Salinas, California

“Persistence and resilience only comes from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” Was well said by an American writer Gever Tulley (BrainyQuates, 2017). During October 2, 1984 through February 15, 1990 was one of my toughest years of my life. As a child, my perspective towards life was being naive, selfish and did not understand why my parents were temporarily separated and what was going on in the United States. First, I will explain what was going on during the era…

In Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck writes about two men traveling during the time of the Great Depression. George saves Lennie from an incident in Weed, California, so they head to a ranch in Salinas, California to find work. These friends share a common dream of earning money to buy a quiet farm to live on. Because George is a dynamic character, his physical description, views on life, and interactions with others change throughout the story. Steinbeck uses George’s physical…

Of 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…

expressing, discrimination sacrifices and most of all Loneliness and Dreams. As loneliness is a major theme in the’ Of Mice and Men’ novel it is clear to the readers that the majority of the characters feel that way. Set in the 1937 America, Salinas California, which is when The Great Depression happened, it tells the story of two ranch farmers set on a journey to find a new farm. They had to get away from the previous life they were living as incidents happened to result them leaving the place…

Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, published in 1937. It is set in the Salinas Valley in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Two migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, have a work contract at a local ranch so that they one day might purchase property of their own; however, due to Lennie’s childlike mental state the goal seems far-fetched. In his poem, ‘To a Mouse’, which is also the source of the novella’s title, Robert Burns wrote, “The best laid schemes…

What’s An American Dream for Immigrants Undocumented immigrants come from different parts of the world not just Mexico. The ones that are mostly judged for coming to America to find and live the American Dream are the Latinos. We are the one’s that are different and have all these stereotypes about us; but not every Latino is a criminal or rapist. They don’t know the struggle that all undocumented faced everyday and fear that they won’t be deported and separated from their families. We all…

Introduction Companies are affected by an external environment as much as they are affected by the competitors. International issues influencing business are legal, political, social, technological and economic. In good understanding of these influences is essential while developing a business plan. The factors in the Australian environment affecting Disney 's global and domestic decisions in marketing include: the impact of trade agreements/practices and global economic interdependence,…

The geography of the United States changes a lot when you are from California. If it’s south, its Texas. If it’s east, it’s New York. If it 's North, I don’t know, Canada maybe? And of course, California dominates the west coast. Whatever breaking news that was happening elsewhere didn’t matter much unless it happened in the golden state. I grew up in this paradisal isolation. This mentality that you were in the center of the universe, and that everything else was simply revolving. That was…

When you hear the word ‘flood’ what do you think of? The majority of us probably think of the scientific definition of the word: a natural disaster that happens when a large amount of water covers an area of land that is normally dry (Merriam-Webster Online). However, in recent years, this scientific definition has been taken out of context to form a tasteless political metaphor. In the United States, immigration has/is frequently referred to as a flood, a stream, a tide, a wave, a tsunami, or a…

Introduction The representation of Africa and African people in popular American media has been a major concern in academic disciplines and the subject of numerous books and essays. Many scholars and activists have written about this issue seeking to introduce new knowledges and methodologies into the debate while taking into account the overwhelming evidence of the colonial influence on these representations. The debates and arguments are not restricted to Hollywood films (although Hollywood…