Kathleenh Whetstone Quote Analysis

In the book, A Tale Of Two Cities, Dickens starts with the famous quote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...” (Dickens, Chapter 1). The book takes place in two areas, London, England and Paris, France. The people of France, specifically the peasants, were suffering through starvation, high taxes, and overall neglect from the government. Meanwhile England is beginning to shift into the Industrial Revolution, which can be considered one of the country’s highest point in history. They were able to mass produce and thus strive with the money the earn from their products. In comparison, France was in crippling debt from the wars they had managed to involve themselves in.

“Hopes and dreams help people survive, even if they can never become real.” This statement plays an enormous part in Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. An abundance of the characters in this book all have something they want to accomplish, even if what they want to reach isn’t necessarily the most practical thing under the circumstances. Each character in the book has obstacles to overcome, and in the end, we don’t really find out the denouement of most character, we only find out the true ending to two characters.

George Washington was our first president and many still say our greatest. “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” Legend has it that even as a boy Washington had the great traits of honesty and strength. He hurled a silver dollar all the way across the Potomac River in which now flows through the city that is named after Washington. Even more famous when he was a little boy of six he took his hatchet and he chops his Father’s favorite cherry tree. When his dad asked if he had done it Washington replies, “I can’t tell a lie Pa. I did cut it with my hatchet”.

“For every good reason there is to tell a lie, there is a better one to tell the truth”

In this scene the point about civilization Huxley is trying to make is the newer and cleaner the more civilized. An example is "they've been doing this for the last five or six thousand years. So i suppose they must be used to it by now" pg. 105 he's showing that the uncivilized group of people are still stuck in the old times and haven't adapted any new ideas therefore they are uncivilized. Two other quotes that caught my attention are "cleanliness is next to fordliness" pg. 105 and "civilization is sterilization" pg. 105 and these two quotes show what they're idea of civilization

Miller says, in Brocke Clarke’s realistic fiction novel, Exley, that “M.R. had his arm around Z’s shoulder and Z. was smiling, like he knew, now, somehow that everything would be okay. And it was. Z was still alive… I knew what had worked for Z. and M.R. would work for my dad and Exley” (25). Miller was saying that Z, a child in his class who had cancer, lived because he got to be with M.R., and if his dad were to meet Exley, then his dad would live too. Exley had written his father’s favorite Novel, in which he read constantly, A Fan’s Notes. In Miller’s mind, M.R. was to Z. as Exley was to his father. Miller perceived that the only reason Z. lived was because he was able to meet M.R. and Miller assumed

Has there ever been an insightful enough book that looks into a topic no one really bothers to read or think about? Yes. Of Mice and Men is a dramatic fiction story, and was written by John Steinbeck. It showcases life during the Great Depression, and was published in 1937. Of Mice and Men conveys a tragic, and almost predictable story of how two men bonded by natural attraction through loneliness, concocted a truly elaborate plan for an end-game, but ended up leaving one man with nothing but his own guilt and the other’s memory.

The passage I chose as “The Quote of the Book” is, “I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day. And if Morrie could do it, with such a horrible disease… “It’s only horrible if you see it that way,” Morrie said. “It’s horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But it’s also wonderful because of all the time I get to say good-bye.” He smiled. “Not everyone is so lucky.” I studied him in the chair, unable to stand, to wash, to pull on his pants. Lucky? Did he really say lucky?” (57) This is an amazing and important passage in the book. Morrie, in the process of dying,

It is a widely accepted notion that working hard will automatically pay off. This may not be difficult to believe since putting in the extra effort and studying more for a quiz usually results in a better grade and carefully looking over work before submitting it makes it more likely to get published. Countless famous individuals have vouched for this idea. Lailah Gifty Akita once said, “Without discipline, hard work, and commitment, we will never have realized our dreams.” This quote clearly states Akita’s belief that hard work and effort will translate into prosperity.

Losing something or someone that you secretly always wanted to get rid of is a lot harder than you would think. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two lonely men by the names of Lennie and George. These men are traveling together to their new job because of the trouble that Lennie always seems to get in. They travel together because of Lennie’s mental incapabilities. Lennie doesn’t understand and is always getting himself and George into a lot of trouble. Of Mice and Men reveals that humanity is going to be upset if they lose something important to them even if they thought they wanted it gone the entire time.

Many people in the world have dreams, but many of those dreams are never achieved. Just like a lot of people from all around the world, a few characters from Of Mice and Men have dreams that are crushed and thrown away. Steinbeck conveys a message in the novel of dreams are meant to be dreamt, not reached, and the author shows this through George, Lennie, and Candy’s dream of having their own farm, Lennie’s dream of tending rabbits, and Curly’s Wife’s dream of being a movie star in Hollywood.

An important quote that stuck by me was, “I know not all people with scars are evil”, and it was stated by the main character Grace Olivia Blakely. I had chosen this particular quote because it got me thinking about the world that we live in and how it intertwined. Furthermore, the meaning of this quote in a general sense was that categorizing people could be a danger to society because we often automatically assume people’s traits without knowing the actual facts. This quote held value in the book because it may foreshadow that the scarred man might turn out to be a good person rather than a bad person. Because Grace had thought she witnessed her mother getting killed by the scared man, she automatically assumed that the scarred man is nefarious

This quote by Hazel Grace shows that humans won´t be here forever. A day passes and everyone survives but we as humans wont be in this earth for long. Something will happen and we will be gone. Even does who tried to stop this, does suriçviors. Ya it seems that they are surivors, who got rid of cancer, survived and are able to live longer but it will not be long before everyone leaves this planet. This quote stood out to me beacuse it made me think of how we are all distroying the world slowly and on one is doing anything to help or from it getting wrost. I can relate to this because the other day in my summer job. I was helping him, well not really im the waiter, and this guy started talking to me. Asking me if i knew how to drive a car and

In depth, Washington’s academics were so bad that the claim that an old woman made about him seemed impossible for him until Washington started to seek God. God gave Washington all of the things that he have in life, such as : awards, money, knowledge, etc. Washington believe that he wouldn’t have nothing in life if it wasn’t for God, so he strongly suggests that people should come closer to God for a brighter future.

This month’s quote is,”I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ” I think this quote means many things. The beginning of this quote states that alone one person can’t change the whole world. Now this makes total sense.