“It came into my head that I cannot run away. I am who I am wherever I am”. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman is about a 14 year old girl who's father, the lord, wants to marry her off to a rich old man with lots of land. Catherine wants to just get away from the lady life and escape, but is always held in place by her pregnant mother, and her always nagging nurse/maid Morwenna. In Catherine, Called Birdy, many women gave Birdy advice but she never really listenened to them, but when she did, she made a decision that changed her life forever.
George and Lennie had the dream to live on a farm with nobody over them and play with rabbits. “O.K someday- we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres and a cow and some pigs and…” ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’ “We’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit-hunch and chickens, And when it rains in the winter we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, and we’ll build up the fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof.” (Steinbeck 14-15). This quote paints the picture the dream of them having their own land and living independently. Also from this quote they explain how they will take care of their farm animals. Lennie can not wait to live the Dream of leaving the farm they are working and buy their own farm.
In Chapter Two it can be seen in those mere moments after the Rebellion Napoleon has already assumed the position of leader, not yet breaking any of the laws set by Old Major. So far in Chapter Two, Major’s ideology has been recognised, the farm is run by the animals. It is revealed that the pigs are literate; they had spent the prior days condensing Old Major’s speech into the Seven Commandments of Animalism. Afterwards these are written on the far wall of the big barn, after this Snowball milks the cows and exclaims "to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do."
He knew a lot about the job. On the way, they met a big bad grey wolf and he, in his cunning and fake kind voice, asked: “Good morning, little pigs. What are you three going to do on such a bright day?” Having not known about wolves in their lives, they all shouted merrily that they each wanted to build their own house. The wolf, who had not eaten for a long time and with the want of eating, tricked the pigs by telling them that he owned a land near which was in fact owned by the richest person of the country. He asked them to follow him and he would show them.
MURDER ? In "Of Mice and Men," written by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are workers in California. They have a hard journey to the farm they are meant to work on. George has always had a dream of owning his own farm with Lennie and not having to work for someone else, but have laborers working for them. When they arrive at the farm, Lennie is automatically drawn to a very sneaky woman that remains nameless throughout the book.
Maggie’s mother was also older and better suited to be a mother because she was older and more experienced however, Maggie’s father also left the family. Maggie turned out to be shy and refrained from social life since she did not leave the house after being burned. “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me” (Walker 746). Too much attention leads to Maggie clinging to her mother and not enough attention drives Emily to not seek out a close relationship with her mother. Both mothers are concerned with the status of their daughters.
I’m really terrified that I won’t get to see my parents ever again, or I won’t get to see any of my friends ever again. We are back on the farm again to help fertilize the soil. I don’t know how us chickens can do such a thing but the farmers say they want our manure, which is our poop I think, before we go so they can get something useful out of us. Week six: They warned us about this, they warned us about being separated from our family, about never being able to be
Curley’s wife rants one day to Lennie about how much better her life could be if she was not married to Curley. “I coulda been in the movies…coulda had nice clothes” (Steinbeck 92). She is saying that her life could have been a lot better than it is not. She could be out living her dream, but instead she is married to a jerk and is not even allowed to leave her house. She tells Lennie that she does not even like Curley and she could be living the good life.
Someday— we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and——“. He was cut off by Lennie. Lennie finished George’s statement by saying, “An’ live off the fatta the lan’.”. I believe it gave Lennie hope. Later on in the story Candy, an aging ranch handyman with a missing hand, asks George and Lennie if he can help pay for the land George picked out and live there with them.
Contrary to All the Stereotypes One little girl was dreaming of becoming an airhostess. She dreamt of the countries she would visit and people she would meet. Time passed by and the girl grew up. She is 21 years old now and she has a boyfriend. “My boyfriend and all my relatives do not want me to become a stewardess,” repeats the girl and she does not even try to make her dream come true.