When I can’t stand on my legs, perhaps I shall have a chance” (740). This quote demonstrates his dedication to his work as he claims he will have to be literally unable to move before he will take a break. Later in the story, as he goes about his rounds, he is described as a “mere hired assistant” and that he is a “slave to the country-side” (742). It is revealed that his job wears him out, because it is “nothing but work, drudgery, constant hastening from dwelling to dwelling” and he doesn’t like the town where he lives and works. The narrator states, “He grumbled, he said he hated the hellish hole.” Furthermore, he feels superior to the working class people he serves, thinking of them as “rough, inarticulate, powerfully emotional men and women” (743).
It shows us this by comparing the soldiers who should be young and fit to old beggars under sacks. This makes us think of them as haggard dirty and drawn old men hunched over and bent double with exhaustion and pain, finding it extremely difficult to walk. It also reveals to us that even young men who go to war lose part of their youthfulness, due to the terrible sights and circumstances, which is not right. All throughout the first stanza the author uses great adjectives such as knock kneed and similes 'coughing like hags’ to describe the terrible condition and state of exhaustion that these men are in. ‘Knock-kneed’ suggests that the soldier is trying to keep his knees together and his feet wide apart to keep himself steady so that he can continue walking.
Poverty can have a large emotional effect on many people, and often they become mentally exhausted or depressed. The poet truly emphasizes the hardships of a poverty-stricken life in the second stanza, when he describes the day-time image of the tenement room. During the day, sunlight illuminates everything so that every point and detail can be seen. The author makes this stanza the longest to illustrate how hard it may be for individuals to escape the mental state of poverty during the day. He describes the furniture with a bleak mood, such as the two chairs, “spiritless as
However, the reader is exposed to the harsh, brutal truth of the lower-class society. Because George Wilson is a poor servant that has had little to eat in several days, we can not help but have sympathy for him. The upper-class is stuck up and oblivious to the needs and cares of their servants. However, those servants help with and take care of the needs of the other servants. While Wilson is on his way to see Mr. Carson, we learn that he is very hungry and hasn’t eaten in days.
The conditions were so bad many people ended up unable to work due to sickness or death from either the meat or exhaustion. Sinclair made it clear that the poor peasants were the hardest working and received nothing in return. His passion in writing is so deep for the lower class folks when he expresses the value of each individual in Jurgis’ group and their drive to keep
I really can’t believe he’s gone. Well today started off just as normal, Scruffy and I going about our usual routine, just minding our own business but it seemed Carlson took a particular annoyance at Scruffy’s smell. I know he smells, but it’s just because he’s old, he can’t help it. Carlson started to complain saying that I should just put ol’ Scruff outta his misery but I didn’t think anything of it until Slim and George agreed with him. It was one of the most heart breaking decisions I ever had to make but I could see the pain that old dog was going through and I couldn’t stand to see him hurting anymore.
The social creation of dependency is about how the elderly depend on the government. This is for things such as pensions and age restricted retirement policies. The effects of these policies are that they single out older people and isolate them in some ways. Because of this elderly people are left feeling worthless and have a low self-esteem as they stand out to be helpless and vulnerable. Because the elderly have a stereotypical image that they are useless they become a focus point as they have negative attitudes towards things and become more dependent on friends, family and social care services.
Even when Osborne is killed, the relationship between the two is still remembered as Raleigh misses his celebration meal and does not feel in the mood for eating. This is shown when Raleigh is arguing with Stanhope and says ‘Good God! Don’t you understand? How canI sit down and eat that – when – (his voice is nearly breaking) – when Osborne’s – lying – out there -.’ The stage directions give the audience the intense feeling Sheriff was trying to create of sorrow and anger. I believe Raleighs tone really shows how much Osborne meant to him in the few days he had known him.
English 215 Both Wily from death of sale man and Gregor from the metamorphosis are men that feel worn down and exhausted from their jobs. In this essay I will compare and contrast how each exhibits the wear and tears of the working life and how it affect their families. By using sources and examples that discuss the America relationship with their jobs. Wily Loman who has been working as a salesman for long time. Started having bad luck and in order to dare with his failures in life, he started thinking about his past and it seem that he doesn't know what's real or fake in life.
The characterization in this book is very interesting, especially in the case of Leamas. At the start of his mission, he is portrayed as too “old for operational work” (29) and is regarded by his colleagues as a “resentful, drunken wreck” (30). He spends most of his time appearing tired, weary and confused, that readers will be doubtful whether that is his real self or just an act. Readers will not know for sure whether he is the one in control, or whether just another pawn in the world of espionage, until the end of the story. I was surprised that such a spy who is “a … traitor [,] sadist and drunkard” (220), would jeopardise his mission by making sure that his lover, Liz Gold, will be safe, “[not] to have a file or anything” and “forgotten” (58).