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- 181: Of Mice and Men: Burdens of Responsibility
- ... no body likes him not even his wife. In my opinion the burdens outweigh the rewards of responsibility in this novel. In some ways it is rather macabre that John Steinbeck builds his characters up to their most probable height of achieving their utopia and then kills them or part of them off. But in another perspective this style of writing ...
- 182: Grapes of Wrath: Ma Joad The Leader
- ... Ma Joad The Leader In a crisis, a person's true colors emerge. The weak are separated from the strong and the leaders are separated from the followers. In John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, forced from their home in Oklahoma, head to California in search of work and prosperity only to find poverty and despair ...
- 183: The Pearl: The Curse of the Oyster
- The Pearl: The Curse of the Oyster In The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, evil transforms certain humble citizens into envious savages. Evil was exhibited by the doctor who refused to treat Coyotito because his parents had no money. When the doctor heard of ...
- 184: Of Mice and Men: The Feeling Only the Lonely Could Feel
- ... with loneliness everyday cannot express how deep of a feeling it is to have everything you enjoy crushed by the absence of companionship. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck explores the relationship of loneliness to a human being by his three characters: Crooks, Candy and Curly's wife. These characters are an example of how loneliness can effect a ...
- 185: Of Mice And Men
- ... t matter no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick." A major theme in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men is loneliness. The characters Crooks, Candy and Curley’s wife each suffer from this although the severity of their seclusion varied. The old swapper ...
- 186: Grapes of Wrath: The Hardships of The Common Man
- Grapes of Wrath: The Hardships of The Common Man The novel Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, illustrates the hardships of the common man in great detail. The one aspect of this book that displays life as it exists in the hostile real-world is the third ...
- 187: A Comparison of "Of Mice and Men" and "The Great Depression An Eyewitness History"
- ... I would like to give a comparison of George Milton and Lennie Small to the Great Depression. The time that this story took place was during the Great Depression. John Steinbeck captured the reality of this most difficult time. During the Great Depression people needed to travel together to share chores and duties to make a living until something better came ...
- 188: Native Son: Reviews
- ... story but a deep experience. The next review that we will look at is one done by Malcolm Cowley, writer for The New Republic. Cowley immediately compares Native Son to Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, stating that the books resemble each other by both having grown out of the radical movements of the 1930s. Cowley feels that Wright was moved ...
- 189: Of Mice And Men
- ... Guilt in Of Mice and Men Lennie Small, the strong but dull-witted farm hand, experienced a psychotic break-down near the end of Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. This episode was brought on by a tremendous feeling of guilt. While Lennie's head was full of the thoughts of the death of Curley's wife, his burden upon ...
- 190: The New Deal
- ... people to construct public buildings, bridges, and hard-surfaced roads. Part-time jobs were also found for white collar workers; artists painted murals in public buildings and people like John Steinbeck counted dogs. Trying for a national comeback, the National Recovery Administration was formed in order to help with industry, labor, and unemployment. Workers were guaranteed the right to organize and ...
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