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    The way that Ruth dealt with their grief over Hunter’s death is that she is depressed when Hunter suffered from a relapse‚ because Ruth’s husbands were good men‚ and they changed her for the better‚ and made her accept God to avoid anti-Semitism. However‚ since Andrew died due to a lung disease (p242)‚ and Hunter also died due to a relapse (p128)‚ Ruth cried and suffered over Hunter’s death‚ unable to maintain order into her house‚ got rid of Hunter’s stuff in her house‚ and left her past so behind

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    Ralph walks through the door after a day at work to find his wife‚ Alice‚ icing his favorite dessert. When he inquires as to the occasion‚ Alice tells him it’s for the new neighbor and asks him to introduce himself later. Ralph’s good friend‚ Ed‚ joins him and they discuss plans to play checkers with the new neighbor‚ “cuz them old guys like playing checkers”. Mr. Sanchez knocks on the door and Ralph and Ed discover the new neighbor is a bit younger and more suave then they imagined. Fear and panic

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    Joseph’s brothers were very jealous of him because of differences in circumstances. He was the baby of the family and probably got more attention than his brothers. Not feeling equal in love in the family made for resentment between him and his brothers. Only one brother‚ Reuben‚ wanted to save Joseph from doom‚ but he also wanted to gain more favor in their father’s eye. Guess the main principle in this is to love everyone equally regardless of differences. Also‚ don’t be secretive in your motives

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    The main protagonist is Amy Gumm. She is a girl from Kansas and she hates it there. Her mom is never there to take care of her and a girl named Madison always bullies her. Her life was disappointing‚ boring and tough. Amy always managed on her own somehow but she wanted to get away. Far away! One day she was sitting in her trailer like any other day but the suddenly off the ground and floating in mid air. She passed out in the middle but when she woke up‚ she was in the magical land of Oz. She arrived

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    Yining Feng Mr. Tatnall English 11 4/17/2014 The Grapes of Wrath V.S. The Great Gatsby The Grapes of Wrath and the Great Gatsby depict the American society in the twentieth century from contrary perspectives. The Great Gatsby unveils the extravagance and apathy of the upper class based on Jay Gatsby’s tragedy. On the other side‚ the Grapes of Wrath reveals the poverty and humanity of the migrant farmers according to the experience of the Joads family. However‚ these two novels both interpret the

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    its beautiful crystal blue seas and skies are now layered with pollutants. They never stop even when they have enough they lust for more and more not realising when this greed causes damage to not only themselves but also to the world around them. Wrath‚ envy‚ and pride all three of them degrade the humans behaviour further each of these were holding principals for what humans were not supposed to become but now these values are imbedded into these filthy creatures. Therefore my fellow robots we need

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    which “drop and dry with black shreds hanging from them”. The purple prunes‚ which now “carpet the ground”‚ fill the valley with “the odor of sweet decay”. Pears are left to be devoured by the yellowjackets‚ and give off a smell of “ferment and rot”. Grapes are not good enough to make good wine‚ and the wine that is made from them is “the smell of decay and chemicals”. As we can see‚ the text goes into quite a lot of detail in the description of the different fruits decaying all over the State. Fruits

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    ohn Steinbeck book Grapes of Wrath tells us of characters that lived in the Great Depression. Steinbeck writes about “unfinished child of god”. They are characters that have grown in life‚ but have not fully grown their human nature and do not have the full potential as a child of god. Three characters of Steinbeck that are unfinished children of god are Tom Joad‚ Jim Casy‚ and Pa Joad. One of Steinbeck’s “unfinished child of god” is Tom Joad. Tom shows a type of kindness‚ leadership‚ determination

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    Muley is a man who has refused to leave his land‚ despite being told he no longer owns it. He goes on to describe the police as hunters‚ and he is being the hunted‚ as if he was nothing but an animal. As Muley begins to talk with Tom and Casey he also discusses his mistrust for government.” Further along in the story‚ Ma is forced to beg police to let them pass as they are attempting to enter California; the police are given the characteristic of being the barricade of hope. Another example of police

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    "They ain’t human. A human being wouldn’t live like they do. A human being couldn’t stand it to be so dirty and miserable." A quote from John Steinbeck’s book The Grapes of Wrath‚ perfectly words the reaction to the life that Candido and America Rincon live. Illegal immigrants‚ Candido and America live a life of poverty and destitute in America . Their lack of luxuries and even bare necessities‚ bring to light their struggle to reach the American Dream. Living in a canyon not to far from the rich

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