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    Curley’s Wife – do you dislike her or feel sorry for her? Dislike her: We should dislike CW because she is horrible to other people‚ especially those who are weaker than her. “what am I doing standing her with a dumb-dumb‚ a nigger…” For example‚ she says to Crooks “you know what I can do to you if you open your trap.” which shows her using her power against him as she has the power to get him hung.. When she tells him to get back into his place she is reminding him of how low he is because he is

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    Why Booth Killed Lincoln

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    Austin Miller English 3 Mr. Griffin 24 February 2013 Why Booth Killed Lincoln Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of America’s heroes due to both his incredible impact on the nation and the deflation of slavery in U.S. territories. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. When Abe was 9 his mother died of Mad Cow disease which made a real impact on him and began to alienate him from his father and slowly began to resent

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    Why I Killed Hitler

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    “I killed Adolf Hitler” Does love really exist? When two people meet their feelings are unbearable‚ everything seem fine. But when do you know if you really love that person? “People don’t know what they have till it’s gone”‚ it’s a very famous quote which many people believe is true. In the graphic novel‚ “I killed Adolf Hitler”‚ It’s a funny‚ sad‚ loving story. In the story there is this company that people go in and hire a hit man‚ to kill whoever is not liked‚ people that are no good

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    the lead up to the fight between Lennie and Curley? The fight is a pivotal moment in the novella’s plot and it brings out the emotions of many of the ranch hands and lets us examine closely the relationships between certain characters. Steinbeck uses carefully planned linguistic techniques to create an atmosphere of tension and drama before the event‚ adding to the foreboding throughout the first two chapters that something bad will happen between Curley and Lennie. Steinbeck uses hard‚ harsh language

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    Curleys Wife's Dream

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    Curley’s Wife and George. George gets motivated by his dream because he really wants it and he doesn’t wanna be like anyone else. When George was cooking beans over the fire pile and Lennie was sitting there watching‚ george said “Whatever we ain’t got‚ that’s what you want. God I’m mighty if I was alone I could live so easily. I could get a job an work with an no trouble. No mess at all‚ and when the end of the

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    receiving the undesirable news‚ Montresor’s wife‚ Chardonnay gets very upset but eventually acknowledges that traveling this much is essential to the new position that he holds now. Montresor knows that these four weeks will be hard for his wife‚ so he asks Fortunato if he could look after her while he is away. Fortunato agrees to check in on her from time to time. Montresor appreciates Fortunato’s kindness and feels comfortable to leave knowing that his wife is going to be well taken care of by his

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    Lennie Smalls

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    Decision The State of California wants to charge Mr. Lennie Small with murder‚ rape in the town of Weed‚ theft‚ and sexual assault. They want Mr. Lennie Small put to death by the electric chair. The Defending team would like Mr. Lennie Small put into an asylum. I as the judge looked through all the evidence that the Defense and State of California have gathered to make my final decision. The defense wants him in the asylum because Lennie has a mental issue and that the murder he committed was

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    the way Steinbeck presents Curley and slim and what techniques he uses to make this comparison evident. Slim is presented as a very opposing character to Curley in the book through his appearance‚ actions/body language‚ his history‚ dialogue etc. Slim is described as the “prince of the ranch”‚ which is ironic as if Curley’s father is the boss of the ranch‚ or in this case the King‚ then surely Curley should be the prince‚ however it is else wise. We discover that Curley does not live up to that

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    who go on a journey looking for a job at a ranch. Lennie and George find a ranch and start to work hard and dream about having their own ranch. Everyone at this ranch seems very nice except for one man and his wife. One of the men that Steinbeck created‚ Lennie‚ always seems to get in trouble‚ especially with this man. George‚ the other man‚ feels that it’s his job to get Lennie out of trouble. Lennie is not the smartest of their little group. Lennie shows that he is not very smart because of his actions

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    Lennie Sympath

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    could sympathize with. For George‚ it was how he always had to run away from jobs because of something Lennie did‚ for Crooks‚ it was the fact that he was treated so poorly for having a different skin colour. However‚ Lennie seems to have it the worst. He has the mental capacity of a child‚ ends up killing a woman on the ranch‚ and his best friend has to kill him by the end of the book. Lennie was born with a disability that causes mental retardation‚ because of this he doesn´t always know right

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