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    Many readers and critics have criticised Walker’s representation of African-American men. Why do you think this is? How might you defend Walker’s treatment of masculinity in TheColor Purple? In Walkers novel ’The Color Purple’ she discusses the issues of racism‚ domestic abuse‚ sexuality‚ tradition‚ gender roles‚ family‚ love and spirituality in the 20th century African American culture‚ drawing on personal experience from her own life and understanding. Through the eyes of Celie‚ a poor‚ barely

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    The Color Purple was written in the epistolary form‚ which means it was constructed in a series of letters addressed to a person. I believe The Color Purple was written in this approach for a certain purpose; to convey a personal outlook into the life of Celie. This style of writing was notable in the 18th and 19th‚ and Alice’s Walkers use of it has been acknowledged for the resurrection of this type of novel. In using this technique‚ the author is free to establish deep relationships with those

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    Mrs. Slemp Period 3. Of Mice And Men Report Although Lennie from “of mice and Men” and Mrs. Jones from “Thank You Ma’am”are similar in a way the authors portray them as caring‚ there are diffrences in theses characters that help readers understand important themes in the two stories. Lennie and Mrs. Jones have little similarties‚ But yet have many diffrences There are some similarties between Mrs. Jones The main characters in the twon storys. Both characters are sympathetic towards

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    The importance of minor characters might not have been truly understood until John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men. Minor characters allow the author to have an event take place without going to deep into the characters background and back story. There are three extremely good examples of minor characters from Of Mice and Men‚ they are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Carlson. Curley’s wife allows for one purpose to be shown through the text. The purpose of Curley’s wife is to ruin the American dream

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    Mans Pursuit of Happiness Can Bring Destruction .The novel Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck. In Soledad‚ California during the Great Depression in the 1930’s two men of the one named George and the other named Lennie were men who travel around working at ranches. George is the small‚ quick-witted one‚ and Lennie is the big‚ slow‚ dumb and extremely strong one. They have a dream‚ to have a little place all to themselves‚ without anyone bothering them. Their dreams are shattered though

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    True Companionship The esteemed novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ takes place in the Great Depression‚ a time when few people are willing to stick together. The story is about two companions‚ named Lennie and George‚ who show all the people that they work with on the ranch that it is possible to work together with someone during such harsh times‚ but few people are willing to believe it. Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men portrays the theme of companionship as something out of reach‚ but

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    In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ the character of Crooks is subject to constant racial discrimination. This shows the time period of the book as 1930’s America was a very prejudice and racist place. Crook‚ the only black character in ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ is immediately put in a disadvantaged position. Steinbeck immediately makes it very clear that Crooks is black in quotations such as ‘Sure. Ya see the stable buck’s a nigger.’ This being the first time we hear about Crooks in the novel and the reference

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    overcome the state of loneliness; loneliness being the monster. 2. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Stand a little taller‚ doesn’t mean you’re lonely when you’re alone.” In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ George has to kill his best friend‚ Lennie. He feels he has betrayed their bond as best friends. In the song What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger by Kelly Clarkson‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger/ Stand a little

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    As one of the more important characters in Alice Walker’s captivating novel‚ The Color Purple‚ Shug Avery as an individual‚ is probably the most interesting characters of them all. Her character captivates all of the reader’s attention and holds onto it. There are many things about Shug that we‚ as readers of the novel‚ aren’t sure about. Things that we wonder about‚ make assumptions and theories about‚ but will never quite know the answer. Many a things she says and does that makes us wonder. One

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    today. People classify almost anything everyone. Three musicals that I feel show social classification are Hamilton‚ Hedwig‚ The Color purple. In Hamilton Lin Maranda‚ the director and face of Hamilton had a vison that was different from the normal Caribbean immigrant story. Hedwig is a musical on German male that is trying find his place in society threw his music. Color purple is a musical and a movie‚ it’s about 2 sisters that been through hell and back. All these musicals have the same value they

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