James Barton ! ! SAT Prompt Question ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 9-29-13 Ioanna ! Robert Louis Stevenson once stated‚ “In each of us‚ two natures are at war-the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them‚ and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose-what we want most to be‚ we are.” In other words‚ everyone has both good and evil in them at some point‚ and these two powers contradict each other in every
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A Daughter’s Perseverance has got my attention Lessons are often taught by our children‚ and my daughter Macie is teaching me about perseverance because she is restless. Macie will stop at nothing when she knows what she wants. Countless times I have felt like she was a hound dog nipping at my heels. Yes‚ I have thought of my daughter as a pest considering she can go on and on about the things she wants; yet‚ perseverance is a quality that the Bible tells us to possess. Because in Luke 11:5-9
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Power isn’t just strength. Power could be a couple other ways too. A book that is science-fiction called “of mice of men” by john Steinbeck. The book is about two men who work on a California farm. In the time they were in the great depression. It was very hard to have power during that time. The book kinds of are power that Steinbeck was trying to show in the book was mental‚ racism‚ and strengths. To start in the book “of mice of men” is mental. George is smarter than Lennie because Lennie is
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In John SteinBeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ he uses the characters Crooks and Curley’s wife to show that loneliness and isolation can poor effects on people. In this book the effects that are shown by these characters are‚ pushing others away and desperately seek out any interaction. Crooks pushes others away while Curley’s wife will talk to anybody to not be lonely. Crooks is being isolated from the rest of the rest of the workers because he is black. The isolation that Crooks has been subjected to has
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Crooks Disabled and lonely‚ are two main traits about Crooks. Crooks is a character in the book “Of Mice and Men‚” by John Steinbeck. Crooks is the stable hand who works with the ranch horses. He lives by himself because he is the only black man on the ranch. Throughout the book‚ we learn that Crooks is bookish and likes to keep his room neat‚ but he has been so beaten down and mistreated because of who he is on the outside that he is now suspicious of any kindness he receives. In return for his
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The gift of friendship is something that ends with a justifiable murder. At least‚ this is true for George and Lennie‚ in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ two “pals” who works together as ranch hands‚ until one ends up dead‚ killed by the other. Now‚ most of us would never consider murdering your best friend as justifiable‚ but it is in the case of George Milton when he kills his own best friend‚ Lennie Small. “And George raised the gun and steadied it‚ and he brought the muzzle of it closely to
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Near the town of Soledad in California‚ there is a ranch with many hardworking and tough ranch hands. This is the setting for Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. This ranch has a cold‚ harsh‚ and “mean” atmosphere. Here‚ violence works as a precursor for actions that are even more alarming. Because America is going through the Great Depression‚ life is not always humane and neither are the people living through it. In Of Mice and Men violence serves as a catalyst for all of the important events in
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Women Matter In the book “Of Mice and Men” by Steinbeck‚ they lack women and the women that are in the book are not treated as equals. In the whole book only one women is presented and only two women are talked abou. The one woman in the book is cheated on‚ the men visit prostitutes on the weekends‚ and the women do not have names. When the men talk about women they talk as if they were just property‚ as if they are not even people nor do they have any feelings. Through
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True Friendship In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men‚ George and Lennie are best friends and migrant farmers. George takes care of Lennie because Lennie is mentally challenged. After Lennie gets in trouble in Weed‚ George and Lennie go to a new ranch to work. There Lennie gets into a fight with Curley‚ the boss’s son‚ kills a puppy‚ and kills Curley’s wife. Because of these unfortunate events‚ George kills Lennie. George does the right thing by killing Lennie because not only does George save
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In The Grapes of Wrath‚ by John Steinbeck‚ Muley Graves acted as a minor character yet it explained many things about life during the 1930s. Muley Graves’ life appeared lonely and helpless. The bank evicted his family from their home and Muley refused to leave‚ he remained stubborn as a mule. Muley says‚ “I ain’t a-goin’. My pa come here fifty years ago. An’ I ain’t a-goin’” (60). He did not leave Oklahoma because he owned the land‚ his wife had their kids on the land‚ and his father worked hard
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