Useless‚ pathetic‚ meaningless. Admittedly‚ Curley’s wife was right. I hate it. Bashing me on why I shouldn’t bother joining in with that small minded Lennie and that damn George on their ranch. I can’t hold anymore of this reality on my back any longer. Why should I be perceived like this? Because I’m black? Because we’re black? Foolish. It ain’t fair. My hands‚ my arms and my legs are black; my face is as dark as the California night sky. It’s different from the other white men‚ possibly more likable
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God” (28). Consequently‚ him leaving the farm and not returning for years was quite unexpected. Whether he planned to return in 8 days like he said or not is irrelevant‚ he still abandoned everything‚ and that is inexcusable. His left his wife Bertrande‚ causing her great pain and endless wondering whether he still was alive. In a quote from the narrator‚ “He had deserted her in the full beauty of her youth‚ in the height of her great passion‚ he had shamed her and wounded her…”
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The middle class is usually unaffected by otherness‚ but some members of this class end up making themselves an other due to their perception of being either lesser or more important than they are and in turn isolate themselves from their social group. Members of this class commonly aim to win the favor of members of the elite upper class‚ which offers a form of protection from the torment that would ensue if the society was aware of a middle class’s otherness. Iago was an “other” because he was
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Explain the problem of induction- Discuss two different solutions to it. The problem of induction is the philosophical issue of whether using induction to justify our beliefs is reasonable. We have memories and experience from past events that allow us to prepare for the future. Although the future is not certain‚ using generalizations and predictions‚ we can assume with some certainty that‚ what will happen tomorrow‚ will be similar‚ if not the same as what happened today. We use induction
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the camp although many men before her look strong. While she looks at all the men as peasants and slaves‚ she gives me a surprising welcoming smile. Her name is Sam she gives me a hug and tells me it’s “Good you’re home son.” After that she says I’m your “Mother.” I think when I was in a prison before I always asked why I’m here to the Queen she told me for “My mother’s animal behaviour.” Those words always wanted me to just sit in my cell and wonder who is my mom and why would she get me in a prison
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On first reading it‚ Curley’s wife is presented as an antagonist‚ as a dream destroyer‚ the story its self is set during the “Great Depression”‚ where dreams were usually destroyed‚ The Great Depression was an extremely miserable time during the 1930’s‚ it made average people (such as the guys in the ranch and Curley’s wife) impossible to fulfill their dreams. Curley’s wife‚ was a lot of things‚ but mainly misunderstood. Similar to all the men on the ranch‚ she was unable to fulfill her dream‚ all
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discern the experience of motherhood‚ the leap from domesticity to creativity and writing the body parts in poems such as “Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward”‚ “The Double Image”‚ “Her Kind”‚ “the Division of Parts”‚ “the Exorcists”‚ and “the Farmer’s Wife”. The maternal experience‚ along with the exaltation of the female body‚ is at the heart of the analysis of a number of poems. Sexton’s poems reveal the quest for the female identity through motherhood and writing the body parts which do converge with
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It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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Żabińska. Throughout the book‚ The Zookeeper’s Wife‚ the character that was the most interesting was Jan Żabińska. Jan played a colossal role in the Underground Resistance against the Germans. To fight against the Germans Jan would hide Jewish people in his zoo and house‚ make bombs and weapons‚ and would sneak people out of the Ghetto. Though most of his focus were on the war efforts‚ he never forgot to keep his family a priority in his life. Antonina‚ his wife‚ taught valuable lessons throughout the whole
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The character of Curley‚ a “thin young man with a brown face‚ with brown eyes and a head of tightly curled hair”‚ according to Candy is an amateur boxer and is always picking fights‚ especially with those men who are bigger than he is. The boss’ son in the ranch‚ Curley is depicted as malicious and threatening by Steinbeck‚ but yet also possesses some of the traits associated with an outsider- continually trying to prove his worth to those around him. He tries to reflect and ascertain his masculinity
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