The book “Of Mice and Men” is about two men called George and Lennie. They work on a ranch and have a very close relationship but without each other they are lonely. There are other characters in the book who are also lonely this is because of their race‚ age and sex. I think George is lonely because even though he has Lennie he can’t talk to him or have much fun with him because Lennie is always getting himself into trouble‚ which also means they have to travel around a lot so George doesn’t have
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loneliness you must accept who you are. There is something that drives us not to want to be lonely‚ and this is where the tone plays in. A clear connection to being lonely is the connection of feeling melancholy. In the beginning of the story the character is lonely to the point he tries every so hard to “cling desperately to those sere memories”(1). The word “desperately”(1) helps emphasized the weakness of being lonely. This is the closest hope of every being content. After the character frightens the
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Name: Marco Conservo Candidate number: May 2013 session International School of Milan English A language and literature HL Task 2: Reader‚ culture and text Prescribed question: If the text had been written in a different time or place or language or for a different audience‚ how and why might it differ? Specific question: If Othello had been set in a modern era‚ how would it differ? Title of text: Othello Task is related to course section Pt 4: Literature- Critical
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James Joyce Discuss Joyce’s use of free indirect discourse in Counterparts and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Joyce utilises free indirect discourse to convey the sense of an individual processing the world around him in an idiosyncratically subjective way. In many of Joyce’s portraits‚ whether of his Dubliners or of his semi-autobiographical Stephen Dedalus‚ the narrative is confined by the limitations of the character’s state of mind; as the individual consciousness pervades
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happy in life. Curley’s wife is lonely throughout the story which leads her to trouble and ultimately her death. I think Curley’s wife is lonely because she has no one to talk to and she feels like she could of had a better life if she wasn’t married to Curley. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” (86) Since Curley’s wife is lonely‚ she roams around trying to find companionship‚ but this leads to trouble. “I get lonely‚” she said. You can talk to people
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The article "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely" was wrote by Stephen Marche and was published in the Atlantic. The article catch the eye of the reader because it can be relate to our daily life in this generation. Social network is a medium where everyone involve themselves in. The article is about the loneliness of the people that communicates using the social network. The social network can broaden one’s companionship‚ but it will increase one’s loneliness. The article starts with the story of a
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Some of the men desired to come together in a way that would allow them to be like brothers to one another. Given the harsh‚ lonely conditions under which the men live‚ it is no surprise that they idealize friendship between other men in such a way. In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck uses characterization of dialogue and actions to show that everyone is lonely in some way even if they are surrounded by others. John Steinbeck uses characterization to show that loneliness causes people
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controversial subject at the time wouldn’t you say? Many people argue that it is making us.. lonely‚ and that your “online” friends are replacing your real ones… There’s a lot of good information about the psychology of loneliness in the piece‚ but while author Stephen Marche isn’t quite so unequivocal in his conclusion‚ the article safely answers the question posed by its title: No‚ Facebook isn’t making us lonely. My suggested title for the piece would be “Loneliness in the Age of Facebook” but that’s
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extremely lonely person? Curley’s wife is a lonely‚ innocent woman that just wants someone to talk to. She keeps herself from being lonely by flirting with the guys on the ranch. She’s the only girl on the ranch and never gets to converse with anyone but Curley‚ and he’s barely there! Or maybe her intention isn’t to be flirtatious but to make friends‚ and if flirting is just the way she does it. No one would even dare to be associated with her because of Curley’s ways. Candy is lonely as well;
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California‚ a lonely ranch with lonely people. It had men working hard everyday‚ just to make fifty dollars a month. It was miserable work with miserable conditions. These men were all alone. Loneliness in Of Mice and Men was betrayed through Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Lennie. Curley’s wife is lonesome for some company. She is the only woman on the ranch which causes Curley to be overprotective. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely (Steinbeck 86)
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