TITLE AND AUTHOR Title-Of Mice and Men Author-John Steinbeck HISTORICAL DATE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED Date-February 6‚ 1937 LIST OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS George Milton-Lennie’s “cousin”/caretaker‚ clever/responsible/loyal‚ migrant worker‚ wants to start own farm‚ forced by circumstance to kill Lennie Lennie Small-big/strong‚ ignorant of own abilities‚ mentally disabled‚ depends on George‚ ultimately kills what he loves-mice‚ puppies‚ Curley’s Wife‚ dreams Slim-jerkline skinner/top hand‚ wise/experienced
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On the night of March 25‚ 1931‚ a sheriff posse in Paint Rock‚ Alabama stopped a freight train traveling from Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. They arrested nine young black men on the train. They also found two young women‚ Victoria Price and Ruby Bates‚ dressed in men’s overalls. Price claimed she was raped by six of the young men‚ while Bates claimed the other three raped her. The nine men‚ from Chattanooga and different parts of Georgia‚ ranged in age from 12 to 20. They were roped together and taken
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In 2003‚ Rob Zombie wrote and directed House of 1000 Corpses‚ a film about four young adults who end up off the beaten path and in the house of an evil‚ murderous family. The film takes place in a small‚ run down rural town during the 1970s. In the director’s commentary‚ Zombie describes his motion picture as a “70s exploitation horror film.”(House of 1000 Corpses.) He also mentions that he was inspired by the alleged Manson family home videos. He makes subtle parallels between the Firefly family
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History of Witchcraft Little was it known for us people living in the 21st Century that witchcraft has a vast and long history. Witches were hated and avoided at. They have been accused of casting evil spells for which they have faced trials that condemned them their deaths. In the Middle Ages to the 1700’s‚ in accordance with buzzle.com‚ in which they have stated in their website‚ “Starting from around 700 A.D.‚ this practice [witchcraft] was viewed more and more as heresy‚ or the rejection of
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showing benefits in officer safety‚ The Toronto Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) model‚ Dr. Raymond B. Flannery keys for intervention‚ Crisis Intervention Teams in Chicago: Successes on the Ground‚ and finally an interview with Sedgwick County Sheriff Detective Narciso Narvais‚ leader of the local Crisis Intervention Team. Law enforcement across the United States encounter many routine calls each day. Some dealing with domestic
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The March From Selma to Montgomery and The Impact It Left In Birmingham Alabama‚ a small little church that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders exploded. On September 15‚ 1963 a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services. Four young girls were killed during the explosion and many others was badly injured. Outrage over the incident with the four young girls’ deaths sparked violence that clashed between protesters and police. The march from Selma to Montgomery is important because
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Although people have been taking a stand for what was right throughout history all around the world‚ none have affected the area of Southern Colorado as much as the events that took place at the Ludlow Mine Camp. Driven to stand against the rich mine owners‚ a small group fought and died for labor rights that are still in place an impacting workers today. While rich businessmen put the value of a load of coal or even a mule over that of a working man‚ the events that would come to be known as the
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that shows that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in the assassination. To start off‚ after the assassination took place and Oswald was captured‚ authorities changed the identity of the murder weapon many times. For instance‚ Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boone and Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman both initially identified the murder weapon as a 6.5 mm Carcano rifle‚ but the following day Weitzman signed affidavit describing the weapon as a 7.65mm Mauser bolt action rifle‚ equipped with a 4/18 scope
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Tyler Broaddrick Betsy Seymour English 101-014 18 October 2010 “Roger & Me” In the 1980s General Motors started a big controversy by shutting down some of their plants and opening new ones in Mexico for cheaper labor. This caused the once popular and growing town of Flint to become nothing more than a deserted and run-down place. Michael Moore’s film Roger & Me is a very biased film concerning the citizens of Flint‚ Michigan that lost their jobs due to General Motors shutting plants
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AB 109 Assembly Bill 109 was signed by Governor Edmund Brown Jr. and implemented on October 1‚ 2011 to close the revolving door of low-level inmates cycling in and out of state prison. It was a way to reduce the number of inmate in our overpopulated 33 prisons. The cause ab109 and ab117 to be put into place was a lawsuit Plata vs. Schwarzenegger fact that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was in violation of the eight amendments‚ the American with Disabilities Act and section
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