... considered more inferior than the wealthy boss, his son, and his daughter-in-law. One of the ranch hands, Crooks, was a black man and also a cripple. He was considered more inferior than the ranch hands and had a private room out in the barn. Some of the other ranch hands did respect him, though; as much as someone could expect from anyone at the time the story takes place. Throughout the story, Lennie found out just how fragile life was in his strong hands. When he was younger, his aunt would give him mice to play with and pet. Because he was so strong, he would pet them too hard and kill them. When Slim gave Lennie a pup, he eventually pet it too hard and accid ...
... These descriptions keep the description moving and keeps the interest of the reader. They invoke common experiences that everyone has experienced. After reading these action words, the reader begins to develop a image of what it was like to be Huck at that point. This image is further aided by other factors. The other factors that influence the image the reader perceives are: word use, literary devices, allusions to common experiences, and specific details. Some of the specific details include use of color and descriptions of the environment. Vivid descriptions such as, "It would get so dark that it looked all blue-black outside, and lovely; and the rain wou ...
... the pain of reading this book. Most of the characters in the book weren't very interesting, but if I have to choose one character, it would have to be Danny. That's the obvious choice. He's the main character and he's pretty easy to talk about. Danny is not that interesting, it's just that all of the other characters are really boring. One thing that I thought was interesting is how Danny was quite a drinker. He got drunk a lot. And he ended up. . . whoops! Almost slipped you the ending. Anyway, Danny was also the character that gave all of the other characters their shelter. That's the only character in the book I found faintly interesting. T ...
... them, and constant want to protect them. What is this telling us? Holden doesn't like the way society works, and wants to be the "catcher in the rye," protecting society's children from it's evilness and corruption, keeping them safe. Holden has an ephiphany during the novel as he passes the elementary school halls and notices the obscenities scribbled on the walls. His attempt to efface them is unsuccessful, and he realizes that he can't make them go away. This symbolizes Holden's need to protect, and realization that he can't be the savior of society's corruption. Although the scene in the elementary school halls hint to Holden that he can't make the imperfectio ...
... she cannot find true happiness. Her "awakening" begins when a persistent young man named Robert begins courting her. Edna begins to respond to him with a passion she hasn't felt before. She begins to realize that she can play roles other than wife and mother. Throughout the book Edna takes many steps to increase her independence. She sends her children away, she refuses to stay at home on Tuesdays (as was the social convention of the time), she frequents races and parties. Unfortunately, her independence proves to be her downfall. Edna stays married because divorce was unheard of in those days. She wants to marry Robert, but he will not because it will disgrace he ...
... the problems that constantly arise before him. He must also have virtue, which means he is strong, confident, talented, as well as smart. A prince cannot be uncertain, because uncertainty is a sign of weakness. Fortune controls half of human’s actions, and man’s will control the other half. Virtue is the best defense for fortune, and virtue must be used in order to keep fortune in check. The prince must take advantage of situations based solely on if it is best for the state. He should choose his decisions based on contemporary and historical examples. A prince cannot consider whether his acts are moral or immoral, and he instead must act in an unbiased ...
... that everybody really liked him. As Charlie got smarter, he started to realize who he thought were his friends were not. This one night he soon found out that this really was true. That night Charlie tells Frank that he does not want to drink, because he already drank before and he felt sick the next morning. Frank did not listen to Charlie. Instead, he spiked Charlie's drink to make him look like a fool. Charlie did not know this and thought that the drink just let a funny taste in his mouth. He started tripping over people's feet and Frank says, "I have not laughed so much after we ditched him at Muggsy's". Charlie started to blush and Joe called ...
... Hitler's Germany. It is perhaps Vonnegut's most autobiographical work to date, the action occurring in and around , the very hellhole in which he toiled for his captors. The former is no doubt less autobiographical, but the main character certainly has many things in common with his creator: an American artist within Nazi Germany, doing what he felt was necessary to stay alive and to further his work. The author himself tells us he had to write this book. His subtitle “A Duty-Dance with Death” also takes on a personal aspect. Vonnegut had to reconcile himself with the war, the death, and its impact on him. Tools and Context (war) Through the use of p ...
... instantaneously, should not matter to him since his life is already predetermined. Why does it matter that you live your life in chronological order? According to the view point of the Tralfmadorians, the same exact things are going to happen, an idea that is indeed biased. Based on the fact that Tralfamadorians cannot understand the human concept of time, they have the ability to pick and choose when they want to live each moment of their lives ,unlike humans, especially Billy Pilgrim who has no control of his unpredictable "time tripping[s]." Furthermore, the Tralfamadorian's belief that life is predetermined has caused them to concentrate on the good things in ...
... Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. The first conflict that you see in the novel is when one day Ponyboy and Johnny, (Ponyboy's best friend), get jumped by a group of Socs. The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, kills Bob, one of the Socs wi ...
