5 The conditions of the battle of the Somme were not ideal. There was had been lots of rain prior and during the battle. The trenches were full of mud, rats and diseases. The mud made moving around in the trenches very hard which led to many cases of trench foot and also the mud made some on the Canadian’s guns not fire. There were many rats in the trenches because of the rotting bodies which led to disease spreading like lice.
It’s really a “get the job done and leave” kind of a place. The workers clearly reflect the feeling of this bunk house. First Candy, he is one of the workers who had lost a hand probably due to a work related accident. He and Slim are the only ones actually talk normally to George. Candy opens up many behind-the-back stories and general info of the life in the bunk house.
The bunkhouse is where most of the conversations happen. Loneliness is a key theme which occurs inside the bunkhouse because this is where Carlson bullies candy into allowing him shoot his ageing, smelly, crippled dog. Candy is dependent on his dog as the dog has been with him for a long time but also there are similarities between candy and the dog they can be both labelled as useless because candy lost his hand whilst he was working on the ranch so there aren’t much work for him to do, the reason he still is on the ranch is so that he could claim his compensation that he deserves, the dog is also useless because his old and tired and wouldn’t be able to herd the sheep as before. So when Carlson does shoot the poor dog candy feels alone with no one to be there with him. Dreams is also linked in with the bunkhouse because this is where George and Lennie discuss their dream ‘of living on the fat of the land’ ‘ Lennie tending the rabbits’ but candy over hears their conversation and wants to be part of their dream.
(…)” Even though all these circumstances can make Jennings think negatively, he has held strong and maintained a positive attitude to the children and some nuns. One foster family that took Jennings for a period of time was The Carpenters. They were cruel parents that made Jennings into a slave to them. They hardly fed him, they never loved or cared for him, and they never showed any appreciation. For example, Mrs. Carpenter only fed him muck that was cold and awful.
Of mice and men: Quotation Analysis Quotation: "That stink hangs around even after he's gone." he walked over with his heavy legged stride and looked down at the dog. "Got no teeth,"he said. "He's all stiff with rheumatism. He ain't no good to you Candy.
Most of them were skinny and look very unhealthy their clothes look like they were made from rags it was just dreadful. I was disgusted by their appearances. The language they spoke was so different from ours I could hardly understand it. It were many slaves that we had no choice but to put them on deck which by the way is the worst part of the ship to stay. As days grew longer and the nights grew more mournful the weather started to get really bad.
He is described to live in a cave that is dark and somewhat spooky. No one talks except for Grendel. Everyone else is described through action. Gardner does this to strengthen the effect of loneliness. Grendel talks about how his own mother would not even talk to him.
There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time””. by how Jem describes him you can tell that Boo Radley isn’t exactly what you would call normal… you can also tell that by the way Jem describes his house: “the house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-grey around it. Rain rotten shingles drooped over the eaves of the varanda, oak trees kept the sun away.” This very long quote (which appears on page 9) is a typical haunted house picture and it is also the house of Boo Radley. This quote doesn’t say anything about Boo’s personality but you can understand that he isn’t normal. “Inside the house lives a malevolent phantom, people said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him.
“It was Robert Ackley…six four- with lousy teeth…. He damn near made you sick if you saw him… he had a lot of pimples… all over his whole face…. He had a terrible personality. He was also sort of a nasty guy. I wasn’t too crazy about him… (Salinger 19).” When Holden was at Pencey he didn’t associate with many people, again showing him being isolated, but Ackley was one of the few he did talk to.
All of these factors: a lack of food and clothing, frigid temperatures and horrible living conditions must have made for a bleak existence. All of the men are using what appears to be their metal plate or pan as their pillow; they do not appear to have mattresses or other padding which also shows that the living conditions were less than desirable. The viewer gets a very good idea of what the photographer(name?) was trying to invoke by taking this picture; showing the psychological and physical pain these men went through on a daily basis. Where were the women and children living and what are the living conditions them as well.(?)