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    community is capsized. In this socially awakening play‚ society is corrupted when a naivete  community is immersed in power that enables insignificant people to manipulate the status quo  to selfishly satisfy their own societal welfare and relationships. ​ In times of distress‚ an individual  may blindly diminish their societal relationships to consequentially benefit themselves.  Once presented with power‚ Abigail takes advantage of it to manipulate those around her  and accuse innocent people at will. When 

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    With leadership comes power; some use their power for the greater good and some abuse it. Many people want to be the leader of a group‚ but may underestimate the amount of responsibility it actually takes. Although everyone is capable of using their power for the greater good‚ it is easy for someone to get caught up in power and abuse it. In Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” Ralph‚ one of the main characters‚ shows how people are capable of using their power for good. The plane Ralph‚ and a group

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    Explore the ways that John Steinbeck presents strong feelings/attitudes in Of Mice And Men. A strong attitude portrayed in the novel is Racism. John Steinbeck uses the character Crooks in order to represent racism and what it was like for the black community during the Great Depression. The ranchmen and Curley’s wife all display racist attitudes towards Crooks‚ for example in chapter four Curley’s Wife says "Well you just keep your place then‚ Nigger. I could get you strung

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    The effectiveness of this essay is important because the language Brady uses to persuade the reader is a mixture of intelligence with a hint of sarcasm as she repeatedly stated‚ “I want a wife who…” (Brady 386) to exaggerate the perfect wife to a husband. For example‚ Brady discusses the duties of women being “I want a woman who takes care of the children…keeps track of all my appointments…takes care of me and my physical needs…cooks and cleans the house.” (Brady 387). By using a reappearance of

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    referred to at the time as ‘The American Dream’. Central to Steinbeck’s novel is Curley’s Wife and her importance in the novel is of how she revolves around the novels main themes and events. Curley’s Wife is excluded for being female‚ she is often found in search for companionship on the ranch as her newly found marriage does not give her the affection she desires‚ as she states to Lennie “I don’t like Curley he aint a nice fella.” Because of this she often tries to interact with the other men although

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    Of Mice and Men- Curley’s wife. How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife to the reader? What is her importance in the novel? In order to discuss how Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife to the reader one would determine that many readers would interpret her character and importance in many diversified ways. In this essay‚ one must elaborate on Steinbeck’s true definition of the one and only female in the novel. First and foremost other females in the novel are mentioned but not greeted with a presence

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    Curley’s wife has lost her dream and she lives an unhappy life. In the story it states‚ “I tell ya I could’ve been in shows. Not just one neither. An’ a guy tol’ me he could put me in pitchers… She was breathless with indignation”(Steinbeck‚78). This shows that Curley’s wife had a dream but then lost it. In the story it states‚ “He says he was gonna put me in movies. Said I was a natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it… I never got that letter”(88). This shows

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    How does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks in “of mice and men?” Throughout the novel “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck presents Crook as being lonely‚ intelligent and hopeless. He is in a minority group and is discriminated against because he represents the black community in 1930’s America. Indeed‚ it is because of this discrimination that Crooks attempts to draw whatever limited amount of power he can from his surroundings. “Well I gotta right to have a light”. This implies Crooks is defensive

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    How does the writer explore the themes of tolerance and empathy in chapters 2 and 3? In chapter 2 Miss Caroline is introduced. She has come across as a very sweet and innocent lady. “She had bright auburn hair‚ pink cheeks and wore crimson finger- nail polish. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop”. This quote highlights her innocence and exaggerates the difference between Miss Caroline‚ who is very clean-cut‚ to the rest of Maycomb‚ which is less educated and poor. Miss Caroline states that

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    captivating them and dehumanizing them until they felt as though they were too weak to break free or ever live past it. The regime used its anti-feminism and oppression against the trapped women. Another tactic they used was power‚ meaning some individuals would do anything to keep power‚ even if it meant losing their morals or humanity like Nick‚ Offred‚ the commander and many more.Lastly‚the most used tactic was fear which was sparked to control and manipulate the citizens through public executions‚ beatings

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