Ranch

“Is anybody not ready? Hike On.” I exclaimed countless times on my twelve day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch. My much older brother had ventured to Philmont with our dad fifteen years before my trip, so as you can imagine, I grew up hearing stories of the 137,000 acre paradise perched within the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico. Philmont is a twelve day strenuous backpacking experience and not for the faint of heart. Luckily for me, I was eligible at fourteen and my dad was healthy and…

Since the age of 9, I’ve been fortunate enough to attend Dallas Valley Ranch Camp as a camper. This camp truly change my life for the better so at age 16, I volunteered 4 weeks of my summer as staff. For 3 of these weeks, I was in cabins with kids from age 8-13 and for the other week, I was a custodian. My days would start at just after 7 and end a little after 11 - on a good day. Being responsible for 9 kids 24 hours a day came with frustrations and challenges. However, there is great joy in…

The first semester of my freshman year at Otay Ranch High School went very well as I learned three major things that will help me this next semester. First of all, I learned the importance of not procrastinating on doing my work for classes. Second of all, I learned that some bad things will happen that can lead to worse in classes. Third of all, I learned that having fun in classes made the subject more likeable and allowed me to learn more. To begin with, I learned the importance of not…

I shall always remember my first year working at Turkey Hill Ranch. I have always possessed an enduring fondness of the lovely church camp over all the years I’ve spent there as a camper, but I never imagined that its unique nature and pleasant atmosphere would impart such invaluable wisdom. This quiet and seemingly insignificant breadth of woods and field, tucked away amongst the encompassing depths of central Missouri, gave me an abundance of clarity on the exceeding importance of humility,…

big factor for the some people on the ranch during this time period because it was during the great depression, a time where things were rough and people lived paycheck to paycheck. Also, the people were out on a ranch in the country away from people. As a result, people in Steinbeck's novel, “ Of Mice and Men”, were very lonely and isolated. Crooks is the stable buck of the ranch, he is no only isolated from people in town, but also isolated from all the ranch workers. Crooks is black, and in…

she is the only woman on the ranch, candy is lonely after he lets Carlson shoot his dog. Candy immediately feels depressed and lonely. But only one man on the ranch has been lonely their whole life on the ranch. Crooks, a black man that works in the barn on the ranch. Crooks is the loneliest character on the ranch because he has been there the longest and has never gotten along with the other men or ever had friends. Crooks is the only black man on the ranch and he is discriminated by…

to be productive on the ranch. He will be kicked off the ranch sooner or later. Candy, the old men in Of Mice and Men, can be described as a useless, joyous and caring person. Candy can be considered unproductive as he does not work on the ranch anymore. Candy isn’t as strong as he once used to be. He also has a broken hand which disables him to do a lot of stuff. Steinbeck writes, “Candy said, “I ain’t much good with on’y one hand. I lost my hand right here on this ranch,” (59). The last…

All the ranch hands had dreams, but they realized that there was no real hope and the possibilities for success were little to none. Violence was a common theme at the ranch physically, emotionally, and psychologically. This is brought out through the depiction of women as well as the physical violence that occurred. Women in this story can only be seen as as prostitutes or as Curley's wife. Throughout the story she is shown as a cause of trouble. She also was not even given a name, but instead…

and Men, Candy is a symbol to readers that, no matter social class or age, all men have the right to dream which shows that no matter the person in the ranch they all have a dream. In the novella Candy has a dream to own his own ranch and to not need to work for any other person for the rest of his life. Candy talks about buying a little ranch with George and Lennie who share this dream. He believes so strongly in this dream that he will believe the word of a man whom he had just me. George…

that set them apart from the other ranch hands. Lennie, Candy, and Crooks have something in common that causes them to be left out. When the others leave to Susie’s Bar, they are left behind. While the other ranch hands are gone, Lennie, Candy, and Crooks are in Crooks’ bunkhouse talking. Lennie starts talking about ranch he, George, and Candy will soon have. Crooks is very skeptical about the idea, but begins to tell Lennie about how his father had a ranch when he was younger. Lennie then…