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    The Diary of Anne Frank This journey that Anne Frank encounters was although a short journey had a big affect on her life. A few steps down the road from where she lived had changed her life forever‚ more than she could’ve imagined. Anne Frank was forced to leave her life behind‚ in a time of WW2. The diary of Anne Frank represents an individual strengthened by going on a forced‚ reluctant journey. She’s forced into hiding after living a “spoiled life” with boys from school “admiring her”.

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    Eva’s diary 14/08/1910 This is the most fortunate day of my life. I couldn’t believe I get a job in Birling’s factory. This factory is in the countryside‚ I like this environment‚ it is peaceful. There are lots of cool girls in the factory‚ I can’t make friends with them‚ we all know we are different‚ anyway‚ I enjoy the time to be along. My mom was so excited when I told her I got a job‚ I also told her I will earn lots of money and bring her a holiday. 12/09/1910 The work in the factory is monotonous

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    same purpose that Lewis and Clark did. In this way‚ the novel demonstrates that friendship gives life meaning. 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

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    character of Crooks‚ in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ written by John Steinbeck‚ the author presents and develops the character ‘Crooks – The stable buck’ to highlight one of the major themes of Racism and Discrimination in the novella which was a problem that troubled American Society in the 1930’s‚ during the great depression. Steinbeck explores the character Crooks by examining the nature and effects of the racism and the horrible treatment towards Crooks on the ranch

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    Javonda Weeks April 20‚ 2015 The event that most interested me was the slave trader video. How they took a prince and broke him. He still was able to survive and still run a plantation just like the tribe he was from. It must take a lot of self will to survive in the conditions they were put in on the boat‚ then to get off and still be no better than cattle. Though slavery was equally as tragic and traumatic for black men and women‚ the experience of slavery affected them in different ways. "Depending

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    The Author Steinbeck presents Crooks in Chapter 4. The character Crooks is a black person who work in a ranch in California. In 1930 in America there were segregation between white and black people‚ and this relates onto how Crooks is segregated from and by other workers in the ranch ‘they don’t let me play card‚ cause I’m black’ even they don’t let them play a game so this also shows how black people was treated. Moreover Crooks is also treated like an animal ‘had his bunk in the harness room’

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    Crooks Character Analysis Lonely: Sad because one has no friends or company. Loneliness is the sadness that comes to everyone once in their life time. The sheer isolation driving people insane. Loneliness is the base of Crooks’s life. Every day‚ he’s separated from the rest of the workers and living in his own room‚ which almost no one had ever entered. This shows in John Steinbeck’s‚ Of Mice and Men‚ where the main characters Lennie and George travel away from Weed to a new work place. In this

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    Many people tend to experience loneliness at least one point in their life; sometimes it makes a huge impact. In John Steinbeck’s book “Of Mice and Men”‚ one of my many obvious characters that experience loneliness is Crooks. Crooks is lonely because he is African American‚ he distances himself from the other men‚ and he comes off a bit too strong. One of the reasons he is lonely is because he is African American during the 1930’s. “’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there‚ but I can’t play because

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    with loneliness regarding Crooks 1) Crooks is very isolated from the others that are in the bunkhouse. We know this because "He kept his distance" and "demanded that other people kept theirs". This shows that he prefers being alone rather than face prejudice from the rest of the workers. It also shows that Crooks is quite defensive because if his he is treated. Steinbeck uses the work “distance"‚ which re-emphasises how separated he is. It also shows that Crooks requires protection because

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    10th October 2013 York notes "crooks is an illustration of the way in which loneliness can corrupt and destroy and man" crooks: no one gets into heaven and no one gets their dreams takes a very sinister view on life and likes to worry people about the negatives doesn’t believe that dreams can come true crooks and loneliness page 77- five quotes about crooks past‚ five on isolation and five on being a twisted human being past "I was born right here in California" "my old man

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