Limiting the selection of quotations to pages 98-99, analyse how Steinbeck presents the character ‘Crooks’ from the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ In ‘Of Mice and Men’, Crooks is the black stable buck who suffered from prejudicial treatment from others on the ranch. Throughout the introduction of Crooks, racism is cardinal theme, “Crooks, the negro stable buck…” ‘Crooks’ was the name assigned to him as he has a crooked back, the idea that he was ‘assigned’ a name turns back to the times of slavery where slaves were often given a name by their owners. By being ‘given’ this name, Crooks is disempowered; it is thought that names given an identity and to be recognised by a disability, it would be thought that Crooks may have a low self-esteem. As aforementioned, this also lays emphasis on how Crooks is dominated by the other white ranch hands as they provided him this name. “…The negro stable buck…” The term ‘negro’ denotes black and Steinbeck defines Crooks by his race before bringing in his profession.
Of Mice and Men In this controlled assessment I will be exploring the ways Crooks is presented in chapter 4 in the novel: ‘Of Mice and Men’. Crooks is the stable buck at the ranch and is the only black person in the novel. The novel was set during the great depression which was un the 1930’s and Crook plays a big part in as he is and outcast within the ranch and the idea of discrimination and racism is bought into the novel which was all present in the 1930’s. Steinbeck uses the character of crooks to represent the black community in the 1900’s which were badly treated and abused during this time period. Racial discrimination is part of the microcosm Steinbeck describes in his story.
While it helped to move, hunt, trade, and fight, it led to the destruction of the environment, ruined economies, and uneven social pyramids. In this essay, a closer look is provided, highlighting the only relatively successful Plains tribe, the Lakotas, and delving into the “Plains Indian equestrian experience”. Horses, Pastoralism, and Overabundance: The Southern Plains Among the first of the Indian tribes to obtain horses were the Jumanos, the Apaches, and the Pueblos, through trade with the Spanish. The horses, well-suited for the southern Plains climate aided Indians in moving, hunting, trading, and waging war. However, in their attempt to gain access to better markets for bison products, annihilated the Jumanos and
The Battle of Chickamauga Battle Analysis SFC Clint Hale 2/26/2012 Abstract The battle of Chickamauga pitted the Confederate forces of General Braxton Bragg against the Union forces of Major General William Rosecrans’ on 19 and 20 September 1863 in the dense forests and small open fields in northwestern Georgia. The difficult terrain lead to problems with command and control that the south was able to exploit. The battle was won by the Confederate generals but was the first of a series of event that lead to the Army of Tennessee being driven out of Tennessee. The Battle of Chickamauga Introduction The Battle of Chickamauga was fought on two days (19-20) in September, 1863. This battle was the culmination of Major General William Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland late summer (23 June - 20 September) 1863 campaign to maneuver General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee out of Tennessee.
Douglas Haig was a commander in chief in 1916. He was commissioned in the cavalry in 1885 and served both in the campaigns in the Sudan and in the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and. Some people have the view that British generals like Haig were incompetent leaders; my role is to find out if Haig was a good or bad leader. My first source is source B1, this source was written by John Laffin, a military historian who hated General Haig, John was writing in his history book titled ‘British butchers and bunglers of World War One’ , It was written in 2003. This source is useful because it shows what soldiers have apparently said about Haig.
Virginia DeJohn Anderson, “King Philip’s Herds: Indians, Colonists and the Problem of livestock in Early New England” In this article Ms. Anderson talks about how livestock (mostly swine) played a critical role toward King Philip’s War of 1675-76. How hostilities, settlers free ranging livestock wandered into native villages and affected them and how the Indians responded to theses encroachments. English colonist imported thousands of cattle, swine, sheep, and horses because they considered livestock essential to their survival. But the animals caused problems to subsistence practices, land use, property rights and political authority. Indians did not want to own domestic animals since livestock husbandry did not fit easily with native practices, the adoption of livestock would alter women’s lives by affecting the traditional division of labor since women were mainly responsible of agriculture production.
The Indians were struggling and needed food. Crazy Horse felt like he wasn’t treating his tribal member’s right. He knew how to hunt and get food. He went back to camp after the tribe surrendered. Crazy refused to be imprisoned and the Crow Creek tribal police fatally wounded Crazy Horse in the back with a bayonet.
This was caused by both the war and the lack of workers who were willing to work in the cotton and rice fields after it was over. The war was quite expensive and the lack of workers would lead to an inability to get crops and goods out for trade. Free blacks refused to return to the fields and would resist by any means, but were not allowed into many other occupations. Many whites were too proud to work in the fields themselves, so no one was willing to do so, causing the inability to get goods to market. In the North, the the reconstruction had the opposite effect.
The reservations were not set on the best land; those were given to white Americans. These grounds could not be harvested and due to corruption settlers driving them even further away into smaller reservations constantly invaded them. Continuous struggles continue to cause the Indian’s numbers to dwindle and their culture to almost vanish. The main standard of living as a tribe that has greatly helped them to survive was now being replaced by the individualism of new American ideals. In accordance with the Native Nations website, one example of the terrible conditions the Indians had to live under the U.S government and the reservations took place in May of 1868 when at the Bosque Redondo Reservation two-thousand Indians perished and
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, one of Mark Twain’s most famous works, is extremely critical of slavery and racial discrimination. It was written in 1885, about twenty years after slavery was abolished in the United States, but racism was still a major problem in the country at the time. Twain tried to raise awareness of the racism he saw in the country, but was often looked down on for his views. It did not help that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was so controversial. However, this story can be a considerable asset in ridding prejudice from the modern world.