Men of War

Troy Maxson, the central figure of Fences, is a self-centered and stubborn man. He wasn’t a completely awful person, he did have some good qualities, but he just wasn’t a good man. In the play we see that does take very good care of his family and takes his position as the provider as the house very seriously. Although, his behavior and the way he talks to his family comes off as very cruel. Troy cares a lot about his family in the way that he just wants to keep them safe and provide them with…

got married and she thought she found happiness in life but their love did not last long. It soon appeared that Tom is a bully who prefers to spend time outside the hotel to be as far from Elizabeth as possible and talk about politics with other men from Winesburg. Elizabeth wants her son to become someone important, she does not want him to repeat her fate and become a meaningless creature just like her. She prays for him “If I am dead and see him becoming a meaningless drab figure like…

difficulties and pain which he will have to suffer in his journey of being an shepherd. He was happily living in the hills of Andalusian with his family if he chooses to become a priest than he might be happy and without any fear living in the hills of Andalusian with his family, but he listened to his heart and his hearts wants to travel the world and discover the treasure he dreamed for. Everybody doesn’t have the courage to leave home and chose a path in which he has to face danger,…

African-Americans and women were treated worse, solely because they differed from the status quo. A book that inadvertently highlighted these misdeeds directed towards minorities through the use of symbolism is John Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men.” John Steinbeck’s book follows George Milton, a small, smart, and easily angered man, and Lennie Small, a giant man who has a mental disability, but who is very sweet at the same time. George and Lennie go around California doing odd jobs on…

In The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot the audience is presented with the perspective of Prufrock on his romantic life and experiences with a negative tone in regard to his failure . Prufrock speaks of going out on the streets at night alone with “the one” . He does not know who will be that “one:” and he fears that he will have wasted his life away. He fears that he will never find that women and ask them the “overwhelming question”. This work was published in 1915 by…

In River Hymns, specifically “Dirt Cakes” and “Southern Silence,” Tyree Daye depicts Youngsville as a small, rural, white majority with racial divisions -- racism. He has a place in the town amongst all of the problems, along with family and friends. The adults in the family have to let loose and forget what has happened throughout the week with drinking and dancing. This shows the backgrowling work that they are forced into and in a bad working environment. He writes in a way that is not happy…

“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool,” (Stephen King). BJ in Tears of A Tiger and Maddie in Lucky In Love both try to find a greater good in other people and sometimes even themselves. BJ was trying to blame himself for Robs death but kept trying to find a way around it. He wanted to not feel guilty and to prove to himself that he was good, he wanted God to forgive him. Similarly, Maddie had recently won the lottery. More people had been coming up to her than usual and she…

The mistreatment of African Americans by American Society motivated John Steinbeck to write the novella, Of Mice and Men. As shown in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, he writes many cultural references to African Americans in the 1930's. There is one character called Crooks who is an African American. In the book Crooks is referred to as a Nigger, in the 1930's this word was considered to be not offensive but in modern times this word is very offensive. In this book, John…

Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” A recurring presence in Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an inevitable suffering all characters in the novella experience, some more than others. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck successfully portrays the most terrible poverty Mother Teresa describes in the era of the Great Depression among farm workers. George Milton, the protagonist, is a short, intelligent man who takes care of his…

In my research paper I will write about loneliness. Economic problems, commitment to relationships, and personal struggles within the characters in Cannery Row produce a feeling of loneliness in the characters. By analyzing characters in Cannery Row, the thesis of loneliness will be able to be depicted in the characters life. Characters such as Mack and the boys, Henri, and Doc show the feeling of loneliness throughout the book. Millions of people around the world express the feeling of…