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    somebody to look down to‚ to have a higher status. P103(bottom) * ‘Any you boys seen candy?’ said with no politeness also said with authority. * ‘you bindle buns think you’re all so damn good’ ‘a nigger…lousy ol’ sheep’ p111 -revenge to how men treated her- Steinbeck writes this to link to loneliness and isolation and this was the cause. 5. Carlson shows aggressive and frustrated emotion-‘ “God awmighty‚ that dog stinks get him outta here candy!... you gotta get him out’ p70. * Repetition

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    haunt him due to his confrontation with Lennie. Another character that was discriminated was Curley’s wife‚ but this time due to her gender. Curley’s wife was often misunderstood in the ranch due to her attention hungry self and flirting ways. The men discriminate her due to her circumstance of being the only girl on the ranch and always trying to attract attention. George even said‚ “Ranch with a bunch of guys ain’t no place for a girl‚ ‘specially like her”(Pg 34) This quote voices George’s opinion

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    The characters Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s Wife all exemplify loneliness and isolation. By creating and describing these characters‚ Steinbeck is showing the reader symbolism in the characteristics of these three characters and how it can alter the story and the characters in it. Candy demonstrates the theme of loneliness throughout the whole novella. By the way he acts towards other characters in the novella. For example‚ he was only close to his dog before he met George and Lennie and he was

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    GLOSSARY OF MEDIA TERMS This glossary is designed to give you technical terms to help you write in more detail about media texts. It includes many of the terms used in television‚ film‚ newspapers and marketing. |biased |One-sided rather than neutral or objective | |broadsheet newspaper |also sometimes called ‘the quality press’. | |

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    In this passage‚ how does Steinbeck present Crooks? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. From this passage we can learn a great deal about Crooks‚ through the many way in which Steinbeck presents him. Through the brief description at the start‚ Priestly presents Crooks as a literate and intelligent man‚ shown through his large collection of books‚ including a ‘ mauled copy of the California code for 1905’. Here Priestly is showing that not only is Crooks aware of his rights as a

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    Why does happiness seem to be so elusive for so many people? Happiness is so elusive because so many people want so many things out of it. Happiness is not something you can buy or trade‚ it is a feeling‚ happiness is created. Happiness is something you have when you just know it is going to be a good day. Most people think happiness is having all the money‚ the better car or phone‚ the bigger house‚ but it is not. Happiness is a way of life. Happiness is something you feel‚ you should not have

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    How far does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife throughout the novella? Before she’s introduced to the reader: Chapter 2 “Well I think Curley’s married . . . a tart.” “Well‚ you look her over‚ mister. You see if she ain’t a tart.”  derogatory terms After she’s introduced to the reader: Chapter 2 “A girl was standing there. . .”  immaturity‚ naïve “She had full‚ rouged lips… heavily made up.”  Pouting‚ sensual image A lot of makeup‚ preposterous‚ ridiculous in context Red lips 

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    not feeling her warm breathes and her soft hands. I never imagined doing everything without her just because she’s no longer beside. I have had lost my mother under terrible circumstances‚ (www.kibin.com‚ losing someone you love). In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we learn about two ranch hands trying to make their dream of a couple acres come true. A major theme in the novel discusses that loneliness can be a very dangerous thing to people. Steinbeck uses literary devices to reveal the

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    My coursework is a study of tourism on Bourton-on-the-water. In this coursework I will investigate two hypotheses. A hypothesis is an idea which can be tested based on geographical theory. To test these hypotheses we will use data collected from our Environmental Quality Survey and our Traffic count. To carry out this study‚ we visited both Bourton-on-the-water and Charlbury. I went round in a group of four people and we all came to an appropriate final conclusion on each of the questions/observations

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    How are guns presented to us in ‘Revolver’ By Marcus Sedgwick? Revolver is a novel from Marcus Sedgwick about guns for teenagers. Revolver is set in 1910 in a place mysteriously cold and desolate. How sig Anderson thought turn more and more towards a colt revolver‚ waiting to be used! Although it’s set in 1910 and 1899 it’s written in 2009 to show its still relevant today because of the mass shooting and major gun issues in the United States of America. There are numerous figurative descriptions

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