The symbols of insignificance and weakness represent Crooks. These qualities are displayed in his confrontation with Curley's wife in his own room. ... (Steinbeck, 78) Yes, Candy is viewed as a nobody. Lenny is another character viewed as a "nobody" in the novel. ... (Steinbeck, 78) That is how Lenny is viewed by all. ...
Pecola's individuality is her ugliness, more important though, Pecola believes the only way for her individuality to be possessed by beauty is for her to become white, or own a symbol of whiteness "like blue eyes. ... For instance, one day Pecola enters a candy store to purchase some Mary Jane candies and the storeowner does not look at her because he feels she is nothing to see: Somewhere between retina and object, between vision and view, his eyes [drew] back, hesitate, and hover. ... When Geraldine enters her house and "discovers a shrieking son, a frying feline on the radiator,...
Pecola's individuality is her ugliness, more important though, Pecola believes the only way for her individuality to be possessed by beauty is for her to become white, or own a symbol of whiteness-like blue eyes. ... For instance, one day Pecola enters a candy store to purchase some Mary Jane candies and the storeowner does not look at her because he feels she is nothing to see: Somewhere between retina and object, between vision and view, his eyes [drew] back, hesitate, and hover. ... When Geraldine enters her house anddiscovers a shrieking son, a frying feline on the radiator, and an ...
- Gus looked around the room without moving his head, just rolling his eyes in a mute appeal for help. ... It is obvious to me that Wright expresses himself through Max and that Max's arguments in the court room are those of the Communist Party of Wright's time. ... He whacked at the bone with his knife. ... The passage above is extremely descriptive, however this style of writing suits this novel told from the point of view of an uneducated youth, driven by overpowering feelings of fear, shame, and hate. ... I see Bigger as a symbol. ...
