Crooks vs. Curley’s Wife John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of mice and Men‚ shows the lives of a Negro skinner who is excluded from all things and the boss’s son’s wife. They appear different because they come from different backgrounds of life‚ but in actuality they are alike in many fashions. Crooks and Curley’s wife lived simple lives on the ranch and their parents placed restrictions on them when they were younger. Crooks was the only black man on the entire ranch and had a specialized job that he could
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sea‚ engaged in an occupation that was extremely dangerous‚ so that he could have the money to run our household. There are times when I do not see him for days and weeks at a stretch but I am expected to come to terms with this and be the “dutiful wife” that I am expected to be. There are times when I wonder why my parents forced me into such a marriage‚ a marriage in which they knew I would be lonely in. Perhaps if I had not listened to the elders I might have not been in such a situation‚ standing
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Our first impression of Curley’s wife is that she is a very sexual character. This is suggested through Steinbeck’s description “her fingernails were red”. Red is associated with danger but also with love and passion. Red lipstick was used by prostitutes at the time to represent sexual arousal. Steinbeck also uses similes to give an image of Curley’s wife. For example “her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages”. However‚ the primary message is that she is dangerous and not to be trusted
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got both of ’em here.”( 40)Think I’d let you carry your own work card?”(39) Curley’s wife needs someone to take care of her also. She is flirtatious and always around the other men. That is why Curley is always literally looking after her. “Any you guys seen my wife?”(27) Candy is another person that needs someone to be his keeper. His dog could have been looked at as his keeper also because that was all
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In “The Zookeeper’s Wife‚” the author‚ Diane Ackerman‚ is talking about the rescue and resistance aspect of the Holocaust. To a Jew‚ resistance could be considered as smuggling a loaf of bread‚ or rescuing a Torah‚ which might not be exactly what one might think of by “resistance”
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eyes on Curley’s wife‚ his initial impression of her is that he has “never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” (Steinbeck 2006 p36). In the novel Curley’s wife is a beautiful woman who constantly shows her beauty to the men on the ranch. She dresses inappropriately for a woman married to the boss’s son. “She had full‚ roughed lips and wide spaced eyes‚ her fingernails are red and her hair hangs in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages”. (p34 Steinbeck 2006). Curley’s wife always wanders around
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faced by Curley’s wife and Crooks in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Discrimination occurs in this novel because both Crooks and Curley’s wife are discriminated against for things such as race and gender. Even though both characters are discriminated against on the ranch the reasons they are discriminated against are different. Both characters are minorities‚ have bad reputations‚ and open up to people who are willing to listen and talk to them. Crooks and Curley’s wife are both minorities
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1) How many food Chains are there in this food web? There are two food chains.(1 Mark) 2) Name a producer found in this food web? Microscopic plants(1 Mark) 3) Name two consumers found in this food web. Small fish and water boatman (2 Marks) 4) If the water boatmen all died‚ what would happen to the tadpoles in the short term? The tadpole population would overgrow and the perch would starve. (1 mark) 5) What would happen to the tadpoles in the long term ?(1Mark) Eventually all the microscopic
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It was July 24‚ 2011‚ the day I had been patiently awaiting for over a year. This was the day that my husband was coming home from deployment in Bahrain‚ Middle East. This time‚ not only was he coming home to me‚ he was also coming home to meet his four day old daughter. Emotions were high that day. I walked into the airport pushing only a pink stroller with a newborn baby girl and trying not to come in the way of rushing passengers. The ambience of the airport was very impressive. The lounge
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PROLOGUE Gnik tightened the seatbelt around his waist‚ and he mindlessly looked at his watch. Still 10:27 PM‚ Gnik thought. He reread the text he was composing to Pam: Hey‚ Pam--it’s me again. Gnik with a ’G.’ Do you have some time to chat tomorrow morning? Regular time‚ regular place? Let me know. Satisfied‚ Gnik pressed the send button on his phone just as the pilot finally made the announcement to turn off all electronic devices. Gnik automatically complied‚ tucking his phone into the
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