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bravely leaves the safety of her surroundings to be with the love of her life, and she becomes far

poles apart and how she is afraid of the people about her and of her mistrust of him. She

The psychiatrist decides that it would be a good idea for the both of them to set out and find his mother. In the end he finds his mother and then he gets married to the girl he first dated.

begins to grow up a little and realizes she is now seeing her parents otherwise, almost with a new

She finally gets a great job in Vancouver which she cannot turn of, because it pays twice as much as her old job. This was the year Chris finally had a chance to make the city swimming team. After four years of hard works and trainings, so he refuses to move. He wound up living on his own. As a result, he gets really stressful.

Curley’s wife’s dream was to one day become a famous Hollywood actress. Fame and fortune were the two things she desired most, and having expensive clothes living in extravagant hotels. Curley’s wife had met a famous Hollywood director who had told her that she was a natural at acting. He said he would mail her a letter about becoming an actress. He never mails her back, even though he promised he would. Her dream also becomes impossible because of her marriage to Curley. Curley will not let her leave now, and she has to tend to the ranch instead of pursuing her dream to potentially become a film actress.

The Tulsa Riot of 1921 was a tragic racial riot that resulted in the periodic destruction of Greenwood, a neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nicknamed “Little Africa”, Greenwood was described as a vibrant community, and was built up by African Americans. This community, however, was completely destroyed by a massive mob of white men, whose anger stemmed from rape allegations of an African American man. Before and after the Tulsa Riot occurred, African Americans of the Greenwood community faced social issues due to the prevalence of racism among white men across the nation.

The Jazz Age which is also referred to as the Roaring Twenties began after World War I took place and lasted until 1929, when the Great Depression began. The 1920s opened up a world of change to Americans; some did not approve and others, especially those in the big cities, celebrated with music and dance every day. There were numerous inventions that were being created throughout the 1920s and because of nationwide advertisement; people all over America were able to buy all the same stuff as one another. But unfortunately, times were different for those that lived in Colorado.

The nineteen twenties can be summed up as one of the most important improvements on theatre, paintings, music, building, and culture.

During the decades of the 1920s and 1930s, the United States underwent a series of changes that had a drastic effect on people across the nation. As the economy began to slow to a halt, millions of people were left broke and without jobs. As the country’s farmers were paralyzed with debt, food prices increased radically (McElvaine). During the mid-1930s, a series of droughts coupled with poor agricultural methods led to years of soil erosion and dust storms known as the Dust Bowl, a catastrophe that destroyed farms throughout the Southern Great Plains (Shafer, Low). As a result, many farmers were forced to abandon their land to seek employment elsewhere. These migrant workers, attracted by the fertility and familiarity of the area, traveled to California towns such as Salinas, where they labored tirelessly for wealthy planters (Cayton, Gorn, Williams). The events of the Great Depression Era, following years of difficulty and poverty, paved the way to an entirely new way of life for Americans.

After lots of trying, she realizes it is not going to be a breeze to get him back in her grip with the fact she is in Harvard and looks alone, so she decides to hit the books to outsmart the awful fiancé. In the progress, she meets and great guy who helps her succeed and becomes one of the top students in her class. Elle also meets her a new beautician who she befriends and helps get the man of her dreams with the “bend and snap”. During the process, Elle starts to like herself for who she is, and her true self comes out. She is a bubbly, happy, girly woman who will not take no as an answer. With all her hard work, she even ends up receiving an internship, along with her ex-boyfriend and his fiancé, to work with a client. For one of the few times in her life, Elle was receiving things that she worked for, not that were given to her.

With no moral support from people around her she in unable to find a way to be who she wants to be. She says that she was told she had everything needed to be in the movies, to be a successful actress, and that instead of being in the ranch, she could've been out there. She often finds herself leaning towards Lennie, making attempts to actually win a friend for once, telling him her story and that she wishes she would've just went with the guy to become an actress. Loneliness and isolation are a big part of her not being able to achieve her goals. She ends up setting for someone who does not care for her, who pushes her aside as if she's nothing. Maybe she could have been someone if it wasn't for her need for a friend and support. Curley's wife could have been an actress known nationwide, if she didn't depend on others, if only she would have just went for it, believing in herself

This novel is set in the future in the year 2044. Wade hardly travels outside of the OASIS into the real world, but when he said, “We lived in the Portland Avenue Stacks… just west of Oklahoma City’s decaying skyscraper core,” it shows that he lives in what used to be Oklahoma City. Many locations were mentioned in the book but the most important ones are the stacks, Wade’s van, his new home, and the virtual world inside of the

Unfortunately, this fact is so true of our society today, but Yancey goes on to show how Jesus makes an extra effort to reach out to he poor. He gives a list, which he got from another writer, on the advantages of being poor. This list really made an impact on me. It showed me how I need to be more open to what God has to say, and not so involved with the materialistic and secular views of today. I need to focus on what God has planned for me, and not make my focus to be what other people think of me. “Strength, good looks, connections, and the competitive instinct may bring a person success in a society like ours, but those very qualities may block entrance to the kingdom of heaven” (Yancey 114).

Back in England she tries to set up a new life for herself. She lives for six years with a married man and then marries an Irishman who thinks she is a woman with a very great fortune. This man is the only one for whom she expresses real love, but both of them being poor, the marriage is