There are also many other important issues and problems brought up in the book that were linked directly to the real life social problems in rural California which Steinbeck brings to life in a variety of techniques and language styles. The first and most obvious issue involved with inequality is racism, because crooks is black, he is looked upon in a typical and prejudice way, which was normal and socially acceptable in the 1930’s. His views and opinions are seen as worthless, “Why its just a nigger saying it.” Crooks is socially outcast in the ranch, he lives and sleeps alone, no-body had ever entered his room or decided to discuss things with him until the conversation he has with Lennie. I think it is ironic in the way that crooks dismisses Lennie as being the same as all the other white men, “You got no right to be in my room, Nobody got any right in here but me.” Considering Lennie to be racist is being racist himself. I also think it is very ironic that the most unintelligent person on the ranch is the only one who ignores the very unintelligent social hierarchy of racism, which the other supposedly better educated workers take part in.
For P1, unit 19 I have to explain the concept of an unequal society. I will pick out points which make our society unequal and then talk about reasons for each of these in more depth. * Men from ethnic minorities are paid less than white men with the same qualifications Make wealth history (2010) This is one concept of an unequal society. This does not to apply where there are both white men and men from ethnic minorities working for the same company. If there was a restaurant which is run just by men from ethnic minorities often get paid less than a group of white men running a restaurant.
Rodriguez paints a setting that describes the poor streets in South San Gabriel where mostly Mexicans live in saying, “ …the stucco and wood-frame homes of the neighborhood consisting mostly of Mexicans with a sprinkling of poor white families”(39). As he passes the houses, he describes how the people were sitting on “...metal chairs near fold-up tables with cards and beer bottles”(39), this emphasizes the low living condition that he lived in. On the other hand, Dillard’s setting is more normal and standard. She describes the streets saying, “ We were standing up to our boot tops in snow in a front yard on trafficked Reynolds Street, waiting for cars.” Dillard did not describe the street any further, which indicates that there was nothing special or unusual about it, it was just like any regular street. Even though both storied were on a cold day, they took place in totally different places and atmosphere.
Terkel’s essay demonstrates that people of different race are stereotyped against and how this can play a role in the work place. Stephen Cruz shows how his new manger believes in a stereotype about blacks. “I received instructions from him on how I should interview blacks. Just check and see if they smell, okay?” (354). In addition, he describes the stereotypes for a Mexican, “… you’re a happy guy to have around, pleasant but emotional….good to have as part of the management team, as long as you weren’t allowed to make decisions (355).
She described the experiences of her captivity occurred during the King Philippe’s War. (Lepore 127) The dichotomies mentioned at the beginning -Cain and Abel; Israel and Palestine; Romulo and Remo; Huascar and Atahualpa- did have a pattern of self destruction. New England and Chesapeake societies were different from their origins. The people that formed those new cities come from different social extraction from their original England. Those different ways to see the world were the framework they used to create solutions for their problems and answers for their questions.
NAFTA even had an important provision for the welfare of the Mexican laborers. However, the rosy picture was little more than window dressing at a grand scale. The maquiladoras were factories that employed many unskilled laborers and some office workers. To call the maquiladoras, “sweatshops”, would not be an understatement. Wages actually decreased in Mexico and increased in the US during NAFTA.
Persuading With Fear or Sympathy? Persuasion is a powerful thing. Many great early American writers used persuasion in their works. Among these fine writers were Jonathan Edwards and Olaudah Equiano, who used modes of discourse, styles, purposes, and tone to persuade their audience. Their relationship with the community made a big impact on their writing style as well, for their life styles were quite opposite from each other.
Ridley states, “exchange is twice blest: it blesseth him that gives and him that takes” (101). Trade is what feeds progress and prosperity. By dehumanizing one group of people, both groups lose the opportunity to grow. The fear of those who are different causes humans to create the idea of us against them. The dehumanization of another group allows unthinkable crimes to be committed; neither party is benefited by this separation.
For example, during this point in time, Harlem became known for its rent parties. Rent parties were parties in which residents would pay money to gain entry into a house where illegal moonshine was served. The money the host gained from the entry fee would pay for their rent, hence the name rent party. This occurrence indicates the high level of poverty in America during this time period. Even though Harlem was mostly populated by the African-American community they could still not escape the racial segregation that the white Landlords showed them.
To the contrary, many of the businesses are still thriving. It is this comparison that Foer makes in his statement, “I kept noticing the ways that globalization had failed to diminish the game’s local culture, local blood feuds, and even local corruption. In fact, I began to suspect that globalization had actually increased the power of these local entities-and not always in such a good way” (Foer, 408). Whereas soccer is a far cry from selling coffee and donuts, it still tends to define that globalization, of some products, has failed. The mass marketing, on a global scale, of certain products still does not yield the same results as an already established business with a supportive clientele