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    American citizens. However, because they are not Native Americans that finds it difficult to pursue the career. As a result, the American institutions have become more meritocratic. They have also come up with innovations that never existed before. From this, the article would be very good in explaining how identity…

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    Curley's Wife Loneliness

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    Loneliness is defined by Merriam-Webster as “being without company”. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie Smalls and George Milton are two men living in the midst of the Great Depression looking for work. They find jobs in Soledad, California after Lennie finds trouble with the law at their previous job. Working on a ranch, they quickly meet the boss, the boss’ son Curley, and the other workers, Slim, Candy, Carlson, Crooks, and Whit. The workers are a tight knit group, and there are…

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    California has always been the center of high class and glamorous lifestyles. Hollywood has a way of seeping into everyone's minds through one form or another. In the song Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the band reveals many truths and observations about the California lifestyle. This song released in 1999, came at a pivotal time in the United States when the country was starting to shift to a more liberal and open-minded mindset. Anthony Kiedis and the rest of the Chili Peppers…

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    Steinbeck utilizes repetition and circular structure to convey the lure and challenges of the American Dream in Of Mice and Men. Throughout the story, Lennie and George have a dream of owning a little plot of land. In this dream, the pair have a place they belong, and Lennie will get to tend to the rabbits. They tell another character, Candy, about their dream and he offers to work the land and contribute the money he has saved to buy the land. Steinbeck includes repetition of ideas to emphasize…

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    lists the arts that contribute to the perception of California as a place of promise. He captures the promise of California by giving specific examples from each of the arts and how they contribute to the creation of this promise. Of these arts however, photography and outdoors/sports are the best for exploring the connection between promise and the arts. The utilization of photography and the outdoors as an outlet to express the promise in California is a great technique that Starr uses in his…

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    Mice And Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck was an author born in the Salinas, California. The area in which he lived in played a big role in the setting of Of Mice And men as he grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, not far from the Pacific Coast, which served as setting for a lot of his best written work. Of Mice And Men is based on two migrant workers in California, George Milton and Lennie Small. The two companions depend and stick together in a world where most…

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    beginning of the movie, the location took place in Newark, New Jersey. However, throughout the movie, the location takes place in Reseda, California. The climate overall was the typical moderate California weather, which included a shiny and sunny environment. 2. Date; year, season, time of day: The movie takes place around the early 1980s. The season of movie ranges from early Fall to Winter. The time of days vary depending on each scene. 3. Economic environment (What is the ECONOMY like…

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    Toy Story 3: A Case Study

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    Europe News Week (2010) explains that from the production of the first Toy Story, Disney being well aware of the impact of theme parks and merchandising decided to implement these strategies onto the last film of the trilogy. This is because they are profitable marketing strategies that lead…

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    and Lennie from Of Mice and Men being isolated in the setting of the novels, there is no escape from achieving a positive resolution. Dialogue shows the confinement of Lennie’s and the narrator’s mental capacities, as well as foreshadowing, which demonstrates how the only way to gain a sense of freedom in both texts is to die.…

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    the story suggests is that betrayal comes from fear, and it can be overcome through courage. Amir witnesses Hassan getting raped by the neighborhood bully Assef. He watches this happen yet does not help, and once he gets guilt-stricken he tries to make Baba, Amir’s dad, send Hassan away from living in their…

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