novel‚ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ Elizabeth finds herself. She judges people the wrong way and overall contradicts everything she had previously thought. The number one thing she contradicted in the novel‚ was her happiness. She first claims to be happier than Jane but then says‚ “If you were to give me forty such men‚ I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition‚ your goodness‚ I never can have your happiness.” (Jane 424) By saying this it is assumed that Elizabeth
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B Exam Questions Zeinab Dafalla I HAVE USED MY NOTES TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Part A) What methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife? In the passage the first words that Steinbeck uses are that “Both men glanced up‚” and through this we are introduced to Curley’s wife through her effect on men and not through any notion of herself‚ which Steinbeck does to show us she is only worthy for the use of men. Not so long after in the sentence we are told
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Racial and Class Prejudice By: Chong Koi Jun‚ Sean Woon‚ Sae Xilong‚ Lee Kai Xuan and Matthew Lim Definitions ● Racial prejudice: A strong discriminatory opinion against a certain race of people when some feel there are people of other skin colours which are in a certain respect “inferior” to themselves; they deserve negative treatment. ● Class prejudice: A strong discriminatory opinion against a certain category of people in society‚ usually occurring on the pretext of a more “superior race”
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this is cool‚lie: In a way you’re sort of testing yourself by coming here? Lewis: …She hates talk about love. She thinks its icky. ‘Love is the last gasp of the bourgeois romanticism’ she says. She hates me doing an opera about love and fidelity while thousands of Vietnamese are being killed by America troops. Julie: I don’t like men’s double standards‚ I guess. Men want women to deceive them because it’ll prove their worst thoughts about women… Julie: My parents had me committed. They think its sort of like a holiday
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Gender Prejudice in Sports Sports; it is a pass time‚ hobby‚ career‚ and a huge part of American culture. Professional sports‚ like baseball‚ football‚ and basketball are watched by millions every game. The athletes are also some of the highest paid people in America. Colleges and high schools offer many different sports programs to students. However‚ most people only think of men when they think of athletes. This idea does not allow for women to have as good of an experience in athletics as men
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Prejudice “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past‚ threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” (Maya Angelou). Prejudice comes in many forms and it affects people very differently. Prejudice is negative feelings for someone or a group of people‚ its discriminating them because of the group that they are associated with. Some forms of prejudice includes racism‚ sexism‚ and homophobia. The victims of prejudice are affected way more than the one who is being prejudice. It affects
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Stable Buck‚ Crooks‚ as petulant‚ lonely‚ yet he is not portrayed by Steinbeck in a stereotypical manor. In the setting description of Crooks’ isolated bunk‚ it is described that he owns a “tattered dictionary” and a book on Californian Law. This demonstrates to the audience how he is well educated. A working-class black person during the Depression era of 1930s America would have been unlikely to grow up with many educational opportunities‚ but this interesting detail suggests Crooks’ desire to self-educate
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10-14 High Street‚ Kensington‚ 5065 September 10‚ 2013 Chawton Cottage Alton Hampshire GU34-1SD Dear Ms Austen I have recently studied two interpretations of your work Pride and Prejudice‚ Mr Darcy was my particular favourite because of his interesting combination in personality traits; arrogant however pleasantly thoughtful. Tall and handsome‚ Mr Darcy had pride in high places and was blind to call his future lover‚ Elizabeth barely tolerable and handsome enough. I was most certainly enchanted by
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“Read and annotate the passage and write about how Steinbeck uses details to present Crooks in this extract. Explain the importance of what the reader learns here in terms of the novel as a whole” In the first four paragraphs of Chapter four‚ the reader is already aware of how lonely and broken‚ both physically and mentally‚ Crooks is. However‚ he is clever and proud. Crooks‚ “the negro stable buck” is restricted from communicating with the other workers as he had “his bunk in the harness room"
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