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1. “Visual Symbol. Provide a colorful, visual symbol important to the work. Explain the symbol and tell why you chose to use that symbol and its significance to the overall work. Quote the lines (and cite the page numbers) that inspire you to choose this symbol. Make sure the symbol is in color. You are permitted to copy and paste computer images.” “Explain using complete sentences and textual evidence from the text to thoroughly support your claim.” One of the most…

Reviewing Nathaniel Rich’s book titled "The Man Who Saves You From Yourself" Cults do exist, but no one ever admits to joining such a group or affiliation. One only joins a nonprofit organization that promotes animal rights, green technology, or transcendental meditation, as they would admit. However, regardless of how much these members of a cult deny it, cults do exist. In fact, cult groups live among unsuspecting members of their society and continue to carry out their cult activities and…

During the 1930’s, there many men that were classified as ‘migrant workers’. These men, moved from ranch to ranch, looking for jobs. Almost all of these ranch hands were travelling alone, for many months, or even years. They did not have families or friends because they did not stay in one spot for too long. There were few men that travelled in pairs, and those friendships were usually the strongest there was. This kind of friendship is shown throughout Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This…

throughout the story to foreshadow the death of Lennie Small, and many other events that occur during the novel? The story Of Mice And Men tells the tale of migrant workers George Milton and Lennie Small, and their experiences working on a ranch in the Salinas Valley. In the story, John Steinbeck does a marvelous job foreshadowing the events that will occur so that all of them have meaning. Everything in the book has significance because all aspects of the plot foreshadow many events including…

As part of an assignment for the nursing ethics paper, I interviewed Chic Arboiz, who’s a registered nurse working at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA. Arboiz is a naturalized citizen, and graduated with a BSN degree from Misamis University (MU), located in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to Barbara Brush (2008), approximately 50 percent of all foreign nurses received their basic education in the Philippines. Since foreign educated workers bring differing ethical…

Lesson Learned Walking into Salina Central high school in September of 2011 as a little freshman. Walking into a whole new world, an entirely new chapter in my life, little did I know I was going to learn one hard lesson that would affect my entire point of view on people. Countee Cullen wrote the short story "Incident" which is about a little boy that only remembers one thing from being in Baltimore for months. Only remembering that someone called him a "Nigger" at only eight years old. This…

the fog that sets the mood of the story and reflects Elisa. The imagery of the bright direction, what the reality is what is present in the beginning of the novel. As Steinbeck opens up by saying, “The high-grey flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley….” (Steinbeck, 800). This line is a great way to set off the mood and setting of the story from just the…

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…

the inequality towards age in Of Mice and Men. Candy is a hard worker, who spent his best years working at someone's ranch until he suffers an accident, consisting of him losing a hand, and was left with little money. Now he works in this ranch at Salinas Valley, northern California. Candy lives with a fear that the second he is considered not helpful because of his age he will be kicked out and left to die and rot. Like his dog, who is shot once he is old and becomes more problem than help to…

many days and would fend off the Mexican troops. In the first few battles they had around 100 people were killed. With the uprising now coming up even faster the Mexican government had a big problem on their hands. The president at the time, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, held peace talks to try to persuade the rebels to stop, but this did not stop. Secretly, while this was all happening the Mexican government was fighting the…