Marlena, The Star of The Show

The second time Jacob visits the children’s home, he encounters a group of small children that he recognizes from the pictures his grandfather used to show him. One child asks if he is Abraham, but when they see his face, they are disappointed that he is not, and run away. Jacob runs after them and follows them into a tunnel, but gives up and decides to go home. As he walks through the town

Not every disability is the result of physical injury, like a broken bone or blindness. Sexism, racism, and discrimination dominated the time period, which affected many of the characters in Of Mice and Men, all of which represent the society of the Great Depression. The novel’s women illustrate the massive disadvantages they faced at the time - most of the book’s women are prostitutes, and

The Roaring Twenties of America, which was from 1920-1929, saw a great social and economic prosperity. People were happy, and were celebrating the victory of World War 1. The gasoline price was lowered, right to vote for women was granted, and America was climbing towards a great success. In 1929, Herbert Hoover became the president of the United States of America, and he said, “ Given a chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation”(Roark, Pg. 703). After few months of his inauguration, his words contradicted, the Roaring Twenties halted. During the Roaring Twenties, the stock market prices increased steeply. The rapid

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The Great Depression devastated the United States, and remains the worst depression ever experienced by the nation. During the “Roaring Twenties” when the economy was thriving in the United States, women took the opportunity to improve their social statuses through enlightenment, but as this period came to an end women’s social roles began to change again. This investigation will cover white women’s roles in the early 1920’s, and during the Great Depression at the height of unemployment. This investigation should reveal the extent of change in women’s roles during the hardest times the nation experienced. To fully investigate this topic, information from the book Flappers and the New American Woman by Catherine Gourley and information from the article Fifty Years of Change: Societal Attitude and Women’s Fashions, 1900-1950 by Ann Beth Presley.

Whenever Marlena is in danger, Jacob immediately tries to help her as much as he could, even if it means that he might get hurt in the process. When August turns ballistic and tries to hurt Marlena, Jacob intervenes without hesitation: “[August] ends up dragging [Marlena] by the neck as she screams. I launch across the open space and tackle him” (246). As soon as Jacob sees that Marlena is in danger, he tries to help her and rescue her from August. He knows that there are consequences, such as being redlighted or fired, especially because August is his employer. Even with all these known threats, Jacob attacks August anyways. Jacob is willing to defend Marlena from a dangerous August because of his incredible loyalty to her. His loyalty to her also makes him want to ensure Marlena’s safety, so he takes Marlena with him when he leaves the circus: “I can’t leave Marlena… here while I return to Ithaca to write my exams” (318). The only person keeping Jacob from immediately leaving the circus to go back to pursuing his dream of becoming a veterinarian was Marlena. He stays at the circus for a longer period of time to watch over her and eventually takes her back to his home. Jacob’s protectiveness to Marlena leads him to attack people who try to hurt her, and he also does not leave the circus immediately to retake his exams because of

Throughout American and world history women have been mistreated and disrespected, this still happens to this day. A famous piece of American history photography known as the Migrant Mother shows the importance, power, and strength behind most women in this difficult Great Depression time. However white powerful men run not only the government but also the social classes. Respecting women was sadly not a top priority of this time period. The literary work Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck in 1937 the author uses setting, themes, and character to portray different themes.

He does not know if she feels the same way but tells her anyway. This takes a lot of courage to admit, which is what Jacob shows to obtain his love. He doesn’t care about August and his cruel ways, he just wants to be with Marlena and he’ll audaciously find a way to make it happen. This clearly portrays that Jacob is bold enough to fight for and obtain his love. Furthermore, following the moment when Jacob tells Marlena he loves her, she stands there anxiously, facing the floor. She slowly looks up teary eyed and says, “I think I’ve loved you from the moment I laid eyes on you. But don’t you see? I’m married to August” (Gruen. 274). Marlena has been in love with Jacob ever since they saw each other in the menagerie. However, she has just gathered enough courage to show and admit to it today. Although she knows that she is married to August and could be punished for doing so, she still tells Jacob about the feelings she has towards him. This takes a lot of bravery and portrays that Marlena is strong enough to confess the truth about her feelings. Finally, during the novel, Jacob shows his love for Marlena through his bold feelings and actions. In their review, Publishers Weekly states, “He also falls in love with Marlena, one of the show's star performers--a romance complicated by Marlena's husband, the unbalanced, sadistic

Jacob knew he needed to remove Anette from his life like his wisdom teeth because he knows it is dangerous to keep her in his life. Even though Jacob desires Anette he knows he should not so he tries to drown that desire by leaving her. However this does not work because Jacob becomes jealous when he finds out Anette has married another man, but he knew taking Anette from her husband was dangerous so he tried to drown his desire for her. “He thought of Anette and the ocean; he thought of them as the same frightening, enticing thing (Yanique 267). The thought of Anette frightened Jacob because he knew if he tried to take her from her husband their relationship would be dangerous and infectious. Jacob knew he must drown his desire for Anette so their relationship would not turn infectious like his wisdom teeth would, had he not had them removed. Jacob wanted his desire for Anette to go away, but he knew their connection was too strong. When Jacob screams "I am real!” he is asserting that even though he is trying to dull down his desire for Anette that desire is real and will not go away. Jacob wants the toothache to not be real and his desire for Anette, but he knows they both are real and he cannot drown his desire for Anette.

Lucy from the I Love Lucy show fits the description of a trickster. She was a shrewd business woman in a business riddled with men. She took her vaudeville experience as a slapstick comedian and successfully converted it into a Movie and Television career. Every week on the I Love Lucy show she played the fool often times teaching us a lesson along the way. She changed the way a culture was accustomed to viewing women in the workplace. She taught us that jealously and mistrust of a spouse can lead to disaster. Lastly she changed an entire nations mind in regards to race relations. She used her stage to gain acceptance of her interracial marriage to Dezi Arnez, a Cuban immigrant. Every week she would draw us in with her many self-deprecating

Throughout history, several different women have claimed to be Anastasia Romanov. Anastasia one of the daughters of Czar Nicholas II. Amid the Russian Revolution, the family was executed. It was rumored that Anastasia and her brother escaped. Anastasia, the famous “missing” daughter of Czar Nicholas II was not represented by any character in the novel Animal Farm because the Jones’ didn’t have any children.

During their relationship, he attempts to isolate her from others and is quick to get her away from others. He is continually shielding her from people outside, and forbids her from seeing Jacob even messing with her car so she can't escape. Not only does he shield her from her friends, but even from her own father and family. He does this all in the name of her safety and well being, which is viewed as “heroic”. His purpose and reason for things are not considered as an annoyance or strange, but rather charming, which benefits

She was protecting Florens from herself and felt Jacob would give her a better life, even if she remained a

Recently, we brought you part one of this list of facts about Julianna Margulies, the female lead in the television series The Good Wife. Read on to learn some more interesting things about the star in part two of the article.

Mme. Loisel from “The Necklace” is indeed a beautiful and elegant lady, at least from the outside. Her role as being selfish and greedy does an excellent job at suggesting what consequences could follow to people who are just like her. She does experience an amazing time but soon after it becomes just a memory and she’ll be back to just dreaming about it. It’s important to remember that life is short and one moment will just become a blurry memory.