Discrimination In Society In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

This suggests that Holden could be relying on his hand being injured as an excuse to cover for himself. There have been many in history extending to today who have accomplished much with an injury or disability. Relying on this excuse as a crutch can be seen as Holden’s inability to recognize his own failings. This is seen time and time again in his misinterpretation of his cool self image, his lack of social skills, and his overconfidence in fighting. This inability to see his own failings also shows Holden’s state of mind as he himself is failing in life in a way.

Typically when one person stops doing their job, another person is unable to do theirs, and then another and another, until the whole community is unable to function. As Enkidu joined civilization, he sacrificed his self-reliance, meaning his sense of reliability on the community is more of a dependability. Which is a risk because he is now depending on a community he has just joined. He is already weaker than he was before and has gotten used to things being done for him, so it is improbable that he would be able to live on his own. So if people stopped doing their part in the community Enkidu would either have to learn to survive on his own again, find a new community, or die.

Eric being portrayed as a figure that stands out compared to other characters tells us that even though the family accepted him, society will always have a hard time understanding people who are not identical and come from a different cultural background than them. Natives of a region might tend to alienate a group of people who they are unfamiliar with. Eric went about his daily life in a different way than his host family, such as studying and sleeping in the kitchen, and how he left without saying anything.The family’s justifications of these peculiar actions was “it must be a cultural thing”. This symbolizes the distinct lifestyles around the globe. Eric discovers and inspects every new object that he stumbles upon and asks the narrator loads of questions, but most of the question were about things that natives overlook and ignore in their everyday lives.

Right away in the story Mr. Scott gets a bad feeling about the watchman.This helps the reader see that the watchman is not to be trusted. At the end of the story when the watchman is also known to be the hearse driver it is less of a surprise that he might have been working for the king in yellow. Another time the author includes foreshadowing is when the Mr. Scott is talking about his dream. He says, “After what seemed to me hours, I began to feel uncomfortable. A sense that somebody was close to me made me unclose my eyes.

Terry Struggles to find out the cause of his father’s disorder, therefore he is unable to accept him. The theme of the story “Stop the Sun” is that understanding brings acceptance and this is shown to the reader through Terry’s frustration, embarrassment and finally his understanding. The theme which is understanding brings acceptance is shown through Terry’s frustration. After asking his mother about his father’s PTSD, he was told it was because of the war, but Terry knew there was something else, something specific that had happened; “ But it bothered him whenever it happened. When something bothered him, he liked to stay with it until he understood it and he understood not part of this”(50).

This prevents him from working as much as the others, which, in turn, causes him to distance himself from the other workers. In the beginning, when George in hesitant in staying in the bunks, Candy was persistent in keeping him there by saying, “Tell you what…last guy that had the bed was a blacksmith…clean a guy as you want to meet. Used to wash his hands even

After this conversation, John avoids you from now on. A few days later, your boss talks to you about the exchange between you and John. You lose your job, because of how you identify and because those around you do not like the way you identify. For transgender people across the nation, feeling this way and being in this type of situation is something of a reality. “Gender” is a word that explains how someone might present themselves physically- usually either male or female (though some people might not express themselves as either).

He believes the Birlings need to discover their ignominious actions for them to change how they treat people, much the same as Prospero intends to shame his brother and king for their actions. Neither Prospero nor Inspector Goole can control the outcome of their actions but the discoveries they place for the other characters in their own worlds impact each person differently. The binary opposition between the older Birlings and Gerald in An Inspector Calls, and the Birling children displays how the personality of a person could be the factor in

By using pathos, he tries to convince the audience. He uses himself as an example by telling he have had a rough upbringing and it’s not having been easy. However, in the end it turned out well. At the same time the audience feel sorry for him, because he tells how rough his life has been. When Obama tells about his own life, he doesn’t mention what he has become of the hard work, because that might send a wrong signal.

Scott Fitzgerald explains how he doesn’t believe that our elders are so much more knowledgeable than us and how marriage sours quickly (He really gets into many different topics). Elders were more than willing to share experiences with younger people but they really don’t want to hear a reaction to their experience. Fitzgerald explains how “They always talk about their experiences but they go on making the same mistakes at 50” (5). A perfect example of this is Troy in Fences. Troy probably left his family in shambles due to his stint in prison but he worked hard to obtained stable job after he finished his sentence.