John Steinbeck, author of the novella Of Mice and Men, uses symbols, images, and figures of speech to convey his image of the two main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. Though the reader may be unaware of its effect in the beginning, Steinbeck’s descriptions drastically affects how you view the characters throughout the novella. Lennie Small is anything but small physically. His ability to reason is small, but his body is powerful. Described with words like huge and shapeless, one has to wonder if Lennie Small is even a human.…
The diction and characterizations in this novel are very unique. When George and Lennie, along with a few other characters speak, their diction is very uneducated. Throughout the novel sometimes it can even prove hard to read what these men are saying. I believe Steinbeck portrays them in this way in order to imply some empathy for these men. This diction conjures a feeling of sadness for these men, as if you can feel their struggle and pain as they speak.…
Motley argued that sometimes we do behaviors that are not necessarily symbols. He classifies them as symptoms. He argued that they are unintentional and are not classified as communication. Those behaviors represent nonverbal acts that are not purposefully directed at a receiver; rather they are natural bodily responses.…
At the beginning of the novel Lucy is undoubtedly struggling, she has no real friends or even family members to rely upon. Thus, she uses school as a way of coping with her own life, believing that her academic success will be her ticket out of Pompe and onto a better life. Yet, George Olson eventually comes into the play, a person who finally understands her and listens to her. Thus, she never really hesitates to get into that Aston Martin with George, believing that her ticket out of Pompe and onto a better life had arrived early. Sure, he may have understood her better than anyone else, but the idea of getting away from Pompe and acquiring money as well was something she had only dreamed of.…
The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is chalk-full of symbols. A symbol is when an object represents another to give a deeper meaning. From instances like Scout finding the roly poly bug to Atticus shooting the mad dog each symbol means a different thing or describes a different character in the book. Some symbols may be hard to find but there are always hidden symbols relating to the characters. For example, a small detail readers might have looked over like the red geraniums in the Ewell’s backyard actually symbolize Mayella and her home life.…
Analyzing the Symbols in Young Goodman Brown As seen in “Young Goodman Brown”, an ambiguous story leads to many interpretations. Although there are countless interpretations involving this famous story, I will be comparing my interpretation to three others. Through careful analysis of the text, I have come to suggest that the story is symbolic of the daily challenges to one’s faith. Through Goodman Brown’s perspective, the audience may see the parallels of his struggles to fight the temptation of sin to their own struggles. This perspective will be compared to a semiotic view of the story, a comparison of the story to carnivalesque freedom, and a psychoanalytical approach.…
Why do people choose to fight, where others may decide to flee in a fight or flight scenario? Why do some express sadness and others show happiness in a time of pain? Psychology, which is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, is research that helps to inform/prove why people act the way they do. There are many reasons to explain questions such as these, but there are seven distinct perspectives that help to demonstrate why. As seen in Laura A. King’s book “The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View (4th edition)” there are seven contemporary approaches to psychology, that examine questions regarding human behavior.…
Identity and labels are a big part of society and defining who each other are, but what happens when a label consumes someone's identity? Andy is in a gang called the Royals and the Royals have a rivalry with another gang named the Guardians. One night Andy leaves a party to buy a pack of cigarettes and on the trip to the corner store Andy gets stabbed by a member of the guardians. In the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, the protagonist, Andy, demonstrates the theme don't let labels define you. This theme is demonstrated when Andy is stabbed in the alley, once Andy starts trying to get help, and when Andy takes his jacket off.…
Yo-Yo Knots In the novel The Things They Carried, written by Tim O’Brien there are many different rituals of war and symbols of rituals that are portrayed throughout the story. While many rituals and superstitions are apparent throughout the novel, the ones that will be discussed in this paper will be focused on Mitchell Sanders and his yo-yo. Mitchell Sanders is a steady character throughout the novel and while his yo-yo is only mentioned in one chapter, it can relate to many different stories and parts of the books.…
I. Introduction 1) Body Paragraph 1: When Nathaniel Hawthorne first introduces Roger Chillingworth in the The Scarlet Letter, he describes his physical appearance as mildly deformed. 2) Body Paragraph 2:…
Feed, by M. T. Anderson, is a science fiction novel set in the future, about 100 years ahead of present day. The cast resided in the United States while it was crashing to its demise, unbeknown to the population. In this dystopian country almost all of the citizens have ‘feeds’, an advanced style of the internet, implanted directly into the user’s brain. It has become such a necessity to life that if someone were to live without the feed, they would be seen as an outcast. Feed follows a group of high schoolers, consisting of: Link, Marty, Quendy, Calista, Loga, and Titus - the protagonist.…
In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature like a Professor, Foster writes an entertaining guide of how to dig deeper into the metaphorical meaning of every piece of literature in hopes to inspire the minds of tomorrow not only to grow in their understanding of symbols but also to trust themselves and the knowledge they already have. In relation to Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, Foster lends understanding to such common symbols like sex not being at all about the actual act but representing the challenge of one to change what is culturally expected of him. Foster also highlights that while the main character is usually safe from harm, the people around him are the ones that may get hurt in fault of the main character. Foster overall warns…
Diana Baumrind often disagreed with the ethics of the Milgram Experiment; however, Ian Parker took on a different perspective than she. Diana Baumrind, author of, Review of Stanley Milgram 's Experiments on Obedience, claims in his experiments the ethics he possessed were immoral and wrong. Throughout her article she continually disagreed with everything Milgram had "achieved", starting from the first experiments results which appeared as a review in American Psychologist in 1963 (Baumrind 89). While Diana disputed what she thought was the atrocious ethics of Milgram 's experiments, she furthermore believed Milgram should have debriefed the subjects more than what he had done (95). Although Baumrind opinionated her thoughts on these issues,…
Specific Purpose: My specific purpose for presenting this speech and persuading my audience is for me to show you the dark side of standardized testing and why it may hurt a lot of students rather than helping them. I will try my best to get my listeners to join my side on this argument. Thesis Statement: There are plenty of positive and negative aspects of standardized testing but to truly determine this argument you need to learn more about the history of standardized testing, how it impacts the students and how it impacts the school districts.…
Unit 2 – Approaches to learning theories Learning is the demonstration of knowledge of an action, which they did not know before” (Honey and Mumford. 1996) Understanding teaching and coaching it is important to have knowledge regarding the different approaches in learning styles and how they can be applied in a sporting scenario, which enables coaches and athletes to maximize their potential. The definition of learning can be contextualized by two paradigms, which are humanism and behaviorism Humanism…