my question‚ why did Steinbeck choose to make Candy join the dream over any other character? Steinbeck chose Candy to join the dream because he is the most desperate and Steinbeck wanted to
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don’t talk.” here is Algy’s wit and wisdom being displayed as he is trying to say people do not appreciate good music. He would even praise his own humour from time to time: “It’s perfectly phrased”. All through the play‚ he acts similar to a man who does not have anything better to do but to admire his own wittiness and humour.
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Claire Petrosino Mrs. Crowe English 11 H – 1 02 February 2012 The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 1.Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope‚ or dream. Why does he do this? Fitzgerald does this to introduce the main themes of the novel‚ hope and dreams. He also does this to show how hopeful Nick is about fulfilling his aspirations. 2.Nick starts the novel by relaying his father’s advice "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone‚ just remember that all the people in this world
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What Techniques Does Tennyson Use To Tell The Story Of Mariana? Tennyson uses place and setting‚ time‚ characterisation‚ imagery and form to tell the story in his poem Mariana‚ based on the character of Mariana from Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. The poem is about the character Mariana‚ who after losing her dowry in a shipwreck‚ her lover Angelo leaves her. In the poem‚ we see Mariana slowly coming to terms with the fact that Angelo will never be coming back to her. Tennyson uses place
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adds multiple humorous moments and it just makes the story creepier. I think that Poe’s choice of adding humor to this story was a good idea on his part. Poe’s use of humor in this story adds to the horror because it makes the story more suspenseful‚ it adds to the creepiness‚ and some of his words of humor have a double meaning. Poe’s use of humor in some cases builds the suspense of the story. Montresor was trying to get this Fortunato no doubt to follow him to this "cask". When he had offered
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The characters of Crooks and Curley’s Wife are similar in the sense that they are both outcasts on the ranch. Although they may seem like polar opposites as Crooks is a black male and Curley’s Wife is a white female‚ they have underlying similarities such as the discrimination they faced‚ not only from the men on the ranch but‚ from the society of the 1920’s and 30’s. They were also both portrayed as very lonely and to have had dreams that had been shattered. The other characters in the book are
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Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937‚ it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant ranch workers‚ who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California‚ USA. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s‚ the title is taken from Robert Burns’ poem "To a Mouse"‚ which read: "The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley
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In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck discrimination is a huge part of several characters’ lives. Crooks is the stable buck that happens to be‚ a black man; he is told he can’t be around the other men because of the colour of his skin. Crooks states “They play cards in there‚ but I can’t play because I’m black” (Steinbeck 68). The men that live in the bunkhouse don’t let him play cards with them claiming that he is horrible at playing. Crooks is mostly avoided by the others do to the colour of his
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How does Steinbeck make Lennie’s death seem inevitable in ’Of Mice and Men’? Of Mice and Men‚ published by John Steinbeck in 1937‚ is set in the Salinas Valley of California during the Great Depression.The novels two main characters‚ George and Lennie‚ embody the American struggle to survive the Depression‚ but the novel is timeless because it captures the personal isolation and suffering present in the land of opportunity. During the last scene George tells Lennie to take off his hat and look
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What argument does Crito use to convince Socrates to leave?? Crito and some of his friends were willing to pay informants to keep whatever knowledge of Socrates escape secret. He also gave him the option of staying in Thessaly‚ and he assured him that he wouldn’t be harmed there. The main argument that Crito used in trying to convince Socrates‚ was by saying that in not trying to escape he would be betraying his own sons by going away and leaving them‚ and not educating them on what
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