The Hollow Men

height of the Great Depression, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men accurately captures the values and ideas that the time period represents. As the 1930s were a time where women’s rights were significantly limited, women were often objectified and treated poorly. Whether it be the girl who screams due to Lennie touching her dress or any other female, Steinbeck generally depicts women as troublemakers who bring nothing but inconvenience to men, and when it comes to this label, Curley’s Wife is no…

The success of any group is determined by those who lead it. In Richard Adams’ Watership Down, a band of rabbits led by Hazel leave their warren when one of them, Hazel’s little brother Fiver, feels that some sort of danger is imminent. They encounter several struggles before they settle down and create the Watership warren. An attempt to extract does from another warren called Efrafa, lead by the fierce General Woundwort, starts a rivalry between the two groups. Hazel and Woundwort are…

Mice and Men is: Loneliness affects everyone. Throughout the book the characters express their loneliness in different ways, some of them in more indiscreet manners. An example of some of these characters are: Lennie, George, and Candy. Each of these characters experience a different type a loneliness that contribute to the theme. Lennie’s is a kind of clueless isolation, george’s is a voluntary loneliness, and candy’s is involuntary. Lennie is one of the main character in Of Mice and Men, he…

Grizzly Bear 1. simple story The bear wants to get a job. Wallace The bear lost his job. Gabe Donald loves roses. Trey His favorite kind is red roses. Gabe Donald is a spy. Trey He loves water. Trey He hates girl bears. Trey Donald is rich. Trey Donald eats Austin. Trey He hates cheese. Trey Trey named the bear. Trey His brother’s name is Trump. Gabe Donald is very energetic. Gabe Donald use to live in a den. Gabe The bear eats everything. Trey A grizzly bear lived in the woods. Gabe The bear…

In Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed novel Things Fall Apart the theme of giving into fear and the darkening presence of fear are prevalent throughout his story. When the fearsome tribal warrior Okonkwo is first introduced, and the readers learn all about his impressive backstory of being a keen farmer and warrior, and learning that in his youth he toppled the Cat (whom had never been beaten in a wrestling match), the reader also begins to learn about his inner fears. Of course these fears…

horse, in a town looking for his missing head or for someone else’s as a replacement. It is said to happen every night in this town called Sleepy Hollow (Hendricks 1). Ichabod Crane, is the main character in the story, “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, he was a teacher who was coming to the town, and he is portrayed as an…

Of Mice and Men No matter what the situation, a loyal friend will know what’s best for you. Throughout the novel Of Mice and Men Lennie always looks up to George for guidance to get him through all of the difficult situations he finds himself in. With George’s guidance, Lennie seems to get through each and everyone. Until he finally makes a mistake where the consequences cannot be avoided. Also, George is always careful about what he lets Lennie do, this shows that George knows what Lennie is…

Zootopia is about a bunny, Judy Hopps, who struggles to fit into the police force. She quickly discovers that Zootopia is not quite what she imagined. Ironically, she partners up with a fox, Nick Wilde, who stubbornly creates conflict between the two of them. The story is centered around a bunny named Judy Hopps whose dream is to become a cop. Usually, predators are the only animals that become cops, but she firmly believes that she can be just as good of a cop as any predator because they are…

Troy Maxson, the central figure of Fences, is a self-centered and stubborn man. He wasn’t a completely awful person, he did have some good qualities, but he just wasn’t a good man. In the play we see that does take very good care of his family and takes his position as the provider as the house very seriously. Although, his behavior and the way he talks to his family comes off as very cruel. Troy cares a lot about his family in the way that he just wants to keep them safe and provide them with…

got married and she thought she found happiness in life but their love did not last long. It soon appeared that Tom is a bully who prefers to spend time outside the hotel to be as far from Elizabeth as possible and talk about politics with other men from Winesburg. Elizabeth wants her son to become someone important, she does not want him to repeat her fate and become a meaningless creature just like her. She prays for him “If I am dead and see him becoming a meaningless drab figure like…