Randy Wagstaff

Mending Although the compact, filthy room attached to the barn doesn’t appear significant, the contents of Crooks’ room illustrates that equality is a fantasy, and no matter what is done to stop discrimination, people continue to be prejudice and alienate others. For example, “On the wall by the window there were pegs on which hung a broken harness in process of being mended…” (66). Crooks, like the harness, is broken having lost his sense of self after repeated acts of racism. He deeply wants

George and Lennie traveled because in the story they made it sound like they hated their job so they took other chances in the world and because of this they became close and respect each other for who they are. I know they don't like there job because on paragraph 3 George says "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world... they got no family they don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an work up a stake and they they go into town and blow their stake and the first

1) Candy’s actions explain that during difficult times, without the support of people on your side, the power of others makes us do things we may not want to do. For instance, when Carlson suggests for Candy to kill his old dog, he was not willing to do so, but he reluctantly agrees for Carlson to execute the dog, as it is in favor of the majority in the bunkhouse. After his dog dies, Candy reveals his true emotions and perceptions about the situation that he did not display that day by telling George

Sometimes, strangers can meet through extraordinary circumstances and it can have a profound effect on each other’s lives. In the book, “Of Mice and Men”, the characters have many relationships together. For example, Slim and George. When Slim and George met, Slim saw Lennie and George like everyone. But he was okay with George traveling with a non-intelligent man. Unlike Slim, every other person judged George for traveling with Lennie. Strangers can meet, become very good friends, and love each

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” as quoted by Mother Theresa of Calcutta. Although Lennie and George aren't materialistically rich, they are rich in the sense that they have each other. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows that friendship can be unlikely yet beneficial through the characters George and Lennie as they chase their dreams. Friendship is an important part of the book and helps the characters get through hard times while enjoying

The novella Of mice and men takes place in salinas valley, California during the Great Depression . At this time work was scarce which caused many men to work as farm hands. Steinbeck illustrates these migrant workers well using two male characters, George and Lennie. Who begin work at a farm, where they meet who also are isolated. Although George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife are all isolated, the each try to make a connection with others: however, tragically in the end their attempts are meaningless

It has come to my attention, after receiving and studying my water shrews, that they have a peculiar habit of traveling in their same trails in the same way. This wouldn’t be so strange if it wasn’t for that they do not take the simplest way back to their den. When I first obtained the water shrews and after putting them into their new surroundings, they were very suspicious of their surroundings. They constantly came out of their den, sniffed out their surroundings and ran back into their den, which

Of Mice and Men is a story about two friends, George and Lennie. They travel together to find work, and eventually find a ranch. At the ranch, we met many characters. One of them is Candy, an older man. He has a fear that his boss will find him useless. He also has a dog referred to as Candy’s dog. Candy’s dog is an old and smelly dog that Carlson, one of the workers at the ranch, wants to get rid of. He thinks that Candy’s dog is old and useless and should be put “out of his misery” (44). In response

In my life. I have experienced my deal of being criticized for how I look, but not who I am. In the story, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck there are stereotyping use around the entire book on Lennie is forgetful to Curley’s addition to fighting to Georg being a caretaker of Lennie. Varies characters in this book are stereotyped based on their actions. In this story Lennie is told as being forgetful because when George says something to Lennie, he forgets it immediately after a new topic appears

In The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, the reader learns about Mr. Pausch himself. The reader learns about his past, present, and his future. They also learn about what type of person Mr. Pausch was. The most important part that Mr. Pausch wanted his audience to remember his experiences that we may face, his advice, and his family. Randy Pausch had many stories that anyone would love to hear. Every story that he would tell gave a lesson to the audience. One story that Mr. Pausch talked about was