“Lonely Hearts” “Lonely Hearts” by Wendy Cope is a statement on the disconnectedness and isolation of modern city living. By showing the reader five different people all searching for love‚ all in the same area of North London‚ all of whom have different but very basic needs in a love interest‚ Cope is highlighting the fact that current societal means of meeting ones mate have changed. In addition the use of the villanelle style of closed form poetry gives this the presentation of a Greek chorus
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My Dramatic Monologue – Crooks – Life is really hard at the moment. I was ‘aving the time of me life on Saturday night wiv that big bindlestick whats his name? ( scratch back‚ stroke chin‚ sigh) Ahhhh Lennie thats it. Well anyway we was just sittin’ and talkin’ and talkin’ and sittin’ ‘bout this amazing place that George and Lennie was going to hav’. It gave me hope it did to get out this bloody place‚ start a fresh life and maybe just maybe be treated like a real guy for a change. (imagine it
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13 Reasons Why You Could Be Misunderstood In the book‚ 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher‚ the character Hannah Baker is very misunderstood by every other character in her story. Hannah Baker is Clay Jensen’s first love in his high school‚ his first love that committed suicide. Often in life as well as literature‚ there are many people in this world who are misunderstood by others. In 13 Reasons Why‚ Hannah Baker has sent out seven cassettes each containing two people‚ two reasons why she felt
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life.” (Asher 108). After reading this passage immediately I interpreted this as the message or lesson of the novel. This is true because Hannah experienced this first hand. Everyone in this book had no idea that the things they did impacted Hannah so deeply. Every little things that someone did‚ no matter how harmless it may seem‚ can stick with someone and eat away at them. If the impact of our choices were immediate‚ we would think twice before we act. For instance‚ we would not think of placing
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people were persecuted and horrendously exploited through no reason whatsoever. For a purpose‚ Steinbeck has converted a society into a microcosm to epitomise the sympathy and grief of the black society. Significantly in Chapter 4‚ he emphasises on many themes; some of which are more emphasised than others such as prejudice‚ destiny and isolation. In this essay‚ I will try to depict how Steinbeck gives an insight of the character of Crooks through his room‚ and his paramount interactions with the other
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with Crooks. After hearing Candy’s speech about the dream they now all share this hope of a better life together. This dream includes Crooks‚ who before was irritated by the other men’s company‚ is now realising how lonely he had been before and this almost reachable dream could become a reality for him‚ an escape from the isolation he has to endure everyday on the ranch. Steinbeck writes‚ ‘She looked from one face to another‚ and they were all closed against her.’ This relationship Crooks has
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Aside from the obviouse‚ George and Lenie‚ Crooks played an important role in‚ Of Mice and men by John Stienbeck. Crooks is thought of as the lowest rank on the ranch. He is looking for companions but he goes about it in an around about way. He is a very smart man but no one on the ranch bothers to listen to him because he is black. Crooks is a very lonely and grumpy old man. He has a croked back were a horse kiked him. He is the stable buck on the ranch but he usally keeps to imself and stays in
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Crooks is symbolic of a lot - he is lonely. He has no one for him. He is segregated against. He has only a few possessions‚ each of which means the world to him. He is one of the only educated ones on the farm‚ and yet this means nothing. He is always weary of the future. Crooks to represent racism and symbolize the marginalization of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks’ is significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American
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out of trouble. -“If I was alone I could live so easy” --> Lennie is a burden to George -“I want you to stay with me‚ Lennie” –George --> conveys Georges loneliness Lennie Small -“paws” animalistic quality; bear -“all you can ever remember is them rabbits” –George. Lennie represents idealism and optimism in the American dream. “rabbits” symbol of freedom and peace of mind. -“he’s jus’ like a kid” –Slim describes him perfectly -“why do you got to get killed?” –Lennie no understanding
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A) Steinbeck presents Crooks as practical and intelligent. This is shown in chapter in the passage "rubber boots" "alarm clock" and the "California Civil Code" book. The books show he reads and cares about his Rights. It also shows that he is practical and active with his alarm clock. It can alternatively mean that he has to be intelligent to protect himself from getting beaten by the boss if he is late to which he needs to be protecting himself from horse manure. Also with the Californian civil
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