Explore the ways Curley and Curley’s wife are presented in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ Curley and his wife are minor characters in the novel, however their presence in the novel has a far-reaching effect on the other characters and also the reader. The novel is set during the Great Depression in the 1920’s/30’s when racism, migrant workers and the American Dream were at their peak. The author, John Steinbeck, lived through these times and was a native of California where the story is set. In the passage where Steinbeck first introduces Curley’s wife, he uses many technical skills to show what Curley’s wife was like. He uses symbolism when she is first introduced; “Both men glanced up, for the rectangle of light was cut off.” The reference to the light can suggest that she cuts off the light because she is a negative character, and/or she takes away anything, which is good.
Tori Spelling has had a long going feud with her mother and has been brought to media attention for many years. A lot of Tori Spelling’s mental health issues are caused by this bad relationship with her mother. For years Tori Spelling’s father was in the picture, but after his death, Tori Spelling’s dislike and disrespect for her mother have made print in her new novels as well as the celebrity media. Tori Spelling has shown some anxiety issues on dealing with life. She has moved on and is married to a very supportive man, and for the most part these issues are not debilitating due to the number of resources around her.
Mary Badham was later nominated for best supporting actress but lost it to Patty Duke, the actress who played Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. Mary stayed in contact with Gregory Peck for the rest of his life and considered him close to her like a father. For me the most eye opening of the interviews was Diane Mcwhorther's. Diane said her first time seeing the movie was a terrible experience. She knew of the controversy of the story when she went but she forced herself to fight back the tears when Tom Robinson was shot.
Throughout her memoir, Jamison kept an idea of unity—between herself and friends, colleagues, and family—and persistence. Had her brother gone and acted like her sister (writing off her prescription to lithium as nothing more than being weak) and not checked in on her, the world only knows what other type of things she might have done while in a manic or depressive fit. She could have been bankrupt and broke had he not stepped in and helped with the aftermath of her manic phases, as well as their mother. “She cooked meal after meal for me during my long bouts of depression, helped me with my laundry, and helped pay my medical bills…Without her I never could have survived.” (p.118-9) From her first husband and their lasting friendship and her second, to her psychiatrist and other in-the-know colleagues, Kay has always had people there to keep an eye
When the story went back and told how her and her husband met and came to marry it told an awful lot about who Edna was. They were not totally in love and the author stated, “The violent opposition of her father and sister Margaret to Edna marrying a Catholic” (Chopin. 1899) played a part in them getting married. Edna enjoyed the love Leonce showered upon her, but married out of spite in a sense. Edna was described as a “woman not given to confidences.” (Chopin, 1899) This was not an uncommon emotion nor were many of the other feelings she expressed all over the book.
* Chandler mentioned in season four that Joey went out with Angela Dalveccio for three years. In episode 105, East-German Laundry Detergent, Joey tells Angela about his girlfriend Monica and arranges a double date. Now, first of all, wouldn't Angela and Monica have met during the year Joey had lived with Chandler (we know they were going out then, they broke Chandler's kitchen table) and second of all, Monica seems to know everything about people her friends are close with (notice how she's the only one who knows- and can tell Joey's seven sisters apart) so shouldn't she have known (and possibly even MET) Angela's brother, if she really had one? [pic] TOW the
Ethan Frome is a novel written by Edith Wharton, who based the book on experiences in her personal life. In the book, Ethan falls in love with his wife’s niece –Mattie—who has come to take care of his ill wife –Zeena. The feelings between Ethan and Mattie are mutual even though they both know they cannot be together. Many critics have reviewed Ethan Frome as a depressing love story. Samuel Irving Bellman is one among many of the critics who have mixed emotions about the story.
This is her dream of becoming a huge star in the movies. Steinbeck tells us about how she was told she could be in the movies and a “natural”. Steinbeck also states that the guy is going to write to her, this leads on to Curley’s Wife’s naivety. Curly’s Wife says “I always thought my ol’ lady stole it”, implying that her mother kept the letter from her, where as she is oblivious to the fact that she may have been used. She then marries Curly to get back at her “ol’ lady”.
It’s only in today’s society where woman have finally started to become equal in comparison to the 1940’s play. When Blanche was young she was married, we can tell she was young as every time her late husband is talked about she refers to him as a ‘boy’; ‘Poems a dead boy wrote’ . As Blanche describes the letters as poems this also suggests their typical romance as rather then letters they sent ‘poems’ to one another. We see that Blanche was very much in love, however we discover that her late husband was homosexual ‘suddenly into a room that I thought was empty- which wasn’t empty, but had two people in…’ . In the 1940’s homosexuality was an insult to all and looked on as repulsive compared to an modern days society.
Have you ever read or saw a play that highlighted the touchy topics such as pedophilia or incest? My guess would be no, because I never have until reading Paula Vogels How I Learned to Drive. In spite of this serious situation, she also adds many comical elements to lighten the load of this heavy topic. How I Learned to Drive is a play that follows a strained, sexual relationship between a young girl named Lil’Bit and her Uncle Peck, who is an in-law and not blood related. Uncle Peck took advantage of her from adolescence through her teens and into college.