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    Of Mice and WO-men In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck uses his life experiences to depict the lifestyle of people on a ranch in the Salinas River Valley. Through his travels‚ he captured the prejudices‚ social systems‚ and bonds involved with ranchers lives. The themes and topics he elaborates on are not just in ranch life‚ as they are found in people’s lives all over the world. Throughout the novel‚ most of the males view females as objects (especially sexual objects)‚ believe

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    Chrysanthemums Essay

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    "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story by John Steinbeck which takes place in his birthplace of Salinas Valley‚ California. John Steinbeck weaves a tale about a woman’s transformation. In this short story we follow the protagonist Elisa Allen‚ a thirty-five year old rancher’s wife who holds a passion for growing chrysanthemums in her garden. Elisa is portrayed as a tough‚ strong person‚ and a masculine figure. "Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume‚ a man’s black hat pulled

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    In John Steinbeck’s “Chrysanthemums” he hauntingly weaves a tale of repression. He explores creative‚ sexual and feminine repression that are all felt poignantly by his main character Elisa Allen. Although Elisa is described as strong we learn that she appears to be quite the opposite and spends her days feeling vulnerable and frustrated. As the story opens Elisa is working in her flower garden‚ tending her beloved chrysanthemums. Elisa encounters an old man in a dilapidated spring wagon who comes

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    a short introduction of Salinas Valley and Samuel Hamiltons’s family‚ then quickly jumps into introducing the Trask family. Adam Trask then described his childhood on his father’s farm in Connecticut. He tells stories in detail about his brutal treatment from his brother Charles‚ and the tough love he received from his father Cyrus. Adam and his brother had a poor relationship because Charles believed that their father loved Adam more. Their father

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    Flight to Manhood From the rural farm lands of 1900s in Salinas‚ California‚ Steinbeck derived settings of rocky mountain range of his home land into most of his novel including Of Mice and Man‚ Grapes of wrath‚ and "Flight". Like in many literature master pieces of Steinbeck‚ he usually involves his life experience into his writing. John Steinbeck also uses many examples of symbolism to foreshadow the crisis of his stories. In one of his most well known written work‚ "Flight"‚ where a father

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    Breakfast - John Steinbeck John Steinbeck was a known writer in the 30’s. He was known for writing about poverty in the 30’s with focus on the life of the exposed working class. His stories takes place around Salinas California where he was born. The short story Breakfast by John Steinbeck deals with the exposed people of the 30’s and their way of managing life with what they are given. The short story features a Narrator‚ whose name we are not told‚ however‚ the narrator is also the protagonist

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    H/W Of Mice and Men Notes up to page 9 5.11.12 Page 3 – On this page I thought that John Steinbeck described the overall setting of the place. “A few miles south of Soledad‚ the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.” Straightaway Steinbeck sets the scene and puts us in place. The description on this page is visual and also audial. The writer achieves this by saying‚ “recumbent limbs” and “skittering”. Steinbeck personifies the trees branches by saying they

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    Brine Shrimp Lab Report

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    responses. It was hypothesised that the brine shrimp would display a heightened positive phototaxic response‚ and that a more pronounced photokinetic response (increased velocity) would be observed when the samples were exposed to green light. Artemia salina (common name: Brine Shrimp)‚ are from the order Anostraca of the class Crustacea. Adult brine shrimp are around 10-30mm in length‚ they “consist of a long cylindrical body divided into a head‚ a thorax with many pairs of foliaceous limbs and the genitalia

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    Essay: How does Steinbeck foreshadow the pivotal events of the book? What does this effect do for the tone of the book? Steinbeck foreshadowed the pivotal events based on Lennie’s psychological structure‚ innocence‚ brute strength and the pure brotherly love he holds for George. This therefore gives an overall depressing tone of the book with barely any positive events. Steinbeck first foreshadowed the pivotal events of the book through Lennie’s slight mental disability shown on page 8 where George

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    Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck illustrates through subtle symbolism a woman’s struggle for sexual identity. "The Chrysanthemums" is also a story that examines the unhappiness of the marriage between Elisa and Henry Allen. "The Chrysanthemums" takes place in Salinas Valley‚ California‚ which seems like a site of isolation due to the fact that no one or nothing is near there home on this valley. Due to the fact that no one or nothings is near readers can think that Elisa lives her life through her chrysanthemums

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