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    Those who gain unparalleled power act on the behalf of one of the classes. This meaning that they use their power to influence and bring change to a specific income bracket. But what is so unfair is that those who have this immense power are usually economically superior. The power that they hold is directly related to their position in this fabricated class system. In Snowpiercer‚ those who live in luxury at the front of the train were able to buy a ticket while those who live in filth managed to

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    is also often undermined and taken advantage of and therefore made to feel small and worthless. ‘Roughly and violently thrust me back – into the red-room‚ and locked me up there’ demonstrates the cruelty in which Jane Eyre is treated. The use of the power of three on the forceful and coercive adjectives‚ ‘Roughly’ ‘violently’ and ‘thrust’‚ creates a heightened atmosphere of destructiveness and attacking due to the repetitiveness of these assaulting and cruel words. The repetitive words in the

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    non-fiction Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 1. How does Steinbeck show the power of dreams and dreaming in the novel? 2. Explore why the relationship between George and Lennie seems so special in the novel. 3. How does John Steinbeck show the influence of ranch life on the behaviour of the characters in the novel? 4. Explore some of the ways in which Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel. 5. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”. How far does the relationship between George

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    Explore how John Steinbeck presents minor characters in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is an emotive novel which was written by john stein back in the 1930’s in the midst of the Great Depression. It is about two main characters George and his simple minded friend Lennie and the struggle the struggle they go through in order to gain the subsistence of life. In this story John Steinbeck introduces minor characters who help describe who help describe what was going and they help build

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    and tragedy; particularly relevant to 1930’s America‚ following the depression and economic poverty it caused. Steinbeck portrays George as a flawed character who doesn’t display archetypal heroic qualities‚ however the reader empathizes with him. Steinbeck therefore ultimately presents him as a anti-hero within the context of the narrative. At the beginning of the novel‚ Steinbeck portrays George as a flawed character. George and lennie travel to a ranch ‚ indicating the unsettled lifestyle

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    In the novella “The Pearl”‚ Steinbeck shows how greed can change the minds of the victims who fall into it. Greed changes Kino from a peaceful man to a violent one. When Kino gets the pearl‚ he constantly greedily thinks of all the things he can get with it and starts constantly picturing what he could get for it. Some of his visions go far beyond realistic but they just kept going. Afterwards‚ he got really protective over the pearl and violently began defending it and stabbing people for it. Prior

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    of Curleyâs wife. She could be interpreted as a mis-fitting character in the novel as no one relates to her. Steinbeck relates her to how women were powerless during 1930âs and makes her seem desperately lonely and isolated from the others on the ranch. She has sexual power which she uses to get to the men on the ranch and she just needs someone to talk to. She dislikes her husband and had a desire to become a movie star. She is not seem as an individual and has no name. This shows how a woman belonged

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    symbolic power. This was even more significant in the changes that took place in Europe throughout the centuries. Symbolic power is a concept that he developed from Pierre Bourdieu’s work who discussed this numerous times previously. Thompson differentiates symbolic power from other power dimensions which are the military’s or law coercive power‚ the governments political power‚ and the corporations’ economic power. The coercive power works by using threats and force whereas the political power works

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    Power is the strength and authority to control one’s thoughts‚ actions‚ and beliefs. In the novel 1984‚ the reader is exposed to the concept of power through manipulation and fear solely by Big Brother. He plays a big role in damaging the mental and physical state of Oceanians and also utilizes his power to benefit him and the Party. Restricting individualism‚ psychological manipulation‚ and reverse psychology are used in order for Big Brother to secure a dystopian‚ uniform society under the jurisdiction

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    by John Steinbeck is a novel set in 1920 in America this is around the time of The Great Depression and George and Lennie –the two main characters- are two itinerant workers who are supposed to represent working class men of that time. We are presented with the interesting character of Curley’s wife and this essay will consider how the reader’s attitude changes towards her throughout the text. We are first introduced to Curley’s wife when she is supposedly looking for Curley. Steinbeck makes the

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