She shows Atticus gradually becoming more nervous through punctuation, for example "Don't just stand there, Heck!". By using an exclamation mark to suggest that Atticus is shouting, Lee shows to the reader that he is growing increasingly more anxious. This builds up a sense of danger, and creates tension for the reader, as we too become uneasy and fearful of what might happen next. This is also effective as it is one of the rare moments in the novel when Lee shows Atticus being nervous, which makes the passage more alarming as atticus is
This builds up a sense of danger in the reader and makes them feel fearful of what may happen to Atticus and what his children may think of him after the incident. It is a reason why Atticus was hesitant before shooting Tim Johnson; he didn’t want to do a violent act in front of his children. The use of tense dialogue is also effective as it is one of the rare moments in the novel when Lee shows Atticus being nervous, which makes the passage more alarming. Furthermore, Lee builds up an increasingly uneasy atmosphere through Scout's narrative. "Time had slowed to a nauseating crawl."
“He felt as though this man had come here expressly to remind him how puny, how tiny, and how weak and how white he was” (209). Just because of Jim’s size and dark skin color, Olaf felt as if Jim was a mean, blunt person. “Too big, too black, too loud, too direct, and probably too violent to boot” (Wright 209). Olaf even went as far as feeling offended by Jim’s appearance. “There was something about the man’s intense blackness and ungainly bigness that frightened and
How does Steinbeck present society in Of Mice And Men? Steinbeck uses sexism to present ideas of society in Of Mice And Men as this was an important issue during the 1930’s. In section 2 in OMAM Curley’s Wife is introduced and is presented as a tart by the other workers. “She’s gunna make a mess. They’s gunna be a bad mess about her.
When they finally pull up Kenny almost run over Tub and start to taunt him. After the taunting Tub finally gets fed up. He tells Frank how take up for him. Never did they ever think that Tub would be the one they depend on. Kenny, who’s too honest and tries to be the tougher one of the group, he gets a laugh out of belittling others.
Since he is more weak spirited than Hester, as shown in “His spirit lacked the strength that could have borne up, as thine has been, beneath a burden like thy scarlet letter," (ch.14) The letters weight affects him more. The man suffers physically more than any other character in the novel. He fasts vigorously until he grows so weak he almost cannot stand, “It was his custom, too, as it has been that of many other pious Puritans, to fast, - not, however, like them...but rigorously, and until his knees trembled beneath him, as an act of penance”. (ch. 11) He would even whip himself at night, “bloody scourge… plied on his own shoulders.” to punish himself for the sin he committed.
Lennie is tall and strong man who has a mental disability, which leads him to depend on George. Lennie, for being different, acts differently, making others think that the things he does are wrong. For Lennie, the things he does, seems to be correct to him, because he lives in his own world, where he make his own rules. His passion of petting soft things, such as small animals, dresses, and people’s hair, leads to disaster. On the other hand we have George.
This is why he is easily led because George told him to fight back against Curley and he did and when George tells him to stop he does. He isn't very powerful because he needs George to look after him and tell him what is right and what is wrong. He has a lot of power over Lennie, for instance, ‘for god sakes don’t drink so much’. He can make Lennie do anything he wants him to do. Furthermore, Slim’s power on the ranch makes him a voice of justice throughout the novel.
Whereas the power of authority is portrayed through Curly and his father. Lennie is a big guy, with great physical strength, but he doesn’t know how to use it. His strength is a reoccurring theme throughout the book. When George was talking to Slim about the previous life he was living with Lennie, he told him, “coulda bust every bone in my body”. This shows the strength that Lennie has over George.
Now that he's aware of the murderous act, his actions become "rather impaitent" and this means that instantaneously he's battling against Goole. Through Priestly's use of hostility in the context of Birling's behaviour, the reader begins to question his dubious acts, and start to discover that there is tension deep routed routed withon the Birling family history, taht they're yet to disciver. Likewise,Priestly symbolises the tension within the family by the stark and interrogating light. The light becomes "white" and excruciatingly bright, and his shows the erecting tension as the play progresses. With the "dark" and cosy lighting at the beginning it juxtaposes to the opposite spectrum and by this the audience becmes aware of this tension that grows within the Birling's as each character finds a snippet of information that they'd rather not hear.