* John and Yoko will buy 71 more prized cows * Yoko will sell and trade prize cows in a very profitable fashion; and buy her apartment with the money made from it * While at a Bermuda botanical garden, John spots a freesia called a Double Fantasy * Yoko visits John in Bermuda, but leaves after 2 days because of the heat * Wing’s live version of Coming Up reaches #1 in the US while the group starts two weeks of rehearsal * July 1st- Unable to contact Yoko by phone, from Bermuda, John writes “I’m Losing You” out of disappointment * July 4th- Fred Seaman, a Lennon confident and con man, starts a rumor that Yoko is planning to divorce John * George’s autobiography I, Me mine, is published in a limited hardback edition * Named after a Beatle’s song * John is angry when he reads it and sees little mention of his influence on George and his career 1980 Part Two * July 11-21st- Ringo starts recording his next album, “Stop and Smell the Roses”, in a French recording studio * Originally title “Can’t Fight Lightning” * Paul, Linda, and Lawrence Juber are there as well, and they record an unreleased Linda
Penguin Readers Factsheets T e a c h e r’s n o t e s level E 1 2 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3 4 5 6 ELEMENTARY S U M M A R Y eorge Milton and Lennie Small are two ranch workers, who dream of owning a small farm one day. George acts like a father to Lennie, who is physically large but intellectually slow. Lennie loves animals and soft things, such as mice and rabbits. But his physical strength causes problems, so George has to watch out for him. The two men have been traveling together in California and have just gotten a job on a ranch.
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's “Of Men and Men” examines the lives of two men- George Milton and Lennie Small. The novel begin with the two men on a bus heading to another job. Lennie is mentally disabled but has the body of a professional wrestler. George, Lennie's “Caretaker”is lean strong and average height. The bus Leaves them about 10 miles from the farm.
In the Rock Pile by James Baldwin, John and Gabriel are separated from the basic neighborhood fun because of their father’s authoritarian demanding parenting: “He stood in the center of the room… The child stared at the man in fascination.” While the mother Elizabeth seems to be more interested in her kids becoming socially exposed than her husband Gabriel; throughout the story it is clear the boys have a glaring lack of social exposure due to the father. The narrator describes the boys as, “Each Saturday morning John and Roy sat on the fire escape and watched the forbidden street below… until he came to end their freedom” The quote portrays the father as a warden and equates him to a slaveholder of sort as he is accused of, “end[ing] their freedom.” Furthermore, John and Gabriel describe commonplaces with an air of
Alexander J. Weissend English 10 Mrs. Ricci 20 March 2012 Of Mice and Men Essay When two men try to fulfill a dream hardship, and sorrow followed by a devastating end to a journey long traveled. Based in California in the 1930s, a few miles south of Soledad. George and Lennie discover the reason most men like them don’t make it to their dreams. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck use emotionally vivid setting, informal language, and undermined and flawed characters to express how these men may to work their hardest but the America dream was just too out of reach. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses visual details and life like descriptions to create vivid emotional setting.
Of Mice and Men The book, “Of Mice and Men,” is written by John Steinback and it’s about an unlikely pair: George is “small and quick and dark in the face”; Lennie, a man of tremendous size and great strength, has the mind of a young child. They’re the main characters and they just basically go around California, looking for work in farms. The book took place during the Great Depression. But I’m wondering if George is a good friend to Lennie. I believe that George is a good friend to Lennie because he constantly looks out for Lennie and treats him well, not the best treatment towards a friend but it’s still good.
Of Mice and Men is set in the Great Depression, during the 1930 's. The novel was written in 1937, it is set in the Salinas Valley region of California. The book ‘Of Mice and men is a touching tale between two men who dream of having a better life. John Steinbeck wrote ‘Of Mice and men because he had gone through experiences of working on the ranches. The novel is structured in six sections to tell the story of George and Lennie who are the two main characters throughout the book.
That Room Cheryl Sickoll “That Room” by Tobias Wollf is about a young man being forced to confront mortality. The story takes place in the summer on a farm with four men bailing hey. A young man, the boss’s nephew Clemson, and two brothers named Eduardo and Miguel. The young men drove the two brothers to a motel where they were staying for the season. When they got to the motel the brothers offered the young men inside for some drinks.
The two kids find shelter in the barn until morning being woken up by cowbells and the sound of animals running amongst them. They wake up to see a man “thin and tall, his neck bowed forward as if from years of ducking. The man's son has died from the war and he has lost his farm hand, and we can imply at the end of the story that the man is going to keep the youth as a slave and send Viticus far away. In this story, Ron Rash Does a great job of giving us a lot of information on what slaves went through by conveying this through the two boys. From being once a slave to escaping there workhouse and traveling day and night with little to no food, finding a new place to stay and trusting a family to take you in and allow you to live a normal life, and lastly leaving your family.
Dan Chaon's “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom” deals primarily with the search for personal connection. It explores the concepts of loneliness and intimacy. Chaon details the experiences of a young man, Dennis, as he lives in a town in which he doesn't know anybody. He lives in a small apartment, where he frequently hears his upstairs neighbor and her child. It is revealed that the man is a sperm donor, and frequently wonders about the possible existence of children, explaining his fascination with the woman and child.