.... In a way Lennie is the mouse because of his innocence and George is a man because of the burden he carries with him. By giving George the last name of Milton, Steinbeck seems to be showing that he is an example of fallen man, someone who is doomed to loneliness and who wants to return to the Garden of Eden. Perhaps this is why George is always talking about having his own place and living "off the fat of the land," as Adam and Eve did before their fall. In a way, Lennie is always described in an animal sense. In the beginning of the novel he is referred to as having paws or he snorts like a horse. Every single minute someone is taking care of Lennie. First Aunt Clara has ....

.... the fair and noble impulses of humanity, the dreams of poets and the agonies of martyrs, are shackled and bound in the service of organized and predatory Greed.” Sinclair’s solution was to substitute cooperation for competition by reorganizing the economy along Socialist lines. If ownership of industries was given to the public, and run democratically for everyone’s benefit the atrocities that occurred to Jurgis and the other workers would not have happened. The people at the bottom of the economic ladder, such as Jurgis, Ona and their family were at the most disadvantage. The packinghouses and factories prey on immigrants who are ignorant of the langu ....

.... believes in the more quiet and traditional Japanese lifestyle, based on loving "Silence". Meanwhile, Emily was raised in Canada and attempts are made to teach Naomi to be more outspoken and to form strong moral values. Due to this Naomi is tossed between the guidance of her two aunts, and Emily, through their differing forms of communication, lifestyle traits and Nisei and Sansei traditions, as a result she forms her own lifestyle path and discovers her complete identity. The differing forms of communication by the two aunts play a role in Naomi's lifestyle choice: with her use of Japanese silence and Emily through her straight forwardness. lives her life through a s ....

.... He neither takes into consideration enough thought of the feelings of those around him, but this changes as well, and Feld becomes a much better father than he was at first. Whilst journeying through “The First Seven Years,” Feld shows his over concern about the relationship of Miriam and Max. “ I have a girl..." (61). Feld goes on to describe Miriam to Max, and then asks Max if he would like to meet her, giving Miriam a rather high status all during his little fiasco of pride. "I thought maybe you will be interested sometime to meet a girl like this...” (61). Here, Feld is not only caring for his daughter, but he anxious for them to go out, in that he wants M ....

.... from adults but the adult that arrives is dead. - The kids see Ralph now as more of an adult figure. He acts so much like an adult that the other kids (besides Piggy) don’t want to be friends with him. -Power struggle between Jack and Ralph. Ralph wants to return to tend to the fire while jack wants to play in the fort. -Ralph is losing the authority he once held over the other boys and Jack is emerging as their new leader. -Power once instilled in the conch is not as effective anymore. -Ralph (which means “counsel” in the Anglo-Saxon language) and Jack (comes from Hebrew and means “one who supplants” or takes over by force) can be looked at as two different sect ....

.... intimate, spiritual level. It is this difference in his short stories which either draw the reader into or away from the meaning. These relations make certain writings in Carver's stories more interesting. More directly, it is the communion in his later writings, and the disjunction in his earlier writings, that distinguish the two types of styles. Communion within the characters of Carver's later writings, as in his collections in Cathedral, create much more depth and interest in his stories. It is within this scope of communion that Carver's stories seem to become more fulfilling with character affirmation. Communion occurs in Carver's stories when severa ....

.... a legal action where the false claimant was granted custody due a bribe to claim her dead husbands estate. This however was overturned by the emperor, the guarantor of the law, in a retrial as the emperor was the father. This particular story is a whisper to the result of Grusha's trial. The emperor is portrayed as the epitome of justice and gives a true verdict. The trial scene is also adapted from the parable of King Solomon. Solomon the paragon of justice and truth oversees the trial of two mothers, one child is dead the other alive, they seek custody of the alive child. The king asks the child to be cut in half, the real mother relinquishes her claim and thus gains cus ....

.... women were looked upon as expendable and not as important. “Chi Li is unusual in that she is a female hero; moreover, she is unusual among other heroines” (Rosenberg 330). She possesses courage and intelligence, things that weren’t seen in Chinese women. Using her creativity, she saved her life and won the admiration of all the towns’ people. “In silent awe, the county officials had witnessed Chi Li’s battle” (Chi Li 333). She was so impressive, even the head of the town was impressed. She made a mark for all women in Chinese culture. Another type of hero is one who does it to be a role model. In the story of “King Arthur” King Arthur himself is th ....