Hubba hubba. Lennie is incredibly happy when George returns. Lennie chills in the barn with his (dead) puppy. He is alternately mad and sad. Lennie is afraid when Curley’s wife enters the barn, but she’s not freaked out about the dead puppy.
She makes these trips as regular as clockwork” (870). Because of these facts, there is no doubt that she really loved her grandson and tried to help him as much as she could. She was forced to go through the worn path every time she wanted to get soothing medicine. It is hard to imagine people who would do this in such old age if he or she didn’t love a person for whom he or she did it. This way, the worn path symbolizes Phoenix’s love for her
However, she got back to her senses and carried on thorough her journey. Her courage is unmistakably shown during her encounter with the hunter. Phoenix had fallen down after a big black dog had surprised her and was unable to get back on her feet. A young man who was passing by kindly helps the old woman up from the ground. At first he appears kind, asking if she had broken anything and telling her that she would be better retuning back home.
Animals and plants make the visit to the city very difficult. Page 96 describes one of the many encounters Phoenix has with nature. While walking on the path to the town her dress gets stuck in a “thorny bush,” and since Phoenix is going into town she has her nicest clothing on. After struggling for a few minutes she finally is able to break free without a scratch on her or her outfit. Plants are not her only problem; “A black dog with a lolling tongue came up out of
The dog, while of no working value, was a faithful companion to Candy. After its death, Candy was left in loneliness but instead of falling into despair, he chose to dream of the future along with George and Lennie. Another dog found in the novel was Lennie’s puppy. Lennie, unable to control his strength, accidentally kills the puppy when it bites him. Feeling alone and betrayed, Lennie is filled with sorrow and guilt.
Mary Oliver's "Crossing the Swamp" is a poem calling to focus the struggles and hardships throughout life. By deploying several poetic techniques the author manages to create a firmer relationship between the swamp and the reader, utilizing the effects of allegory, imagery, structure and tonal change. The entirety of the poem is a allegory for the struggles that life brings, comparing them to swamps, which are very dark, murky, and dangerous places to pass through. Much like life, one must make sacrifices, work hard, and understand that you will fall flat occasionally, but there is always a light at the end of a tunnel to work towards. Life is battle against yourself, others, and nature and a swamp provides all of those elements to contend with.
Moreover, because of her decision, Nancy Lee becomes more mature and responsible. After overcoming the great pain, she realizes what she supposes to do to help other people and herself overcome the valley of challenge of adaptation. This challenge also affects positively on Nancy Lee by helping her have more courage and power to change the America’s rules, and by that way other colored people will have a chance to adapt
The principal problem that Grace is facing is something very common nowadays. She has demonstrated how good she is in her job and that was the reason she got the promotion in
Plot: The exposition of the story is about Phoenix Jackson an elder negro women with her courage and determination to go against all the odds against her that gives the impact in the story, The rising action of this story begins shortly after Phoenix Jackson went deeper and deeper down the road between high green colored banks. Overhead the live-oaks met, and it was as dark as a cave. When suddenly a black dog came out the weeds. She thought to herself “ That black dog come out of the weeds to stall you off and now there he sitting on his fine tail, smiling at you”. Soon after a young white man with a gun comes along and he laughs at Phoenix and ask what she was doing there.
When these phrases are heard for the first time, the immediate responds is to ignore; mainly because it sounds prattle. Needless to say, for those individuals who decide that the warning isn’t for them, they always become involved in situations that make them wish that were smart enough to listen to them. In the book, “An Evening in Guanima,” there are many stories where the characters refuse to listen and made grave mistakes or learnt valuable lessons. In “The Gaulin Wife,” the winsome Bachelor’s grandmother who raised him warned, “Listen boy, you guh pick ‘til you pick needle wit’out eye.” Yet he never listens treating everyone as if they were beneath him, “Wit’ dem pop eye she gat, her ma musse pity frog or goggle-eye fish.” However, initially it was obvious that the man was going to get exactly what he dissevered. His first downfall was not being able to have a child.