... used to goin' around with a guy an' you can't get rid of him."" This quote is said when George and Slim are talking in the barn house and no one is inside but the two of them. This quote supports my theme because George would like to get rid of him but he cannot because ... else George would be lonesome. Lennie whined, "I wisht George was here. I wisht George was here."" This quote was said when Lennie was in Crooks' barn house and Crooks was telling Lennie what if George doesn't come back from town. What if George stays in town and leaves you here? Crooks gets Lennie worried and ... a...

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... 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 ... seems to lead a secluded and sorrowful life. But the night of the party, Doc comes home late and the party is over, and his house is trashed. After some odd and random events that happen throughout the street and the story, Mack ...

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... up to this horrible event. Farmers of the nation had never recovered from the recession of the 1920s, and overproduction had driven food prices down. However, it was the Wall Street crash that historians mark as the beginning of this crisis. It started in September of 1929, when the stock market took a downward crash and continued to do so through the ... Penitentiary, where he had served four years of a seven-year sentence for homicide. He sets out for his father's little farm in the bottom lands near Sallisaw. He reaches the house to find that it is empty. Muley Graves, a neighbor, ex...

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John Steinbeck, The author of the novel "Of Mice and Men", set the book during the Wall Street crash, where thousands of people lost or didn't know how much money they had. Many men were travelling all over America in search for work, most of these men were ... ranch, they see candy, an old man who has worked there for years as a swamper because of his injured hand. They are then led to their living quarters- The bunk-house, as they talk to Candy, Candy tells them about Curley's wife. Candy tells George, "well - she got the eye." Candy means that even though Curley's wife has only been marri...

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... of years now. There were problems with the economy before, but it all came crashing down (no pun intended) on October 29, 1929. Job was lost shortly thereafter, and the house went right after that. Home now is a shantytown in a vacant lot in New York City. Find meals in the garbage cans when the bread lines are too long. Life's even ... mothers today, women had to manage every penny spent. But when it came to food, some people couldn't help themselves. "Fathers and even older brothers and sisters hung around the street corners while the younger children were being fed, for fear they wou...

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... , away from the other men higher on the social scale. Crooks does open up about his loneliness when talking to Lennie and Curley's wife and he says a string of key quotes such as "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody." and "spose you couldn't play rummy 'cause you was black, how'd you like that?" Crooks ... ...

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... Lennie's loyalty and trust for George and his childlike behaviour. Another quote, which shows George's deep concern, is "George said, "I want you to stay with me, Lennie"." I personally find these quotes effective as they display George and Lennie's clear attachment to one another and demonstrate how they are dependant on one another. Expanding the theme of friendship, George and Lennie have ... ...

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Novel: The Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 22 "There was color in the light now, a reddish gleam the image of the mountain and the light coming over it were reflected in their eyes" (Steinbeck 397). Text-to-Text Connection A beautiful sunset in a distance is often used in movies to set the mood. The scene of a sun setting can convey a cheery mood. But, it can also foreshadow events that will happen later in the piece of literature. A good-looking view, like a sunset, that fades away to darkness can be similar to the path a character or characters will travel. ...

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... water and someone to keep topping it up to prevent it drying out and cracking. You could toast your bread on a toasting fork in front of the fire. The Wall Street crash and the depression that outspread in its stir saw an explosion of unemployment. The struggle of the unemployed became a major factor in the political and social like of the ... decade. This cause sent many people homeless and without jobs and work, numerous citizens had no choice but to live their lives on the street and moving from city to city trying to find an occupation. Between 1929 and 1933 the unemployment rate in...

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... as it is. The Turtle in the beginning of the book is like the Joads because the turtle had nothing where it was so it took its chance crossing the street to find something better. And they had nothing so they risked every thing to find a new life in California. The turtle dropped its seeds crossing the ... ...

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... 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 ... all of his clothes out for the evening (587). This supports the woman's place in a home, care giver for her husband and keeping the house clean. Elisa Allen is the most interesting character in the story. She is intelligent, strong, and has dreams. She dreams of being something more than just a...

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... as him talking to himself and instances of memory loss. Lennie and George dreamed up an idea for a perfect house in a perfect world. They set a goal together to buy this perfect house once they had enough money. Lennie becomes obsessed and the dream house is all he eventually thinks about. Lennie perceives that he is not acting as he should but can't seem ... to figure it out. Whenever Lennie is in trouble the image of that house becomes his "happy place" where he escapes to and believes he will never get in trouble. In reality, Lennie lacks the social skills to survive in society and ....

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... feeling is because Elisa Allen is a hard working housewife who doesn't really have much of a life but to stay at home and tend to the garden and the house. She enjoys her garden and her husband but feels that there could be more to life. In the beginning of the story there is no hint of her being ... she gets upset because this guy is telling her where her place is. She gives him the chrysanthemums and sends him on his way. She then goes into the house and takes her bath to get ready to go out. While taking her bath it seems like the mood changes again she turns into a feminine woman agai...

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The settings in "The Chrysanthemums" and "To Set Our House in Order" bring to life the confinement of Elisa and Grandmother MacLeod. Elisa is painfully aware she is trapped in a man's world while Grandmother MacLeod is unaware of being ... ; (Steinbeck 214). This sense of confinement continues as we see Elisa enclosed by a wire fence and working in her garden. Her work is limited to this wire enclosure and the house. The rest of the farm is reserved for her husband's labours. In contrast his area covers a vast territory and offers various types of work. He has contact with the outside ... th...

