In the novel, The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck brings to the reader a variety of diverse and greatly significant characters. However, the majority of each characters' individuality happens to lie within what they symbolize in the microcosm of the Joad family and their acquaintances, which itself stands for the entire migrant population of the Great Depression era. One such character is that of Jim Casey, a former preacher and long-time friend of the Joads. In this story, Casey represents a latter-day Christ figure who longs to bring religious stability to the burgeon of migrant families facing West.…
To set the scene, Confederate forces are starting to assemble against Union soldiers supported by the United States Government. Frank James leaves his stepfather, Rueben Samuel's home to go fight for state rights and the ability to legally own slaves; Frank's younger brother, Jesse James stays home. The Union advances into the borderlands where the James-Samuel family resides and attack the family looking for Frank; they hang Reuben, but don’t kill him, and torture Jesse by lashing him. This fuels the boys hatred toward the United States Government.…
Sang Lee, Danny's cousin comes to America after being let out of a camp. While in camp he meets this boy who has a gang in the same town as Danny's family. He gets tied up between his family and new friends. He starts to get into mischief, which is not honorable in his family. He starts to gamble and tries to stop, but can not. In trying to stop and getting Danny more involved with Tiffany he finds himself in bunch of danger. He was in so much trouble he is beaten to death by the Cobra's. Danny's family decides to move to a safer environment to start a new life.…
The work of fiction House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cisneros. It shows the dreams of Esperanza, a little girl who lives on Mango Street, an impoverished area of Chicago. She likes writing and wants to be an author. Both Alicia and Esperanza view education and writing as a pathway to better life. Through these characters, the author suggests that education would offer a kind of freedom.…
In the movie, “Cool Hand Luke,” Luke, the main character, is a special kind of person and really stands out with the situation he is in. The main parts of the movie is him trying to escape from this prison he was evicted to in Florida and forced to become part of a chain gang. Luke has a hard time fitting in with the prison and extremely defiant which is why he tries to escape three times, with no luck. The wardens try their hardest to break him and in the end it doesn’t turn out too good for Luke himself. This movie shows about the cruelty that people had to deal with in the prisons during the time and really shows how Luke became a sense of hope for the prisoners and a hero.…
The story is from the point of view of Scout Finch, a little girl growing up in Maycomb, Alabama, after the Great Depression. The story follows her life as she lives through many social issues, including racism in the deep South. This issue is shown when her dad who is an attorney has to defend an innocent black man who was convicted of raping a white woman.…
That day, Jem and Scout saw Tim Johnson, a dog who belongs to Mr. Harry Johnson. The dog’s acting kind of strange, so they run home to tell Calpurnia, the house keeper. “At first, I told the kids to deal with it them selves, but when I saw the dog myself I was shocked.”She said. After she saw the rapid dog she dashed for the phone to tell Atticus that there’s a mad dog on the loose. Then she talked to Miss Eula May, the town telephone operator, to tell her to let everyone else on the street know that they should stay out of the way of the rabid animal.…
Chapter 2 – When they arrive at the ranch in the morning, George and Lennie are shown around by old Candy. They meet their boss and, later, his son Curley – George is suspicious of Curley’s manner and warns Lennie to stay away from him. They see Curley’s pretty and apparently flirtatious wife and meet some of their fellow workers, Slim and Carlson.…
Steinbeck shaped the ranch where George Milton and Lennie Small worked in as an isolated and primitive place. Steinbeck uses his personal experience as a ranch worker to describe how the working men at the ranch felt in the novel. George says that "ranch workers are the loneliest people in the world and don't belong nowhere".…
The story is set at a time when the narrator, Scout Finch, was growing up under extraordinary situations. The story starts with the narration of Jem's broken hand that is the event that happened towards the end of the story. Their father Atticus, who is an attorney, defends a black client in court on allegations of raping a white lady which exposes the family to racial mockery by the neighbours setting them on a defensive mode. The events led to an altercation that ends with the death of Bob Ewell, a village drunkard and father to the accuser…
John Grisham’s southern upbringing is shown through his use of setting in his novels. The setting is shown by Grisham's words in Theodore Boone: The Accused “... a narrow street lined with small mom-and-pop stores” (32). Grisham’s language exhibited in this quote can be correlated to his passion for the southern environment in which he was raised. Grisham, at the age of twelve, moved to Southaven, Mississippi with his mother and father where he resided for the remainder of his early life. The small town of Strattenburg in Theodore Boone: The Accused relates to Grisham’s childhood home as well as being described as a small town where each citizen is neighborly toward one another. This relationship between the people of…
Thousand of families flooded to California just so they could feed their families, but by showing the treatment the landowners show to these families, or lack thereof, Steinbeck points to the fact that they don't even plan on letting them eat, and that money is the only thing they're really worrying about. When explaining to his family that Jim Casy had gone on strike because of the poor wages, Tom says, "Yeah. What we was a-doin' was breakin' strike. They give them fellas two an' a half cents." Pa responds, "You can't eat on that." When their outlook gets so desperate, the first priority is to feed their families and hope for better times. By showing these small, seemingly insignificant, noble acts, Steinbeck shows the determination of these families to press on. The poor wages set by the landowners show that they, the landowners, care nothing for the families even in their destitution. With such low wages set, the landowners are alienating these poor families and giving reason for hostilities. This form of alienation demonstrates that these landowners plan on keeping every penny they possible can. With lower wages paid to more workers, things get done quicker while the rich can keep their pockets lined.…
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No matter what situation they get into, the boy always tried his best to be a “good guy.” For example, when the man and the boy come back to their campsite everything is gone. A thief stole their whole cart causing them to have nothing. They catch the thief and the man threatens him by pointing a flare pistol at him. “Papa please don’t kill the man. The boy was crying” (256). Although the thief had left the two stranded with no food or essentials, the boy begs his father not to hurt the man. He is genuinely caring and forgiving towards the thief, despite leaving them with nothing to survive. Unfortunately, his father consequently forces the thief to strip completely naked and return the cart. The boy quickly becomes distraught. As they leave this poor…
"The Shining Houses" by Alice Munro uses Mary's point of view to show how younger generations mistreat the older ones.…