... the wagon who fixes pots and pans, the mood changes after she starts to talk to him. She then becomes interested in how he lives his life in his wagon. Elisa's curiosity in the man grows and she starts to have these feeling of what it would be like to live in the wagon and to travel the road, ... with freedom and no inhibitions. She becomes very upset when he said that the wagon is not a place for a woman. That right there changes her whole tone from being happy with everything that ... she has and is. Then she gets upset because this guy is telling her where her place is. She gives him...

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... an" all work-maybe we can get one of them little white houses." (pg. 118) However, once Ma had been on the road to California and seen how people called her family "Oakies", all she wanted was to be treated decently. Upon arriving at the Weedpatch camp, Tom states: "Ma's gonna like this place. She ain't been treated decent for a long time."(pg. 370 ... ) Ma's biggest concern on the road to California is not to "break up the fambly." Jim Casy's(the fallen preacher who accompanies the Joad family to California) philosophy is that God is just ... the feeling that comes from loving all of m...

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... chrysanthemum sprouts to bring to his friend. Her bubbly enthusiasm for her flowers is blatantly feminine in characteristic. When the drifter leaves Elisa seems like a transformed woman. She is feeling strong emotions for him. She is intrigued by the way he lives on the road and wishes "women could do such things" (paragraph 80). As she watches him leave her emotions are displayed: "Elisa stood ... in front of the wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. Her shoulders were, straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half closed, so ... ). She boasts that she is stronger than ...

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... us a glimpse into what it may have been like in 1938. The Tinker, a big stubble bearded man, rides a wagon down the dirt farm road to Elisa's house. Elisa and he have some small talk about the dogs. He proceeds to try and sell Elisa on some of his work, sharpening scissors and fixing pots and pans. She ... doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with him until he asks about the flowers that she is working on. ... He shoots down her small dream, saying "'It would be a lonely and scary life...'"(587), showing that women should be at home not out on trips fixing stuff. The Tinker is r...

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... exterior about her. Elisa then dries herself off, and she studies her body in the mirror. She has become comfortable with being a woman just by receiving attention from a male who is interested in her "life." After studying herself, she applies her makeup, and she puts on her newest underclothing. She is looking forward to her evening with her husband. She hopes Henry ... will recognize her need as a woman, and he will provide her with the romance and excitement for which she longs. Her hope is finally crushed when she sees the flowers on the road. She feels devastated by the tinker's t...

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... exterior about her. Elisa then dries herself off, and she studies her body in the mirror. She has become comfortable with being a woman just by receiving attention from a male who is interested in her "life." After studying herself, she applies her makeup, and she puts on her newest underclothing. She is looking forward to her evening with her husband. She hopes Henry ... will recognize her need as a woman, and he will provide her with the romance and excitement for which she longs. Her hope is finally crushed when she sees the flowers on the road. She feels devastated by the tinker's t...

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... nicest stockings and the dress which was the symbol of her prettiness. She worked carefully on her hair, penciled her eyebrows and rouged her lips- On top of that, even her husband, who doesn't seem to understand what Elisa wants, says "Why "why, Elisa. You look so nice!- She also says "I'm strong."" But at the end when she sees some soil on the road, she infers that ... the man threw her chrysanthemums away. Then her confidence and feminist sides fade away and it is shown when she said loudly "It will be good, tonight ... , a good dinner."" If she is an ideal female, she should not hav...

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... 't keep it. It ain't nobody's mouse. I didn't steal it. I found it lying right beside the road"" (p.9). Through this quote readers can identify the importance of mice. Even though the mouse is dead, Lennie wants to keep it. It symbolizes Lennie's innocence by feeling the pressure of killing even if it means killing what he loves. The mice are an important symbol to represent weakness and vulnerability ... be till we get that little place an' live on the fatta the lan'-an' rabbits?"" (p.56). The use of slang illustrates the low social status of the workers and forms a realistic atmosphere...

