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    Steinbeck is showing how Curley’s wife emerges as a complex and interesting character. Although her purpose is rather simple in the book’s openings‚ she is been called “tramp‚” “tart‚” and “bitch”. These nasty comments are made by the people that dislike her and her appearances; this makes the reader feel sympathy for her. Later in the book Steinbeck become more complex. She is first introduced through rumours means that the reader already has a biased opinion of Curleys wife before she even enters

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    How does Hosseini present the character of Amir in chapters 1-9? Throughout ‘The Kite Runner’‚ Amir is our main character and the centre narrative voice of the novel. The bulk of the novel is based around Amir’s Pashtun lifestyle as a child and the events and changes that take place during this complex part of the characters life; as a reader we see many changes to Amir’s actions and emotions as the novel develops‚ however the way Amir feels and acts is mainly effected by the actions of another

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    How does Miller present Joe Keller as a tragic hero In All My Sons? Joe Keller is a man who loves and values his family very much and has sacrificed everything‚ including his honour‚ in his struggle to make his family prosperous. In the 1940s the American dream was one that everyone possessed. The American dream promised wealth‚ happiness and anything a citizen could ever want. This concept of perfect life was one that Joe tried his very hardest to live by so that he could provide for his family

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    Analysis Of Curley's Wife

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    Curley’s wife is the main women character in Steinbeck’s novel of mice and men. In this piece of writing I will be discussing the good and bad about Curley’s wife. Firstly Steinbeck uses colour to give a description on Curley’s wife. ‘She has rouged lips and red fingernails; her mules are red and are covered with red ostrich feathers’. The first opinion of her that comes to mind is that she is a dangerous women and she uses her sexuality to gain male attention. The colour red suggests love and

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    woman‚ by going through many years of change and her overcoming her adolescent difficulties. In her younger years‚ a result of being unaccepted by her family‚ negatively affected her mental state. Once she reached Lowood Institution‚ she was taught how to become a respectable Victorian governess‚ which entails maturity and the ability to control emotion. Jane would see supernatural beings such as monsters‚ demons‚ and ghosts‚ even though they would only be flashes of light when she was a child. As

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    comes looking for Curley and ends up talking to George and Lennie for a bit. I would especially use the part where she "twitched" her body and where she tells George that "you can’t blame someone for looking". That implies it’s okay for them to look at her.she been only married for only 2weeks‚ maybe she flirts with other men’s because she not used to the married life.It also tells that that she is ’young’ . George has a bad impression on curley’s wife. He says " well I think Curley married a tart"

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    How does Thomas present regret in “Tears”? Written in January early 1915‚ Thomas was housebound due a badly sprained ankle and used the time to contemplate his future prospects. Regret is a prominent feature throughout “Tears” as the emotion was stimulated by his perceived failings in life: he was conscious he was yet to enlist to fight for his beloved country even though many of fellow “countrymen” had recently died in the Battle of Ypres; he was concerned with his inability to express emotions

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    How does Steinbeck use Foreshadowing and Settings effectively in Of Mice and Men? John Ernst Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men uses a lot of foreshadowing and clever settings effectively‚ which makes his novel a great book. The use of foreshadowing entices the reader and makes you want to read on. The well-described settings make a vivid image of what is actually going on and help us think what it really was like during the 1930’s. Steinbeck uses masses of foreshadowing throughout his book. For instance

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    In the short story “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner presents Miss Emily as a mysterious character with sequences of unusual events. Faulkner compares Miss Emily’s lifestyle with rapidly changing community of Jefferson‚ Mississippi‚ where she used to live. To understand Miss Emily’s life seems as putting together the pieces of the puzzle‚ which makes suspense for the people of Jefferson. I feel Faulkner missed to introduce the narrator in this story‚ which reader can assume as one of the Emily’s

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    golden cat‚ and how it makes everything around us better. The Cat in the Moon‚ on the other hand‚ was written by W. B. Yeats. It is about the moon and talks about how the moon changes over time. Both poems use imagery to get their points across. One similarity between the two poems is the use of imagery. In The Golden Cat‚ a cat is used to portray the sun. In the Cat in the Moon‚ a cat is used to portray the moon. Both poems describe how the movements of the cats are similar to how the sun and

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