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... the other men on the ranch. Being the only black man on the ranch, his workmates are cruel towards him by ignoring him and refusing him access to the bunk house. After spending half or more of his life in his lonely, isolated mind, Crooks finally comes to the conclusion that-since the other men treat him so much lower than ... and show them that he does not need their kindness to live. Crooks reveals this state of mind when he states firmly to Lennie, "I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room" (68). Crooks' first defense against the other white workers is to app...

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... with being discriminated against because of his race. He is not alowed to be in the same place as the rest of the white guys. He has his own bunk house which he sleeps in and hangs out in by himself everyday and night. He is forbidden to hang out with or even go in the bunk ... house with the rest of the white guys even though he is educated. Also, Crooks is very threatened by Curleys wife. If he talks or even looks at her he has a ... to he would be a much different person. Curleys wife is the only women living on the ranch with the workers. She is not allowed to be in the guys bunk ...

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... up to the main tragedy was when Candy's dog was shot. Steinbeck attempts to make the reader feel sympathy for Candy by creating a strong tone of tension in the bunk-house. When George and Lennie first meet Candy, his dog is mentioned in his description as if it was a part of him and clearly states Candy's admiration of it: "God, he ... dog the reader is made to feel great sympathy for Candy for the dog was his only companion on the ranch. After the dog is led outside, the whole bunk-house goes into an awkward conversation with many silent moments, the tension increases and Candy's body ...

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... off he runs into Jim Casy. He used to be a preacher when Tom was a little boy. Tom asks Jim to go with him to his house, and he says he will. When they get to the Joad's house, it is deserted, and there is a bulldozer there knocking everything down on the property. The driver of the bulldozer is their neighbor. He tells ... them that the bank ran them off the property and the family is at Uncle John's house. The neighbor also tells him that the Joads are preparing to leave for California in search of work. They camp out and then walk to Uncle John's place in the ... ...

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... . Just as he was going to capture the scorpion it stung the baby. Hearing all the crying, Juan Thomas, Kinos brother, and his fat wife Apalonia arrive at the brush house. They are told to find a doctor but when they arrive without the doctor, Kino and his wife decide to go straight to the doctor. When they finally arrive at the ... doctor's house, the doctor's servant says the doctor wasn't there, the real reason being because they had no money. Out of anger and frustration Kino hit the gate cutting his knuckles. The ... . Kino told him he would pay after he sold his pearl and the doctor...

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... a certain job to do and if one gender, mainly women, did the other one's job, they would be looked down upon. Therefore, Elisa devotes all her time to maintain her house and garden. Even though it seems as if gardening comes naturally to her, it is because she is forced into gardening and that is all she has to think about ... road. She seems to be in some kind of haze, where she has to shake herself free and then realizes what she has to do next. She hurries to the house so she can go get ready for dinner with her husband, Henry. When they are ready to leave, he says how she looks nice...

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... alone away from every other ranch hand in the harness room, described as" a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn" (66; ch 4) " I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you [Lennie] ain't wanted in my room. Why ain't you wanted? Lennie asked. Because I"m black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I"m black. They say I stink. Well ... , Curley's wife. Also, during the story she is continuously portrayed as a slut, even though she is just a lonely girl. Curley's wife is constantly told that her place is in the house, and restricted from talking to everybody. She ofte...

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... of all, when the kids were born they were not named right away. Lee had to inform Samuel of the nameless children. It wasn't until Samuel Hamilton went to Adam's house that the twins were named. Adam had no idea what to name them. He said "this naming is no simple business- (Steinbeck, 265). Samuel agreed and then suggested choosing names ... to tell the boys the truth because they would find out eventually. Adam still lied. Many years later Cal was jealous of Aron, so he brought him to Cathy's whore house. Aron was amazed at what his mother had become, so he went straight away to join ...

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... Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck, Elisa and Henry Allen live on a ranch in the Salinas Valley where she raises chrysanthemums. Elisa's husband, Henry Allen, an honest, hard-working man, leaves the house for a couple of hours to retrieve some cows. While he is gone a drifter passing through stops to see if Elisa has any scissors to be sharpened or pots to mend ... some pots and pans to be fixed, pays him, and sends him on his way with some of her chrysanthemums for the lady down the road. Elisa goes into the house excited about what she has done and begins to freshen up for her dinner d...

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... into the church. In chapter one, where Coyotito was bitten by a scorpion, everyone including Kino believed that the doctor wouldn't come to cure the baby. She went to the doctor's house with Kino and the baby, with a few misshapen grey pearls. The doctor didn't help them because they were poor. But we could see how Juana loved her baby and didn ... 't give up easily. In chapter three, after someone went into their house and looked for the pearl, Juana asked Kino to throw the pearl away. "This thing is evil; this pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us!" (Pg 38) She noticed ... ...

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... only [hears] the dark music of the enemy" (Steinbeck, pg. 55). Also, according to Peter Lisca, Kino is " . . . attacked and wounded three times; beats and kicks his wife Juana his house is burned . . . and his son is killed" (Lisca, pg. 125). Both of these incidents show how once Kino achieves wealth he changes from kind to ruthless and from the hunter ... for him to go out into the night" (Steinbeck, pg. 55). A short while later he takes a breath but " . . . the evil was all about hidden behind the fence, crouched beside the house in the shadow" (Steinbeck, pg. 56). Since Kino's findin...

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