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- 5271: Peyton Place
- ... thirteen. Newspapers never mentioned the words incest, rape, or sexual abuse, instead using phrases as "sordid details", "molested", and unhappy childhood." Selena is then caught and put on trial. Grace Metalious’ Peyton Place had a big impact on American society. The novel changed the way people viewed poverty, sexual abuse, and sex. Before, the performance of women during sex was more like a "grin and bear it" situation. It opened many ...
- 5272: Out Of This Furnace
- ... for, offers "stock to its employees...to find out how much money the workers could save on the wages they were getting…" and cut their wages accordingly (Bell, p.145). This reveals the extreme measures big corporations would take to cut wages so that they would make more money and exploit the immigrants. However, Mike and Mary are able to make extra money by taking in boarders. This indirectly is a ...
- 5273: Our Lady Of The Snows
- ... the 'ultimate force', it is acquired by any means possible. At 'the Bradley' a pimp named Frankie Spagnola tries to cheat his 'girls' out of their share through bribery and fear hoping to collect the big pay check.(pg.11) Those men who already have an abundance of money accumulate even more through paid protection.(pg.10) Others such as Mr. Dubuque also run their own business, doing favors for others ...
- 5274: Only Yesterday
- ... sold cosmetics, appliances, and other new inventions did well also. Farmers and textiles did poorly and many farmers fled the countryside to find better jobs in the city. The Ford Model A car became a big craze and consumers flocked to purchase one. Gas stations and paved roads cropped up throughout the country. The United States was having a huge economic boom and the majority of the country was reaping the ...
- 5275: Only The Heart
- ... change, there were many answerable questions and they wanted to get away from it. And after their Grandfather got an assimilation speaker put on his shop roof that was the last straw. They had a big trip ahead of them. So the families escaped on a filthy boat. The book describes the terrible conditions on the boat quite well I think. The families and everyone on the boat were scared of ...
- 5276: On The Road
- ... to illicit feelings of accomplishment and fufillment. The lessons he gives are to follow those crazy dreams you have, to be mad, to be crazy, to act out your wildest dreams because this is one big, crazy world spinning around and one's life is so short that you must act and make every single moment matter. Jack Kerouac lets you know that being mad and not down to earth is ...
- 5277: Of Mice And Men - Lonliness
- ... Of Mice and Men is only a metaphor for the loneliness and isolation that occurs on a daily basis in our global village where people of all ages, sexes and races merge together in one big pot of cultural soup. Although the examples given in the novel may be to the extreme in today’s society, it gives the readers an idea of the different types of loneliness and isolation that ...
- 5278: Of Mice And Men
- ... take really good care of him. In return for George’s watchful eye, Lennie provides protection and security to George. Lennie looks up to George, much like a younger brother would look up to a big brother. The relationship between George and Slim, although not as developed as the relationship between Lennie and George, is still important. When George first arrives at the ranch, Slim instantly befriends him and advises him ...
- 5279: Of Mice And Men
- ... two men, Lennie and George off to make their dream of fortune come true. I think it is important to explain their characters as to get a brief picture in your mind. Lennie is a big man, with horrendous strength, unfortunately he doesn’t know how to use it properly to his advantage. The problem is he’s dumb, and not just dumb, he hasn’t got a mind of his ...
- 5280: Oedipus The King - Compared To Things Fall Apart
- ... because she went out to plait her hair. "He walked back to his obi to await Ojiugo's return. And when she returned he beat her very heavily" (Achebe 29). Actually, it was really a big fault of Okonkwo since he beat her in the Week of Peace: "You have committed a great evil" (Achebe 30). "But Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating somebody half-way through, not even ...
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