Some of us are lying in our bunks, uncovered, showing our heavy grey woolen underwear--regulation Army issue. The heavy odour of stale booze and women is in the air. A few jaundiced electric lights burn here and there in the barn-like bunk room although it is long
The Grapes of Wrath takes place during the dust bowl, an era in the 30’s when life in the Midwest was altered due to the monstrous impact of the frequent dust storms. The Jode family, like all of their neighbors, are forced to stay inside where the dust would be less harsh. When the storm finally passed, they go outside and notice that there is a coating of dust everywhere, even on the dying corn that is bending to the side because there is no moisture in the soil for its roots to grab onto. This was just one of the many storms of the dust bowl era, not particularly the worst one. Some storms would leave entire towns covered in feet of dusty soil.
In the bunk house there is 8 bunks, Steinbeck chose to have bunks as it represents the way that although the men are together in the way that they are sharing a bed with someone, however because it is on top or below you are still actually alone. This is then a link with their outside lives in the way that the men are all working together on the ranch but actually alone, each man for themselves. For each man to store their belongings they have one shelf, and everything on these shelves is similar, “soap, talcum powder, combs”,
helohhb kdbdjd dfnf fdnSteinbeck only uses one chapter on Crooks, however he has fully described him and helps the reader to understand his life at the ranch; Crooks is a ânegro stable buckâ who lives all by himself in the harness room, a little shed that leans of the wall the barn. His bunk is a long box filled with straw, with blankets on it. He had his apple box over his bunk, in which he had a range of medicine bottles, both for him and the horses. Being alone, he had a lot a number of âpersonal possessionsâ scattered around. This signifies his singleness because the fact that he lives all alone in room which he has all to himself, which not only allows him have as many possessions as he wants but gives him privacy, contrasting with
Also by referring to the quote ‘Three walls there were small.. .’ and ‘against the walls were eight bunks’ this suggest that it’s very crowded and unhygienic. It also shows that all the ranch workers sleep in the bunkhouse. We also get a feeling that they try to make the place more homely by adding personal things in the apple box. We know this because it says ‘these shelves were loaded with little articles, soap and talcum powder, razor and those Western magazines ranch men love to read, scoff at
The privileges given to the slaves that worked in the master’s house was that their delicate colored maids rustled in scarcely worn silk of her young mistress, while the servant men were equally well attired from the overflowing wardrobe of their young masters, so that, in dress, as well as in form and feature, in manner and speech, in tastes and habits, the distance between these favored few, and the sorrow and hunger-smitten multitudes of the quarter in the field was immense. The slaves working in the fields had poor diets, they worked from twelve o’clock(mid-day) till dark. The human cattle’s as Frederick refers weld their clumsy hoes; hurried on by no hope of reward, no sense of gratitude, no love of children, no prospect of bettering their condition; nothing save the dread and the terror of the slave-driver’s lash. 3. What advantages did the slaves’ diet confer that Col. Lloyd and his family and guests did not
Muhammad Ali- Dramatic Monologue Home alone, once again. Just me and you servants here in this huge house, It gets so boring, nothing but my own thoughts to keep me entertained. Sitting like this brings back memories from the past. I remember it like it was yesterday night. October 1st, 1975, the Thrilla in Manilla.
Metaphor Analysis | The Doors There are numerous references to doors in "The Metamorphosis," but the three doors that surround Gregor Samsa's bedroom are particularly pertinent. Indeed, they metaphorically make clear that Gregor is a prisoner of his family. Three of the four walls that make up his room have doors; there is one double door that leads into the sitting room and two side doors. The fourth wall has a window facing a hospital, but it never occurs to the Samsas to take their son there. The first person to knock on one of Gregor's doors is his sister Grete who chides him gently for not getting out of bed.
Crooks is a man, supposedly young but disabled, that likes books and keeps his small room neat, but has been so beaten down by loneliness and prejudicial treatment of that he is now suspicious of any kindness he receives. Racial discrimination is part of the microcosm Steinbeck describes in his story. It reaches its height in the novel when Curley's wife puts Crooks "in his place" by telling him that a word from her will have him lynched. Interestingly, only Lennie, the child-like character, does not see the color of Crooks' skin. Crooks isn’t ashamed about his inheritance but has pride and tells Lennie he doesn’t descend from slaves but from landowners.
Tomorrow When the War Began Essay Topic of the essay: T.W.T.W.B shows that there is a time and place for fighting back, violence/killing In the text, Tomorrow When The War Began we see many incidents of fighting and violence in the act of self-defense. Today most people in society believe the thought of killing someone is unacceptable. There is a distant difference to using violence in our normal world and to killing someone in War. Ellie and her friends are put into many situations that involve fighting back and violence and there characters show that there is a time for using violence in need. They are to fight a battle not only against their enemy but to survive amongst each other, this causes the group to defend themselves and act upon their enemy using violence.