People believe the quarterback is dating the captain of the cheerleading squad and they are rich, stuck up, students and many students’ want to be them because of their looks and social status. Jocks are really just high school students who are trying to earn scholarships and make their way to college. In college the “jock” stereotype isn’t really important or even mentioned at all. Some student’s could care less if Billy Bob was dating Susanna. When becoming a college student, maturity in an individual increases.
Pencey’s ad says that they have been “Molding boys into splendid, clear-thinking young men” (2). But Holden’s response to this boast is that, “They don’t do any damn more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school” (2). As the readers can see quite clearly, Holden is very cynical about people already. The school is actually probably full of nice people and well-rounded individuals, but Holden just makes them out to be phonies because that’s what Holden is himself. Holden’s cynicism is actually well-founded at times.
The jocks tend to be those star athletes that walk around school with their cocky attitudes and thinking that their grades do not matter, because they will be going to college on an athletic scholarship anyway. This group is usually concerned with their looks and popularity. The fancy name brand clothes, shoes, and their noses stuck in the air give everyone else the impression that they are rich and too good for anyone else. Geeks and nerds (also known as the cyber clique these days), are anything but popular. Unless you count the fact that most of the popular kids, like to pick on them so often.
I shifted to the U.S. from Vietnam 7 years back when I relocated to Southern California. It was a great cultural shock for me then as I had to interact in English with majority of people and students who were whites and I was accustomed to speaking Vietnamese with my parents at home. But since I had studied English at my school, it was not entirely unusual for me to speak and converse in this language. Making friends with people who were not Native Americans and had migrated from countries like Mexico, Philippines, and China etc. helped me feel in place and connected to the world around me as they were all of Asian origin.
For the act of being even momentarily late to work, workers were charged twopence, and some factories would even close the gates of the factory, which disallowed workers from going to their job if tardy (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 154). As workers were often poor and relied on their factory jobs for income, even one tardy could create a negative impact on them. Another factor contributing to bad working conditions in the factories was the disregard of the workers’ hygiene. Many factories did not have baths established (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 155). Laborers often had no way to keep themselves clean, which was worsened by the factories’ already dirty environment.
Since Janet couldn’t make it to meetings they gave her what was “left over” and didn’t even keep her in mind. Janet was a hard worker and wanted to contribute to the group, but since she had been pre classified by her group she couldn’t fit in the way she wanted to. Life was basically a struggle for Janet and being in a group that did not consider her struggle made her feel more alone than ever. She finally snapped over the cafeteria incident. She stopped to get something to eat and saw her whole group meeting without her, she felt extremely unappreciated and knew the group members didn’t respect her contributions.
The man knows how to handle his many wives and children, as should be done in the Ibo tribe. But Okonkwo’s family is very diverse in their work ethic, and thoughts of life. He tries to work his eldest son, so he doesn’t become like his grandfather. He is forceful with his wives so he shows them he isn’t weak. Many of the other people in the tribe work and sleep, but Okonkwo knows that only the strong of will and mind survive.
Making sandwiches was the nightmare of my job because my sandwiches always came out differently compared to my boss’s sandwiches which made the customers unhappy. Working at the convenient store was like working at a supermarket where the customers are standing in a line waiting to be served. “Express Food Mart” was located on a college campus where there were always students passing by. Most of the time the store was filled with students from the dorms or students who wanted a snack or even students who didn’t buy anything and just came in to look around. On times when the boss wasn’t present, it would make it very difficult to handle the store alone.
He hasn't eaten since breakfast and late at night while he waits for Corley to return with money, he orders a meal of peas and vinegar with a bottle of ginger beer for his dinner. He simply doesn't have the money for a proper meal. And, his future looks dismal: it will only get worse. By showing this detail, readers are not as quick to judge Joyce's character, and while we certainly can't like this leech, we can perhaps understand and view him in a sympathetic light. In "Clay," the older unmarried character Maria lives a life of diligent sacrifice for a pittance.
Todd’s parents think that he should become a lawyer and they do not give him a lot of attentions as they send him the same desk set each year. Their new English teacher, Mr. Keating or “The Captain”, is different from the rest and some of the students find him mad. In their first class, he brings them to see pictures of some of the former students at the school. Through poems he tells them to seize the day, Carpe Diem, a term which he thinks the students should live by. Mr. Keating’s way of teaching brings out the uniqueness of the pupils, but the other teachers, bound by traditions and discipline, do not like his way of teaching.