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    Crooks Loneliness

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    a key role in demonstrating this theme. Other factors such as race‚ gender‚ and age may evoke the development of being ignored. Crooks‚ known as “stable buck”‚ was an African American man who was racially segregated by most. The setting of the novel was told during the Great Depression‚ a time when racial discrimination was common. Because of the time period‚ Crooks faced prejudice treatment by the white workers and suffered the feeling of loneliness. This feature was shown when the favored men

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    Crooks Room

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    Steinbeck mentions many different items in Crook’s room‚ including a ‘’long box filled with straw’’. This item could represent crooks in many ways. Firstly‚ the use of the noun ‘’BOX’’ suggests he doesn’t own a bed which could actually leads the reader thinking he is devalued within the ranch. This implies he was treated like an animal in the barn with the animals because he has to sleep in the box which is so uncomfortable. He doesn’t have the quality of life. Secondly‚ the use of the word ‘’STRAW’’

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    monologue on crooks

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    My Dramatic Monologue – Crooks – Life is really hard at the moment. I was ‘aving the time of me life on Saturday night wiv that big bindlestick whats his name? ( scratch back‚ stroke chin‚ sigh) Ahhhh Lennie thats it. Well anyway we was just sittin’ and talkin’ and talkin’ and sittin’ ‘bout this amazing place that George and Lennie was going to hav’. It gave me hope it did to get out this bloody place‚ start a fresh life and maybe just maybe be treated like a real guy for a change. (imagine it

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    Living in the (1920s) Dear Darla this is Granny writing to you to inform you of how we did things in 1920. Things such as clothing‚ fashion and how it changed things for good. Hope things are going well with you‚ at the same time there were many things that I adopted to the change as well as others getting the fashion change. You will not believe how sexual activity and other social interaction changed as well; it has a lot to do with how you made it here to be my lovely Darla. The magazines and

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    "But sir." Erick interrupted." In a siege timing is everything. The Southern Isles’ has a limited time to take the fortress before we receive help from Arendelle. This fortress is too big cor its current garrison‚ but once the army of Arendelle reach it it would be a hard nut to crack. A day of delay for the twenty-four-pounders is a day added to take the fortress and a day less to receive reinforcements." Nelberg looked in surprise at Erick. "You seem to know some concepts about siege warfare."

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    January 23‚ 1916    Dear mother‚     I am sorry it has been so long since I last wrote you‚ the war is getting intense. I can not wait to come home to Nova Scotia to see you‚ father‚ Thomas‚ and Elizabeth. How are they doing are they safe? War seems like it is getting even more dangerous due to the many warfare inventions‚ many soldiers die fighting at Western Front‚  never to go home and see their families again. It gets very lonely in the trenches‚ despite many soldiers being with me it feels

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    Crooks Autobiography

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    My name (or the name given to me by the whites I worked with) is Crooks. I lived a fortunate life as a child when my father owned the ranch but as an adult I lived a tough life‚ a life of hardship‚ work and oppression. When I was a child I was different‚ not just because of the colour of my skin compared to the children I played with but also because my father was a landowner‚ this was very rare for the time. We had about ten acres in Oklahoma‚ a chicken ranch to be exact. It seemed like just about

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    Crackling and sputtering‚ the scarlet fire gorged itself on yellow grass and piles of bodies‚ leaving trails of blackened meat and soil while metallic smelling smoke billowed to the clouds. Among the increasingly hellish terrain knelt a bloodied and charred man‚ practically cooked in his suit of metal armor. Even as steam surged from his melted skin and the soupy remains of his eyes dripped down his face‚ he still drew breath. “You would rather die than save your daughter?” A robed figure asked‚

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    Diary

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    Anne has just turned thirteen‚ and she lists the birthday presents which she has received‚ including the diary‚ which she says is "possibly the nicest of all." She then gives us a brief description of her personal history‚ mentioning her birth in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ the family‚ their emigration to Holland after Hitler’s rise to power and his persecution of the Jews in Germany‚ the Nazi occupation of Holland‚ among the Nazis’ occupation of other European countries‚ plus the various‚ severe restrictions

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    Why Is Crooks Unhappy

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    of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck introduces Crooks as an unhappy person who deprived of friendships and happiness‚ Crooks is also a character that Steinbeck uses to show discrimination of the blacks back in those days. Crooks actions are the results of his emotions. Crooks is unhappy because he holds frustration‚ humiliation and loneliness. Firstly‚ Crooks feels frustrated since he is not able to fight the racism that he faces in the ranch. For example‚ Crooks is made to be isolated from the white

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