Sympathy

express their feelings against oppression. In “We Wear the Mask” and “Sympathy”, Paul Laurence Dunbar depicts the harmful effects of racism through the use of symbolism, violent imagery, and a gloomy mood to develop the theme that oppression by society causes a desire for freedom among minorities. Dunbar utilizes symbolism to explain that oppression by society causes a desire for freedom. During the time these poems…

Based on the text, Firstly, i would would feel sympathy for George because looking after Lennie is frustrating and it causes him problems. This can be seen early in the first section of the book when Lennie and George are travelling to the farm that they are due to start work on and enter a clearing where Lennie starts to drink from a pond: “Lennie!” he said . “Lennie, for God sakes don’t drink so much.” Also i feel sympathetic for Curley wife because I feel Curley's wife is the most depressed…

In poems “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird” by the altruistic and erudite Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou, they constantly talk about the lives of a caged bird. This is due to the birds symbolizing a hardship. The meaning of the poems are to show how hard African-Americans had to fight for their rights because of how many limitations they we given. There are many things that make the two poems similar. The first quote that supports this is “... I know what the caged bird feels” (Sympathy, Stanza…

It begins in the year 1775, just before the start of the French Revolution (Dickens 5). Throughout the book A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens shows sympathy towards both the aristocracy and the revolutionaries; however, although he shows sympathy to both, Charles Dickens is more sympathetic to the French aristocracy. Dickens shows sympathy for the French aristocracy through the imprisonment…

Showing compassion and empathy toward a character or a person is showing sympathy. John Steinbeck, the author of Mine and Men makes the readers not sympathetic toward Lennie. The book Of Mine and Men by John Steinbeck is a book about two migrant workers, having the American Dream to own their own place on the fat of the land. Lennie does many things that shows that he is a bad person, it comes out with his actions and his traits. Lennie does not listen to what others tell him. George would…

Emily was in love with Homer, whom was likely going to leave her, this gives us, as the reader, a few reasons to feel some sympathy for her, as we all can relate with rejection. Accompanied with the seclusion from the rest of the town, and the unhealthy co-dependent relationship with her father; these small details about her life, gives us a good reason to have sympathy for Miss Emily. This being said, it does not justify poisoning the man whom rejected you. While reading the short story “A Rose…

Explore the ways that Steinbeck creates dislikes and sympathy for Curley’s wife in “Of Mice and Men.” In “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as a complicated and often misunderstood character whose conflicting actions cause the reader to alternate between feeling of contempt and empathy for her character. At the beginning of Steinbeck’s novella she is portrayed as a flirtatious character whose attention seeking behaviour disrupts the ranch men’s working lives; her character has…

California. The men on the ranch only think of her as an object, never as a real person with feelings. The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as powerless and dangerous, using temptation to gain companionship which causes sympathy for the reader. Curley’s wife is just an object that causes trouble that the Lennie and George want to be kept a distance from. She wears red which is a color that signifies danger which warns people to keep away from her. Steinbeck…

one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in” (Page 1). Each of these changes made to an individual was so that every individual was equal. Vonnegut uses indirect characterization to create sympathy for George and Hazel by…

Sympathy in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a novel composed of several underlying meanings and connections to the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne, born in the early 1800s, utilizes his families Puritan rich ancestry and his strong female role models, including his mother, to further enhance his writing. These personal connections of Hawthorne directly correlate to not only the meaning of the word sympathy, but also to who Hawthorne persuades the reader to feel sympathetic for.…