To what extent is Gordon Comstock of Keep the Aspidistra Flying an exemplary ‘ordinary man’? Set in 1930’s London‚ Keep the Aspidistra Flying captures the essence of a nation in recovery after the colossal of the Wall Street crash and other significant events that led to widespread unemployment and poverty. Orwell himself went to Spain during the Spanish civil war‚ whilst there he united with the militia unit of Marxist workers party. “Orwell relies on central characters as his intermediaries‚ imaginary
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different audience‚ how and why might it differ?” My question: “If this text was an open letter in a Los Angeles or Salvadorian newspaper aimed at MS-13‚ how and why might it be different?” Title of the text for analysis: “This is No Way to be a Man” – Lennie James Part of the course to which the task refers: Part 3 – Literature: Text and Context My critical response will: • Comment on the way the letters begins and explain the reason the author has chosen this type of introduction to attract his target
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George says that Lennie and himself are different from other men like them because they have each other. Other men are on their own and they have each other to talk to and keep one another company. Such as‚ when George says “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us...”(p.14) George says this meaning that he cares about Lennie‚ and Lennie cares about him‚ they both look after each other in different ways. They are not just men finding jobs
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What kept the Roman Empire together? The Romans were people from a city called ‘Rome’‚ this was the greatest city of it’s time‚ at one point‚ there was nearly 1 million people living there. The Romans were very powerful people‚ who were extremely good at planning and fighting for Rome. The Roman Empire was a place‚ where the Roman army would gather to discuss their plans on how to make things better in the army. In my opinion‚ the least important reason for ‘What kept the Roman
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Because Lennie has terrible memory George has to remind him many times on what they’ve done and talked about in the past. Lennie can only remember bits and pieces of information and struggles to put all of it together because in chapter one‚ Lennie says ‘’’why sure George‚ I remember that...but… what’d we do then? I remember some girls come by and you says...you say…’’’(Steinbeck 5). Lennie also forgot where they were going and George has to remind him ‘’’Where we goin’‚ George?’’ and George replied
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Great Depression. George and Lennie are two completely different people. One is a normal guy‚ but the other one has some mental problems. They are like brothers where they both have their ups and downs. George is a true friend to Lennie because George protects Lennie from himself‚ he cares for him‚ he understands him like nobody else‚ and he was a true friend when he killed him. George is a true friend to Lennie because he protects him from himself. George makes sure to protect Lennie from making dumb
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electric cars will drive us freely through highways‚ and children will hardly know what it’s like to learn without the use of a computer. Studies show that children who spend more time on technological devices tend to lack the understanding of emotion and can struggle with forming relationships with others. What does this mean for our future as our world becomes more and more advanced? In Sherry Turkle’s book “Alone Together‚” she successfully illustrates her ideas on the excessive and the isolating use
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John Snively English 10B 3/27/12 Lennie Smalls is a barley bucker. Hidden behind his enormous size‚ he is very innocent. He doesn’t understand how things work. He has a very pure mind and hasn’t adopted any evils of the world. For example‚ in the book‚ Lennie finds himself in Crooks’ room‚ which few people have ever been in‚primarily because he is black. Crooks reluctantly lets Lennie into his room and tells him to set down. They get into conversation and find themselves talking about how Crooks
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Lennie is a bear of a man that does not know his left from his right. He does as George tells him to do yet he tries to put his own spin on it in his own way. At every turn or wherever he goes he wants to here about his dream of tending to the rabbits on a farm. Even though George does all of lennie’s thinking‚ lennie knows what he wants in the end. Lennie could not function without George‚ even though lennie could not understand my thing George said‚ George would have not gotten by without lennie
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In the book ‘’Of Mice and Men” Lennie seems very different from all of the others. Lennie is a very interesting character. He may be different from George and the other workers‚ but he sure does make up for that with his incredible strength and his ability to listen and obey directions. It also helps him stay alive‚ for the most part. In both the movie and the book lennie is said to be very strong ‚ which he is‚ but because he is so different from all of the other workers‚ he does not know how to
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