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... to freshen up for her dinner date with her husband. Looking beautiful, she waits for the compliment from her husband she longed to hear "Why -why, Elisa. You look so nice!" Later on their way to dinner, Elisa and her husband pass up the drifter on the road. Elisa disappointed and upset when she realizes the drifter is not carrying her chrysanthemums anymore, she quickly brings up ... the subject about prize fights and how she read that they can be really bloody. She begins ... to cry, hiding the tears from her husband underneath her coat. Steinbeck reveals that the work of woman can be...

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... Tom Joad. When we first meet Tom in chapter two, he is walking down the road in a cheap new suit because he was just released from prison. Tom convinces a trucker to give him a ride. Throughout the duration of the trip, the trucker questions Tom, which irritates him. Soon, Tom observes that the trucker was looking at him and noticing Tom's new clothes. This begins to agitate ... was after he came out of the wilderness and went astray from the Judaic religion. Casy again exemplifies Christ when he tells Tom to escape and hide after Tom trips a deputy. The deputy was aiming to shoot Floyd...

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... communication. To presents these problems he used the flower as a symbol ( the chrysanthemums) to represent the wife "Elisa Allen-. At the beginning of the story the husband, who is always working on the farm, showed how he is with his wife. The author presents us this situation by letting us know how the husband feels about the chrysanthemums: "I wish you'd work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big-. With ... of her prettiness."" After, she felt pretty and needed; but all this confidence disappeared when she saw her chrysanthemum on the ground without the pot: "He might ha...

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... aspects of life. Beginning to pray for her son's endangered life. The doctor, who had resided in the upper-class section of the town, refused to assistant the child, turning them away when they arrived at the door. Lastly they turned to the sea to seek their fortune. When Juana set sight on the "Pearl of The World." she felt as though all her prayers had been answered, if ... door, Kino would have no reason to seek his fortune in the ocean, and would not be led down the road to hardships. One might think that a doctor, one who has the image of being passive, and caring should not stoop ...

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... move west. It expressively describes the dust storms, which are what causes the moves. Also, the first chapter foreshadows what is to happen through the novel. Without this chapter, the book would not have been established the way it was. The reader would have only be given a limited view on what life was like for the migrants. Another interchapter, Chapter 3, describes the turtle's journey across the road. This chapter is a symbolic chapter ... , providing insight into Steinbeck's views on nature and man. It represents survival, and the turtle's planting of the seed represents rebirth. ...

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... is because she is forced into gardening and that is all she has to think about. Elisa becomes frustrated with her life once she meets the man, a tinker, on the wagon. She looks for stimulation conversation and sex, two components lacking in her life. Although Elisa was blunt towards answering all of ... is always thinking and feeling, and how rarely she gets to express herself. Once the tinker leaves, she realizes how dissatisfied she is with her marriage. This is shown when Elis whispers goodbye to the tinker while he is on his way back to the road. She seems to be in some kind of haze, ...

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... fence is a barrier, however it is not a barrier in the same sense as the flannel-fog: the wire fence is a barricade that separates Elisa's two worlds. An analogy can certainly be made from the flowers and the "cattle and dogs and chickens". On one side is the world where her husband shapes and molds her, and on the other is the woman she wants and yearns to be; someone with ... her own voice and opinions. The fence may also symbolize the confines placed on women during this particular era. There is clearly a struggle ... total isolation from her true self. She was described as a strong...

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... also makes society the Joads' natural enemy. Initially, the migrants' biggest societal enemy is the Bank. This also shows the economic system present in this sense; Capitalism. As the turtle is walking down the road, a man in a truck tries to run over the turtle. Earlier in the novel, the Joads' dog is run over by a large speeding car. This is the reason why the Joad's must keep going ahead on their journey; unless ... they can reach California, the rest of society, which is on its own quest for survival, will run them ... down just as the car ran down the dog. The pain they suffer on ...

