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in this time period represented by Crooks. Crooks gets talked down to on the daily like he's a little boy, the white folks segregate crooks from themselves. .“Well, you keep your place, then nigger. I could get you strung up on the tree so easy it ain't even funny”( 81). This quote can show you how blacks were treated in the

Sojourner Truth’s “Ain't I A Woman” Speech is a very symbolic address to women’s rights of her time. Among the eyes of many, women were not held to the same standards as men when it came to working, voting, and property rights. Truth felt this speech would be a great way to get people to accept women as being equal to all others. Truth’s speech highlights how the people’s understanding of what a woman can do is very limited and the many different context in which women lives are different. Truth

Troy spits out, “Death ain’t nothing. I done see him. Done wrassled with him. You can’t tell me nothing about death. Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.” (Act One, Scene One) To start off, Troy always references his troubles with the game of baseball. In this comment, Troy personifies death, and the audience

stable and the horses. Crooks lives by himself in a little shack on the side of the barn. Crooks lives by himself because he is black and all he has is books to read in his room. Crooks says, “... you go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room” (Steinbeck 68). Crooks says this in the novel to show that he is not wanted. Crooks is very lonely he went from being with his family on a chicken ranch to being in a old cabin alone with just books to read

Many authors are inspired to write by other things like a special thing in their day or sometimes other writings or poems. “Washington Mcneely” by Edgar Lee Masters and Our Town by Thornton Wilder themes because Our Town was inspired by many of Edgar Lee Masters’ poems. Both pieces of work share the themes of death and time, a character similarities between Mrs. Webb and Washington McNeely. Two themes the poem has is death and time. The poem displays the theme of time, because it starts out telling

Crooks mentions “A guy need somebody-- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”(72), which shows that he wished to someone’s company since he feels he needs any sort of company. Also, Crooks deformed and crooked back forces him to have limited amounts of contact with the other men since all he can do is tend the horses

Isolation “A guy needs somebody—to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody,” says one of the characters in the story (Pg. 72). Loneliness and isolation are two of the main themes in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. Throughout this story, it is clearly shown that even if someone is in a crowd, it does not mean that they feel included. In fact, it is even easier to feel excluded by the cause of discrimination, racial hate, and fear. Although countless characters in this book try

Madeline Holman Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Supplemental Text #3 The broken promise of the “American Dream”. “ ‘I tell you I ain’t used to livin’ like this. I coulda made somethin’ of myself.’ She said darkly, ‘Maybe I will yet.’ And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away… ‘Well, a show come through, an’ I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol’ lady wouldn’ let me. She says because

In “No Time to Think” and “Time Ain’t Money”, the authors paraphrase how new technology has affected businesses and its workers. In “No Time to Think”, Levy talks about how workers need more leisure time. In “Time Ain’t Money”, Rushkoff talks about how business are having to adjust due to new technology. Both of these authors talk about how Americans are living in a much faster society. In “Time Ain’t Money”, Rushkoff explains how new technology is affecting businesses which helps perceive why Levy

describes this struggle as people who “got no family”. They don’t belong in any place. They come to a ranch and work up a stake, then they go into town and blow that stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.” (Pgs.13 and 14) In attempt to be an outlier in this system, Lennie and George developed a dream of having their own ranch. Despite Lennie s passion, Crooks shot down this idea; “You're nuts." Crooks were scornful and