various types of it which were endemic in American society in this time. Lennie is firstly presented to us through the author’s use of animal imagery in the description‚ and the readers first impression of Lennie is how animal like he is when phrases like ‘snorting…like a horse’ are used. The author does this to show that Lennie is gentle‚ like an animal and can be tamed like domestic animals are. It also shows Lennie will only attack on instinct and become violent when he feels threatened or
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Men by John Steinbeck‚ Curley’s Wife shows many signs of being a tragic character. She not only has hopes and dreams of becoming an actress that were crushed‚ but also married a man named Curley‚ who is rude and never acknowledges her. She is unable to talk to anyone else because she is the only woman on the farm and her name is never once mentioned in the entire novel. (need to add more) Although Curley’s wife was married to Curley‚ she was extremely lonely. Curley isolates her from all interactions
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In John SteinBeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ he uses the characters Crooks and Curley’s wife to show that loneliness and isolation can poor effects on people. In this book the effects that are shown by these characters are‚ pushing others away and desperately seek out any interaction. Crooks pushes others away while Curley’s wife will talk to anybody to not be lonely. Crooks is being isolated from the rest of the rest of the workers because he is black. The isolation that Crooks has been subjected to has
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Throughout the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck presents Lennie to be responsible and also irresponsible for his actions. Sometimes throughout the novel‚ Steinbeck presents Lennie to be irresponsible for his actions because life at the time was very difficult. People were losing their jobs‚ many farmers lost their farms‚ and were forced into the life of itinerant workers. The lifestyle Lennie had could be responsible for his actions‚ because he didn’t really have support. However on the other
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Do you still remember Curley’s wife? The only female character in Of Mice Of Men book. She is the pretty‚ flirtatious‚ and unnamed wife of Curley. She has red lips and fingernails and wears heavy makeup. Her hairs hangs in tight sausage curls‚ and her red shoes are decorated at the instep with red ostrich feathers. She is said by the men to give them “the eye”. The author John Steinbeck purposely didn’t give her a name because he wants us to determine if she is a victim or a villain. It the most
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situations. These are all exploited as weaknesses by Steinbeck throughout the novel. Curley’s Wife suffers from a lack of identity. Throughout the entire book Curley’s Wife is simply referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’ and if not‚ would be referred to by a demeaning name. This gives the sense of her being presented as either an object or possession of Curley’s. From our first introduction to Curley’s wife‚ we are shown that she is at the bottom regarding society status‚ simply from being a Woman. However
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Steinbeck The Death of Lennie The death of Lennie was quick and painless for Lennie‚ how quick and painless was it to the men or even George‚ his best friend? Should he have killed Lennie to keep him from going to jail or even worse which would have been dealt by Curley? This book was set in the time of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression people didn’t usually care about one another and this is a completely different story. We found out that George and Lennie are migrant workers.
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Vere should not have put Billy to death for three reasons: Billy did not mean to kill Claggart‚ Billy was the best sailor Captain Vere ever had serve under him‚ and Tom Claggart had it out for Billy. The first reason Captain Vere should not have killed Billy is Billy did not mean to kill Claggart. Billy could not control himself. When he punched Claggart he said it was like he had no control over himself or his own actions. A person who is unable to control themselves should be committed to an institution
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The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy this is dramatic poem and reflective poem . It consist of five stanza each stanza have four line . The speaker her is not the poet ‚ it is a soldier who kills another man without any sensible reason . He is enlisted forced to join the army ‚ he is poor‚ uneducated ‚out of work but he is very kind and generous. He is very sensitive ‚ he feel guilty because he kill another man without any reason ‚ he is puzzled and unsatisfied‚ so he send us a massage "stop war" to
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The Wife of Bath’s Tale History of Classic English Literature Canterbury Tales Paper In the tale of Wife of Bath‚ Chaucer has well depicted the role of women in the middle age period. This poem was instructive and pleasing because although most women were viewed and treated as objects rather than being respected by men‚ Chaucer shows another viewpoint through the Wife of Bath‚ a feminist view that was seldom seen during the time. The Wife of Bath is unlike any other female character during
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