When Malachy gets a job, he is unable to keep it because he gets drunk and loses the job. This is a pattern throughout the novel, and never changes. Even when his family does come into some money, his alcoholism gets the best of him once again. There is an apparent cycle of poverty that exists through the novel. Poverty can easily become a malicious finger- pointing circle, and Angela participates in this “game.” She constantly nags Malachy of his alcoholism and his northern accent and odd manner.
The second part of the paper deals with the comparison. Topdog/Underdog talks about the adult lives of two African-American brothers, Lincoln and Booth who were abandoned by their parents. They have to deal with various issues ranging from work to racism. Booth, the younger brother, admires his brother and is even jealous of him. Lincoln used to be a hustler, but then he turned into a circus attraction where he sits dressed as Abraham Lincoln.
Despite Crooks initial hostility to Lennie, he is obviously desperate for company and invites him in, telling Lennie how he fears for his own sanity and that “books ain’t no good” for company. As he tells Lennie, Crooks is so desperate for “just talking, being with another guy” that he tolerates a visitor who has no idea about what he is actually talking about and cannot offer any real sympathy or company. Steinbeck is very explicit about the fact that Crooks is separated from the others solely because he is black (even the similarly crippled Candy gets to share the bunkhouse with the men) and shows the social injustice with Crooks innocent childhood memories of life on his father’s
Another example is how he must live away from other workers. He has his own room in the harness room and he is not allowed in the bunkhouse. Another example in the story Candy tells about how Crooks was brought into the bunkhouse on Christmas to fight with the drunken farm workers. Candy said ‘they let the nigger come in that night’. These examples show racism was very acceptable on the ranch in the 1930’s.
As the husband tries to tell his ex wife how he still feels about her, he becomes frustrated because he is limited by his new, slower functioning, brain. As time passes the man becomes more birdlike. His thoughts change swiftly between his wife and her lovers to the toys in his cage and flying away. Although the husband realizes that he should have talked to his wife of his feelings, and worries of her cheating while he was human, he never fully gets over his jealous tendencies. As he first dies while spying on a new man he suspects his wife is cheating upon him with, he fails to learn his lesson and continues to be jealous of every new man he sees her with.
However, ironically, Biff does flunk that math test, which would not allow him to graduate from high school and attend university. Willy’s effect on Biff is the source of this “false pride” as mentioned by Howard. When Willy says, “Be liked and you’ll never want”, it again reinforces his value for popularity and attractiveness. These two concepts are also the causes of Willy’s need to be “well liked”. Being Well Liked Motif Willy is at the bottom of the totem pole in a capitalistic world.
We know that as, when there is the rat incident, with everybody being scared, Bigger reacts by killing the beast brutally with a skillet. Also, he reacts with violence against White society as he’s scared of them. But, instead of keeping quiet and minding his own business, he feels the need to rob Blum’s, a white mans, store. However, in the end he doesn’t do it as he is in fear of being caught. Again, though he reacts to it by beating Gus, his friend, up using the excuse of Gus being late to get out of their 4mission.
After Benvolio was teasing Fausutus from his window(because Benvolio was hungover after celebrating Bruno's return). He also sends dogs after him, completing the mythological story of the man Benvolio said he would turn himself into if Faustus proved to be a good conjuerer. P50-55 The two cardinals are clueless and get sent into the du grins because Faustus made them fall asleep p. 40-44ish As he is leaving with Mephostophilis they beat surrounding Friars and set fireworks off in the chambers. Horse-courser issue: Gave him an enchanted horse that stopped working when it went into water. When the horse-courser tries to confront Faustus, Faustus
As Crooks listens to Candy and Lennie's ideas of getting some land together he laughs. When he gets more comfortable and really listens to their idea he offers to "work for nothing...and lend a hand". (Steinbeck 76) By Crooks saying this, one can infer that he let his guard down. Instead mocking the idea he offers assistance. Candy, like Crooks, also tried to reach out, yet he does it by trying to defend Crooks.
Catcher shares that theme with Death of a Salesman, as well as the fact that they both serve as a form of satire on a society changing faster than it is ready. In Catcher, the reader takes a trip inside the mind of a young man who is roughly seventeen years old; the reader hears all the thoughts and opinions of Holden, who is very critical of society and every single person in it. Caulfield continuously refers to people as “phonies” and always talking about people and their “phony parties” (Salinger 127) and finds it hard to like anything about people. Holden recognizes his loneliness but does not realize that it is his actions that cause it. He harshly judges people throughout the story and shuts himself off from the world and people without remorse.