In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the author writes about two migrant workers durning the Great Depression. The protagonist George and Lennie travel from town to town looking for work. George takes care of Lennie who is disabled. They find work in the town of Soledad on a ranch, two of the managers are Slim and Curley. Slim is the Prince of the ranch and is liked by the worker, Curley the boss' son is the true heir apparent and despised by the workers.
She is always suspicious whenever he doesn’t answer her calls. She becomes especially crazed when she calls him while she is high. She becomes very paranoid and is always ranting about how he is probably off sleeping another girl and that he never cared about her. She still seems to think she can control it and when she goes to her brother’s baseball game her mother notices and tells her she should leave immediately and to not come back unless she shapes up. Kristina and her boyfriend finally get an apartment together and the also move in Kristina’s son, against her mother’s wishes.
Cold Sassy Tree By Olive Ann burns The book Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns, takes place in Cold Sassy, Georgia. The protagonists are Rucker Blackslee and a young man that goes by the name of Will Tweedy. Rucker Blakeslee and his new bride, Miss Love Simpson, attempt to live happily and ignore the town's and the Blackslee family's general condemnation of their union. Will struggles to grow up and maintain his integrity with all the drama that is happening. This novel is about an old man growing young because after his wife Mattie Lou Blakeslee passed away he decided to move on and make Miss Love Simpson his new bride.
Eric was anxious when he found out Eva was dead. He didn’t want anyone to know that he got Eva Pregnant. When the inspector questions Eric, he admits everything. During the play we learn Eric stole money to try and help Eva keep herself and the baby she was carrying healthy but when Eva learns that the money is stolen she refuses to take anymore from him. Mr Birling asks Eric where he got the money from and he says”(miserably) I got it-from the office” this shows that Eric cared about Eva and he put himself at the risk of being fired and have nothing at all left.
Rayona hates it more than anything that when she goes anywhere, people poke fun at her and make racial remarks to her which makes her feel insecure about herself. When Ray meets Foxy for the first time, Father Tom introduces her and Foxy says, “Your Christine’s kid…The one whose father is a nigger” (Dorris 44). Not only does Rayona have to deal with racism her mother is always putting her in bad situations. There has been quite a few times where Christine has attempted to leave Ray and told her that she wanted to commit suicide. One time in the very beginning of the story Elgin goes to visit Christine in the hospital, Rayona had not seen him in 5 months and Christine did not want to tell him about her sickness.
His first notable fall is when he hires a prostitute named Sunny because he feels depressed and thinks maybe having sexual intercourse with a prostitute will lift his spirits after being rejected by a group of girls and also make him more of an adult. In this case, Holden isn’t much better than his roommate, Stradlater, when he went on a date with Jane. When Holden is waiting for Sunny to show up, he says, “Finally, somebody knocked on the door, and when I went to open it, I had my suitcase right in the way and I fell over it and damn near broke my knee” (93). Holden is about to have sex for the first time and lose his virginity, and the fall indicates the loss of innocence that is about to occur in his life. Holden ends up being too afraid to do anything because Holden says, “she was young as hell” (94).
Feeling uncomfortable, Nick wanted to leave and go back home into west egg because he felt sick knowing that his cousin in law was cheating on his cousin. Unfortunately, Tom convinced Nick to stay and to just have fun with him and the rest of myrtles sisters, leading up to nick getting drunk. 1B. what inferences can you
While Adolf slowly became sulkier and more of a loner, she didn’t notice and blew it off as teenage moods. About two years later when Hitler failed his examinations, he convinced his mother to leave school without graduating. He immensely enjoyed his new freedom, and immediately moved to Vienna, where he wished to enter in an art school. When Vienna rejected his application, he was quite nearly heartbroken, as he thought very highly of his artistic ability. He, of course, applied to others but was again rejected because of his lack of
His father and mother were quite different from one another, while they both influenced Carnegie from different point of views. His father was a weaver, before he was laid off, while his mother was the type of woman to do anything to make sure the family was financially stable. Andrew couldn’t help but admire both his figures, but he also had envy and a few bits of dislike towards them. He was always made the odd one out, as his parents always took a more liking to his older brother. Such other influences such as their family’s poverty and lack of opportunities has made him realize that he didn’t want to live such a life, as he got older.
Nick Ryan Week 7 Alienated Labor Alienated Labor appears to happen when people don’t find satisfaction in their work and aren’t fairly compensated enough for their work to allow them to enjoy life. They seem to lack the feeling of a job well done and the pride in self that comes from doing a job well. Jurgis had that feeling, when he was in his home country of Lithuania. He lived and worked on land that his family owned and he had a sense of pride in himself because he was a hard worker. He believed that he could come to America and work hard and provide his extended family a good life.