In john Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, the reader is introduced to many characters, all having their own limitations. Two of those characters, Lennie Small and George…, are both introduced to the readers right away. In this impactful novella, one can learn about how cruel life really is, and how broken the american dream can be. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck crafts his character Lennie in order to demonstrate the dehumanization of the mentally challenged and how the creation of false…
character. Usually, the descriptions are positive, emphasizing the good a person possesses rather than the evil locked away in the heart. More specifically, they are the correct adjectives to describe Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Inevitably, every character possesses another facet to their actions, one that can be clearly hidden or presented in a vast haze of evidence. Occupation wise, as a lawyer, Atticus would have to deal with differentiating between the good and the…
Confucius once said: “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” (Goodreads). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the children in the story obtain a lot of wisdom in these three ways. When their father is asked to defend an African American in their small prejudiced town in Alabama they learn many lessons. These lessons are heartbreaking and painful, but the…
Pursuing My Impossible Dream “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” - Christopher Reeve I have always dreamt of being a lawyer. My father once told me that with my line of reasoning I would make a fine one. I fancy myself standing in front of the court room cross-examining witnesses, prosecuting criminals, like Casey Novak in the drama, Law and Order SVU. I wanted to pursue it right after…
The 1987 film Cry Freedom is based two of Donald Woods’ books, Asking for Trouble and Biko. It tells the friendship between Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko and White liberal newspaper editor, Donald Woods. The film’s director, Richard Attenborough presents the first half as Woods’ education on the struggle on Black consciousness movement and it fight against apartheid, and the latter features the plight of Woods’ and his family escape from South Africa in order for him to publish a book…
of this masterpiece, Harper Lee, is praised as one of the best American authors in the history of literature. Throughout her book, Harper Lee exposed many injustice that she had witnessed in her childhood. Lee expresses various underlying themes throughout the book through the masterful use of dialogue and narration. Some of the themes and motifs portrayed in this novel are prejudice and the coexistence of good and evil in the world. The author of the novel, Harper Lee, uses the characters to…
Rationale I wrote a letter from John to Lenina, from Brave New World, where he explains the reasons of his suicide and ask her to wake up and see the world in a different and more human way. It is written with a nostalgic informal tone and it is directed to an audience of all-ages, but especially school students. In my letter, I used informal language in first person that had a nostalgic, almost desperate tone, in which I wanted to show the struggle that John had inside of him applying phrases…
How to Trap a Pigeon Pigeons are the one of the most annoying species that we can find in the cities, and their number is only getting larger by years. They are a messy, disease-carrying pests and many people literally hate them and want to remove them from their lives. There are several different ways how to successfully trap the pigeon and you can find about them in the text below. You can catch a pigeon with the classic, old-fashioned trap. You could make one yourself or purchase it. There…
because his feeling for him was more the a friends. As the article states “ I dreamed of being with Raphael and Bruce lee in an open field,practicing for a fight page 8 line 18-19”. Basically, this quote show the feeling that Okenwa have for Raphael he see himself living in a house with him and Bruce lee to be part of the family because they both love Kung fu and love to watch Bruce lee movie . This is important because, for the fact that Okenwa see Raphael more the friend and already image is…
After being available in cinema for about a week, Marvel’s new film Dr.Strange has already becoming one of the most popular movie in cinema now. Even though Dr.Strange is a completely new character for the most of the audience, but combining Benedict Cumberbatch’s unparalleled performance and the excellent special effect, Dr.Strange who is the first super hero to use magic began getting more and more intention. But after so many big production super hero movie, how is Dr.Strange different from…