who deserve our sympathy‚ for instance there is Lennie‚ George‚Curley‚Carlson‚Slim‚Curley’s Wife‚Crooks and several other characters. These characters make us feel sympathetic towards them weather is it because how they are treated or how they live their lives or how they behave. But although these characters deserve sympathy‚ Crooks and Curley’s Wife deserve more sympathy because of these reasons‚ Crooks is treated badly due to his race‚ as well he has a crooked spine meaning he is always in pain and
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Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men takes place during The Great Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated from talking to anyone but Curley‚ because as a women in the
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characters is Crooks‚ Carlson and Curley’s wife. Each character in Of Mice and Men have some type of power‚ some are not as noticeable as Crooks’s power to manipulate others. Crooks is not a character the book tells a lot about but it does show the reader what kind of person he is. In the book Crooks tries to convince Lennie that George is not going to come back. Crooks said to Lennie in the barn “s’pose George went into town tonight and you never heard of him no more” (71). Crooks repeated several
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The passage is from "Of Mice and Men". Steinbeck describes Crooks’ room for the first time. In this passage‚ Steinbeck is illustrating Crooks’ barn to the reader as the setting on the passage. First‚ he describes everything in detail that is located in Crooks’ barn while using powerful diction to clarify Crooks’ character. Second‚ he describes Crooks’ barn as his source of his pride and self-respect while reinstating his loneliness. Third‚ Steinbeck uses sound imagery to foreshadow and to set the
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Steinbeck portrays several men and one woman on a ranch in California during the great depression. One of these men is an old black man named Crooks‚ and the woman is the boss’s son’s wife referred to as “Curley’s wife”. Crooks is the stable caretaker and has a separate room from all the other workers. Curley’s wife is the only woman on the ranch and is isolated by Curley from the other men who both have big dreams. Steinbeck illustrates that Crooks’s dream of being treated like any other white man
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“Tudor England was an uncivilised‚ chaotic and isolated country at the start of the 16th century”. How far do you agree with this statement? The age of the Tudors was one of the most exciting periods in British history. There are arguments to both agree and to disagree with the statement about tudor life and in this essay I hope to give strong detailed arguments for both sides and give my personal opinion in the conclusion. Firstly the Tudors were a very religious person which disagrees
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Izzy Richardson finds herself feeling isolated and misunderstood in her circle. Izzy is constantly being pushed to conform to expectations from others‚ whether it’s her relationship problems with her mother or being told what to do by others. Feeling isolated and being alienated from others can give one a hard time navigating through misunderstandings and it can lead one to make bad decisions. First of all‚ Izzy’s relationship with her family makes her feel isolated and finding others to support her
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1. Characterization: Direct Characterization- “Crooks could leave his things about‚ and being a stable buck and a cripple‚ he was more permanent than other men‚ and he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back” (Steinbeck 65). Indirect characterization- A. “A guy sets alone out here at night‚ maybe readin’ books or thinkin’ or stuff like that. Sometimes he gets thinkin’‚ an’ he got nothing to tell him what’s so an’ what ain’t so. Maybe if he sees somethin’‚ he don’t
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People all over the world have all different cultures and beliefs‚ and what may be one’s person’s norm may be rare or insulting someone else’s culture. To avoid such misconceptions and conflicts‚ censorship of media such as books is put into place. Some books are completely banned in some areas‚ and many books are admonished for containing ‘controversial information.’ Many people are divided between the dilemma of whether or not censorship should be enforced. Some parents or religious followers wish
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Death of a Salesman Isolated Detail Arthur Miller’s Death of a salesman uses Biff’s trophy to symbolize Willy’s paternal downfall. The trophy’s placement and history and Biff’s passionate remarks respectively prove the claim. Arthur Miller uses the trophy’s placement and history to illustrate it as a symbolism for Willy’s paternal downfall. Although trophies typically flaunt success and victory‚ this trophy ironically epitomizes Willy’s downfallen paternal relationship. Biff’s “athletic” (football)
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