Their enticing sexuality, he believes, tempts men to behave in ways they would otherwise not. A visit to the “flophouse” (a cheap hotel, or brothel) is enough of women for George, and he has no desire for a female companion or wife. Curley’s wife, the only woman to appear in Of Mice and Men, seems initially to support George’s view of marriage. Dissatisfied with her marriage to a brutish man and bored with life on the ranch, she is constantly looking for excitement or trouble. In one of her more revealing moments, she threatens to have the black stable-hand lynched if he complains about her to the boss.
Whilst everyone else on the ranch, and America at the time, is struggling due to the Depression Curley seems careless, wreckless, continues to pick fights and make people feel even worse. It's almost as if he's completely outside of the Economic Struggle, which in fact suggests that Curley's a lonely character, and when in contrast with all the other characters his cruelty is emphasised. Due to this Economic Struggle having getting a job was extremely difficult, to have one and be wealthy was classed as the 'American
Overall, the women were upset that their men were never home, thus making an unbalance in their family, leading to an unbalance in society. War not only derives nations, but also the families of the soldiers. Many explanations have raised from the text of Aristophanes play Lysistrata and the theme of Anti-War. “Behind every great man, there is a great woman”, “Brawn vs. Brains”, and “Women, you can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them.” these sayings are loosely based on the play that has occupied our history. The play Lysistrata shows the theme of anti-war through the precise work of symbolism, characters and word choice.
“It’s a great huge game of Chess that’s being played!”. Because Alice believes in this, the author makes us believe in it too: language plays an important role thoughout the novel, but in particular here when it convinces us of the accuracy of the Chess theme. It becomes clear that she is only a pawn, a minor character through not only through her designation by the Red Queen, but also through how the other characters behave with her. In fact, the image of a pawn being moved by a player is impressed upon our minds even farther: Alice, in looking-glass-house, moving the chess pieces like an invisible force, prefigures descriptions of her when she “skim(-med) through the air” (in the Garden of live flowers with the Queen) and “floated
The Vietnam War affected millions of veterans and showed the United States that even though they had the most powerful and best military in the world they could still lose a war. Many veterans all across the United States came back from the war with hatred and psychological problems. America’s society had changed after the war, people were not willing to go to war any more and America as a society saw the tragedies that occurred in
Nathaniel Cannon 6/12/11 ENG 106 English Composition 2 Professor: Casey kadavy Evaluation Essay: We Beat The Street Positive role models are hard to find these days. Society is full of crime, deception and overall destruction. To confirm this all you have to do is turn on the news. Every day frustratingly negative events are taking place; which are setting the wrong type of examples for people who are trying to live a positive life. Some people feel as though they have no one or nowhere to turn for proper guidance.
The argument starts when the family starts getting deeper in debt due to a dry spell in Evelyn’s winnings. During the fight, Evelyn scolds Kelly about drinking. “The contest wins can’t replace the money you make from working, Dad.” This comment angers Kelly, saying that Evelyn has no right to judge him because the only thing she does all day is clean and write in her “stupid notebooks” (168). Evelyn shoots back saying that without her contest winnings, they’d be in debtor’s prison. This comment further angers Kelly, and he, being drunk enough to not realize his own strength or actually register what he is doing, pushes Evelyn in a fit of anger.
When Richard and Harrison agree to fight themselves for money they end up humiliating themselves. For the two men are unable to fake a fight and are thus forced to actually injure one another due in part to the fear that the white viewers invoke on them. This fight in the end deeply ashamed Richard for it got him to realize that violence infects the black community in general, whether from within or from the white community’s imposed violence. When Richard grows up he moves to Chicago and joins the Communist movement. However he learns quickly that the police beat protesting Communists and Richard is forced to move from one outcast group to another, never truly escaping reality.
The mental feeling that the women get when encountering Gary Ridgway has a major affect on their personal privacy. This leads into the theory of feminism, Ridgway was a feminist that did not value women and felt that males had a strong power than woman. He grew up in an underprivileged neighbourhood and was very poor. He had to work hard for his money and ended up painting trucks for 30 years, during this time he had regular visits with prostitutes. Ridgway growing up around this society developed him into a man who undervalued women and also felt to gain power after living a very broken-childhood, which is why violence upon women was his escape to accomplish a sense of authority.
The Outsiders essay The first major theme that everyone will encounter in their daily lives is "Social Ostracism". Social Ostracism is when there is exclusion from social acceptance. There is social ostracism displayed in the book between the two gangs, Socs and Greasers. They both lived in the same area, though, there was a lot of tension between the two groups. The Socs felt the need to be selfish by trying to take over the Greasers territory and show they were greater by getting into endless fights with the Greasers.