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... talk to nobody. I get awful lonely. You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad." To counter this, she constantly approaches the ranch workers on the excuse of looking for Curley. As a result of this the workers regard her as a slut, which makes Curley even more jealous. Finally, her loneliness leads to her death as she makes ... Candy and Crooks. Crooks mention that having an own piece of land (no matter how small), was the dream of all men, but unfortunately all stayed in dreams. "Page 106, paragraph 2-3, line 1-5, Crook says," "I seen hunderds of m...

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... to make everything better and convinces Lennie that it will always be okay, and there is nothing that can ruin their friendship or dreams. When Curley first went into the barn and meets George and Lennie, George starts worrying. George is "scared. [Lennie] gonna have trouble with that Curley guy." (# 29) With that predicament, George ... Candy both have to do something they do not like, and ends up losing something they deeply care for. Candy is to give up his dog to Carlson because the dog is so old and smelly. When Carlson shoots Candy's dog, Candy immediately regrets his decision, and ...

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... and goal is to have to biggest chrysanthemums each year until she is visited by a traveling "Mr. Fix It." The day he turned down her road, she grew, more than she would ever realize. When she witnesses the life he lives and all the exciting journeys he has lead, she starts to think and wish for a different life of her own. Feeling trapped in ... is waiting for him so they can leave for dinner in town. Henry comments that she looks strong that evening and she is offended. Then again in the car, when they pass the traveling man on the road she begins to cry and can not look in his directi...

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... of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road. One of the major themes portrayed in the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is undoubtedly the theme of loneliness. This topic is deeply dealt with throughout the entire book as is represented in the lives of several characters exposed in this ... induce people to be friends with her. When Curley's wife finds Lennie embracing the dead puppy, she begins telling Lennie how her mother "stole" her letters washing away her dreams of being a star because she was "on"y fifteen" (Steinbeck 88). Curley's wife had an impre...

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... farmers, they pack up and move to California. During the long, hard trip many members of the family begin to change. Ma is one of the first who changes. When the book began, she behaved like a traditional housewife, taking care of the children and cooking and keeping quiet while the men talked. However, on the road when the family wants to split up, she revolts. She takes a jack handle and ... threatens Pa. Pa lets her have her way. Now through the rest of the book, Ma is the head of the family. She tells the Joads what is going to be done and where ... that they are being taken advant...

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... After graduating from high school, he went to Stanford University in1920. (www.kirjasto.sci.fi/johnstei.htm) While he was there he contributed to the school paper by writing poems and comics. He took courses in science and writing, but never received a degree. In 1925, when he left ... the many jobs he would be a part of in his lifetime. Some of these jobs include an apprentice hod carrier, an apprentice printer, a working chemist, caretaker of Lake Tahoe Estate, surveyor in Big Sur County, and a fruit picker. He also worked other more physically labored jobs, such as a rancher, road .....

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... of Wrath, Steinbeck develops a protagonist, which in turn helps to develop the theme that people's greatest strength lies in numbers. Through the development of the protagonist Tom, Steinbeck is able to convey the novel's central meaning. Steinbeck first introduces Tom Joad on the side of a road looking for a ride back to his old farm just after getting out of prison. During his four years at prison, he ... became acquainted with his own self. He did not come out of prison as a man full of anger and hatred, but rather as a man who lives in the present, devoting all of his ... family mo...

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... take some chrysanthemum roots to a lady down the road. Elisa does not notice at the time during her excitement that the repair man's plan was to dump the mum roots and keep to the pot to sell for food money. Elisa recognizes her failed attempt of becoming parallel to a make on her way to dinner when she sees the lump in the road. She tries to avoid this awakening by ... turning the other way but it is too late ... because she had already grasped that the lump in the road were her chrysanthemum roots and the repair ... ...

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... Cannery Row takes place in the town of Monterey California. Monterey seems to be filled with two types of people. Those who are a little bit richer, and those who are a little bit poorer. The book is about a real street in California, and the events that occurred on the road Cannery Row. One of the main characters is Dora. She owns a little whorehouse called the Bear Flag Restaurant. She ... donates money to the Police Department, Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce and the Community Chest. And being the nice lady that she is she tends to feed ... the little bit poorer people who need a mea...

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