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set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering” (p.106), “A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside and runs deep and green” (p.1). This descriptive writing can help students be inspired to write better and therefore make them successful in the future. The themes that are included in Steinbeck’s writing…

Bullying a Deadly Epidemic Every time you turn on the news it seems you hear about a school shooting or a suicidal death of a youth. Behind these tragedies, it always comes to be known that the victim and or perpetrator were bullied by their peers prior to the occurring incident. Has bullying become a problematic issue within our youth? The following paragraphs will inform of how immense this issue has become currently within our society. Everyone can admit that as an adolescent growing up they…

(MM) as a play/novelette. That is, the structure of the book is very much like a play even though it appears to look like a short novel. Notice how easily the book breaks down into acts and scenes as in a play: Act I Scene i. A sandy bank of the Salinas River Scene ii. The interior of a bunk house Act II Scene i. The same as Act I, scene ii Scene ii. The room of the stable buck, a lean-to Act III Scene i. One end of a great barn Scene ii. Same as Act I, scene i Also, what we learn…

sharing stories that are surrounded by the new green initiatives, the brand creates a new way of marketing itself. Furthermore, it is using user-generated content, tapping into the peer-to-peer influence of consumer based brand equity (Gil, Andre, & Salinas, 2007). Forest Essentials Foundation: An extension of the Soundarya club (Forest Essentials India, 2015), Forest Essentials should provide training and employment opportunities to other parts of India to earn a living, as it has to…

George ran through the brush to the meeting spot with Carlson’s Luger bobbing in his side pocket. He had taken the gun to cause the men behind him a small delay. After reaching the familiar sight of the Salinas river pool, the one he had seen just weeks ago when he and Lennie had arrived at the ranch, he started looking over the brush. Even in the small amount of sunlight still left in the sky, it wasn’t hard to find Lennie especially when he had hands over his years yelling. George couldn’t…

While she is happy to have children, she knows her heart is in “Salina Cruz” with the belly dancer, and in West Virginia where one of the “Dark women clad in flat and functional leather/… /lays her lips like spring across my chest.” In fact, she admires these very same women and they remind her of “the last Dahomean…

comprehension opportunity is the critical thinking skills that are part of the telling fact from fiction section of the book. These activities are used to help all students understand the content and differentiate fact from opinion (Berson, Howard, & Salinas, 2010). There are also a number of pictures with captions, vocabulary words, and knowledge check questions in the reading. Special Education students can benefit from the inclusion of cognitive strategy instruction that can be used to both…

These words by Helen Keller are true for the two main characters George and Lennie in John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck friendship plays a major role throughout the story. The novel takes place in Salinas, California during a time of suffering, The Great Depression. Migrant workers George and Lennie are the main characters that have a very symbiotic friendship. Lennie who has a mental impairment causing him to always be searching for trouble,…

James Byron Dean was a famous man, and I am telling you how his life lead up to him being famous. He might not of had the best family to grow up in, but it is interesting to learn about him. You have no clue how awesome it is to learn about someone who past away before you were born. I hope you enjoy this essay. I hope you enjoy it as much a I did. James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana, to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. James’s Dad was a farmer, but quit to become a…

I truly like my new experience because I am helping and serving the community of Salinas but I am also contributing and coming up with ideas in how to improve the program for future students. Throught out my journey as a service learner I have learned so much more about myself and I have learned that I am continuing to grow more as a person by being active in the community, serving the students, and becoming a critical thinker offering some of my ideas and coming up with a way in how to attract…