Lennie does not know his own strength, reacts to trouble when he is scared Idioms- “old lady” (p.53), “throw a litter” (p.58), “punk” (p.62), “cut off his wind” (p.63) Allusions- Luger, phonograph, fence picket, Golden Gloves Chapter 4- 66. Crooks was alone, living by himself and able to leave his personal possessions lying around 67. Loneliness- people kept their distance from Crooks because he was black 68. Loneliness- Lennie also quite alone in the world- only friend is George and tries to make friends with Crooks 69. Lennie- a genuinely nice person, has nice smile that tempted Crooks to let him in 69.
In the story “Lottery” “Men were gathered in a corner telling stories smiled rather than laughing, the women were wearing faded house dresses and sweaters” (Jackson 263). In both stories there is a twist to it, an innocent person is either being harmed physically or mentally. In both stories the gatherers don’t agree with how things are done but nobody speaks up such as in the story “The ones who walked away” it said “They feel anger, outrage, impotence despite all the explanations. They would like to do something for the child. But there is nothing they can do” (Le Guin 261).
The bakery was his place of desolation because he did not like the interaction with people. The narrator in “Cathedral” was not enthused when he learned that a blind friend of his wife named Robert was spending the night with them. His whole concept about a blind person he thought came from the movies. He thought that a blind person would have to solely depend on other people for help. His wife had a very good relationship with Robert and they were able to communicate with each other although he could not see.
Nevertheless, the praise that everyone gives him doesn’t always bring positive outcomes. Tom takes this for granted and tricks his gang or followers. He demonstrated the disturbing side of society when he allows Jim to remain a captive because he wanted an extravagant escape plan. This strength seen by Huck and others leads to the carefree lifestyle of Sawyer. If one has strength or power, he/she acts the way the desire.
The Grim Reaper usually is a male that doesn’t show his identity because he hides under a dark robe. He also carries a scythe for slaying souls. However in the story death is represented like a normal woman at a marketplace. She is Non-threatening, neither scary nor intimidating. Nevertheless The Servant recognizes who she is and once he acknowledge the current situation he’s in, he becomes frightened.
serious = not light-hearted: "He's a serious student and always does his homework." shy = quiet, because you are not very confident: "He's so shy and hates saying anything to people he doesn't know." sincere = saying what you believe (opposite of insincere): "He's sincere in his beliefs." slapdash = doing your work quickly and carelessly: "He's got a very slapdash attitude – I doubt he'll ever become a lawyer." slimy = trying to get what you want by being over-friendly: "That man is so slimy – he makes me feel sick!"
She is one of the biggest advocates to put him in a mental institution thereby ensuring no one would believe a word he said if perhaps he was to give her away. Darl, however, does not help his cause. The journey transforms him the most from a slightly queer, perceptive, and somewhat “all knowing” character into a completely insane man driven into the madness by the chaos surrounding the venture. Faulkner catches the reader off guard, showing that not all quests and expeditions transform characters into mature and wise adults. He attempts to show how some “Odyssey`s” transform many characters for the worse.
Of Mice and Men In Of Mice and Men lots of the characters have many troubles and problems: primarily with loneliness and segregation for being different which make you sympathize the characters. Lennie is the most obvious character to sympathize as he gets killed at the end of the novella and seems to have a child like mind as shown by how Slim notices this by saying “He jes like a kid” Steinbeck shows Lennie as childlike to show that Lennie is innocent, this is used to show that when Lennie does something wrong he does not do this to be cruel but he is just oblivious to what he is doing. Secondly, Steinbeck likens Lennie to an animal through the way Lennie moves; “dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws” which shows Lennies vulnerability as when he is killed he is not aware of what is going to happen which is similar to how the way Old Candy’s dog was killed as the dog did not know what was going to happen to it and just followed Carlson unaware of Carlson’s intentions; this trusting nature of Lennie makes the reader sympathize him.
Nancy Kelly Leahy Humanities Paper 1 You cannot think yourself free. Such is the Underground Man’s struggle. Isolating himself from society he sits in his corner, scribbling words on a page to an imagined audience. When he puts the pen down, sets those words aside, he still sits in his corner and nothing has changed. He is still irreversibly dissatisfied and unfulfilled with the liberal sentiments of Russia’s 19th century intelligentsia, but he is more profoundly dissatisfied by his own inability to escape or change it.
“Not to know where she is, what they have done to her is a torment (17).” He notices that the women who care for his house and children do not refer to her, and he realizes they believe she won’t come back. But they don’t say as much, so he can continue to believe she will. He wanders about the dangerous streets, discretely asking questions about