Solitaire Essays

where he got the inspiration for his best-seller, Desert Solitaire. Abbey writes about living alone in the desert, to escape the cultures in today’s society. Abbey has a way of writing that is not quite comparable to any other author. I personally love hearing people talk about something that they’re passionate about, to see the gleam in their eye and hear the excitement in their tone. That is how I pictured

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey is a memoir depicting his experience as a Seasonal Interpretive Ranger at the Arches National Monument in Moab, Utah. In addition to his own memories, Abbey describes the rich biodiversity of the land, stories about the area, and descriptions of the Industrial Tourism developments happening in the area at that time. During the summer in which Abbey resided on land, he lived in a tin trailer provided for rangers by the government. The Arches themselves are visible

Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness recounts the experiences Abbey has as a park ranger for the Arches National Monument in the 1950s. This autobiography—which is considered one of the most important works of nature writing—mixes activism, observation, and philosophy. From what began as Abbey’s notes kept while staying in the Arches National Monument, Abbey book explores the plants and animals who inhabit the National Park, the uniqueness of the Colorado River, and the relationship

Life in the Lower Class In the novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair uses various literary devices to portray the naturalism movement in the view of a Lithuanian immigrant living in America. Sinclair uses symbolism to portray the house that Jurgis and Ona desire to live in as the beginning of their American dream, he also uses foreshadow as he mentions the innocent hogs being slaughtered at the factory which foreshadows Jurgis and his families future as these innocent people begin to face hardships

Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle in 1906 during the time of progressivism to portray the horrors of the labor conditions and non existing sanitary conditions of the meat packing industry. Jurgis and his family, immigrants from Lithuania, came to America expecting a prosperous life. The family dreamed of coming to America for a better life full of success and opportunity but as they began working in the stockyards they were exposed to the terrible quality of life experienced by the factory workers

Imperial Dreams, is about a young father Bambi (John Boyega) returning home from jail eager to care for his son Dayton, and become a writer, but crime, poverty and a flawed system threaten his plans. Imperial Dreams, shows the Masked Racism in Watts, Los Angeles and the cycle of crime and violence that has affected Bambi life so far. The movie shows the many obstacles present in the system that prevent those interested in rehabilitation to survive when place back in society instead of making it

In chapter nine, “Water”, of Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, written by Edward Abbey, the author converses with a tourist about the tourist’s claim of there being a water shortage in the park. Abbey disagrees with the tourist and describes many water-related events, such as the way Vernon Pick was able to survive in the desert, Abbey’s encounters with a desert storm, flash floods, quicksand, and pools of water formed after flash floods. In the end of chapter nine, Abbey makes the point

In his novella Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the symbol of Solitaire and illustrates a parallel to the poem “To a Mouse,” to prove that uncontrollable factors often expose one’s meticulous plans for the future, leaving those who are over-reliant on such plans in despair. Through the symbolism of the card game Solitaire, Steinbeck highlights how intricately people attempt to plan using their existing knowledge. After Curley is introduced to George, he and Candy discuss Curley’s problematic

at the Grand Canyon, about 136 per day during peak season. The Grand Canyon has been preserved and protected by the U.S. National Park Service, and has been open to the public. I (not very long ago) read a piece by Edward Church, his novel Desert Solitaire. Church worked as a ranger for the United States National Park Service at the Arches National Monument. While working and living in southern Utah, Church brings across his disgust with industrial tourism as a poor attempt to understand nature and

Many people assume deserts are just full of sand, cacti, and a dry place that lacks water. Although some of those may be true, the desert doesn't completely lack life or beauty as we observe in Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. In this excerpt by Edward Abbey, he emphasizes the connectivity of the human experience coexisting parallel with nature by attaching human experiences to animals, describing the various inhabitants and scenery, and comparing the features of the desert with those who benefit

In Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck uses the motif of George playing solitaire to illustrate how truly alone we are, controlling so little while the rest is up to chance. Steinbeck commonly uses George playing solitaire to show the limitations we have in controlling our lives. Steinbeck begins showing this when, “[George cuts] the cards and [begins] turning them over, looking at each one and throwing them down in a pile”(27). The different piles where George can place his cards represent the

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck exhibits a solitary motif conveying incapable loneliness throughout the book. Complex characterization is used by Steinbeck to distinctly illustrate loneliness and solitaire. In particular, loneliness is portrayed through one of the ranchmen, Candy who owns a dog. The dog seems meaningless, the ranch men couldn't comprehend a logical reason to keep it, ultimately Candy gave in and let Carlson kill his dog, “A shot sounded in the distance. The men looked quickly at

The solitaire hand, dog references, and water snakes are three prominent foreshadows in Lennie’s death. One of George’s few possessions is a deck of cards, he often lays them out to play a game of solitaire. “He went back to the table and set out a new solitaire hand” (Steinbeck 33). Solitaire is a card game that is played by a single player. It is indicated that George plays this single-player game often, seeing that he has to set out a new hand. Due to the fact that solitaire is a played

this is George playing solitaire. “Lennie got up from his bunk and sat down at the table, across from George. Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness.” (Steinbeck pg. 55) This evidence helps the reader understand the theme of loneliness because solitaire is only meant for a single player. It can be a multiple player game but George plays it every chance he gets by himself. George playing solitaire gets repeated throughout

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a captivating and eye opening novel. It centers around two unlikely best friends, George and Lennie, who have to endure the cruelties of living in America during the Great Depression. The unlikely pair has only one thing on their mind: to own a little plot of land that they can call their own. This simple idea will turn out to be an unattainable dream when Lennie’s mild mental disability and the pair’s social class will get in the way. Steinbeck’s use of symbolism

Mice and Men” the solitaire game represents the biggest theme of the novel, loneliness. This is an issue/ an idea that is experienced by most of the characters on the ranch. For example

George sets the lonely mood by stating to Lennie, “Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”(pg 8 ) Another key to presenting the theme is that George always plays the card game solitaire. The word solitaire means to be alone; therefore, George plays solitaire because if he would play with Lennie he would not get anywhere. He is also lonely because he doesn’t have someone on the same level with who he can interact. He has Lennie around him but he can’t have that normal

main person who is going through aloneness. Aloneness is kinda like depression Because most people are sad not lonely. But what aloneness really means is “You are completed. Nobody else is needed.” ““George stared at his solitaire lay out.”” (Steinbeck 29). The game solitaire is meant to be played alone. So in this case George is playing alone but there are others around him there but he does not need them at all. George is now the caretaker of Lennie because Lennie is a big tall kid, But George

will not be able to get a job anywhere. One of Steinbeck’s more subtle ways of showing symbolism is the card game that George plays, solitaire. George playing solitaire represents the idea that all ranch workers are alone and only have themselves. This is especially seen when George is forced to kill Lennie and therefore he becomes a solitary man himself. Solitaire itself is even derived from the Latin word “solus” meaning alone. Not only the game symbolize loneliness, it also symbolizes Lennie’s

Isolation, confinement and loneliness are major themes within Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper. Without Isolation, confinement and loneliness, the novels would have an entirely different consequences and outcome. With the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper and Lennie from Of Mice and Men being isolated in the setting of the novels, there is no escape from achieving a positive resolution. Dialogue shows the confinement of Lennie’s and the narrator’s mental capacities, as