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==Title== '''MAR'''

@wiki::39/ 2007-12-14 2008-06-03T02:41:23Z

Life is like a field of rye, if your not careful you'll fall of a cliff.

@wiki::38/ 2007-12-12 2008-02-11T12:29:41Z

A brake screeched outside. A call came, “Stable-Buck. Oh! Sta-ble Buck.” George said, “Say it over to yourself, Lennie, so you won’t forget it.” Both men glanced up, from the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled up clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. “I’m lookin’ for Curley,” she said. Her voice had a nasal, brittle quality. George looked away from her and then back. “He was in here a minute ago, but he went.” “Oh!” She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door from so that her body was thrown forward. “You’re the new fellas that just come, ain’t ya? What Lies Beneath Words and a Character Student ID: 716987 Without Curley’s wife, the book Of Mice and Men could have never reached its full potential. It would have never maintained its theme of friendship and acceptance, nor would it have been so enthralling to read. The passage invites the reader into Curley’s wife’s life, her appearance, and her value as a character. To begin with the passage offers an introduction into Curley’s wife’s life. Curley’s wife is annoying and showy in her manner of speaking. The woman cuts off the small amount of spare light in the room with her shadow. This foreshadows her death cutting off George and Lennie’s dream of having a bunny farm. She is introduced in the passage as a girl. Contrary to this it is know that she is a grown woman simply behaving like a young girl. Curley’s wife looks into the room in the same way that she looks into the lives of George, Lennie, and the ranch hands. Next, in the second part of the passage Steinbeck introduces her appearance. Everything about her was faked and made to look the best it could be. She wears make-up much like she wears the false mask, so that she can hide what lies beneath. This aspect lets all those around her see only what is perfect and what is desired. Almost everything about her appearance is red, her rouged lips, fingernails, mules, and even the little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. The color red often symbolizes passion and love. In the story she does not have either of these and therefore must substitute them with her appearance. The passage is important to the novel because it introduces the character that both influence the plot and the theme. Curley’s wife is an outcast and desperately needs companionship that she is not getting from her husband. Her strife to be accepted emphasizes the motifs of loneliness, friendship, and acceptance. She was surrounded by loneliness both in her surroundings and inside of her soul and this fed into her desire and immense craving for both acceptance and friendship. Friendship led her to the barn as well as her eventual death that cast a lasting impression on the book. Curley’s wife helped to develop the theme that made Of Mice and Men the classic it is today. Without the descriptions of her life, appearance, and value as a character; friendship and acceptance could have been forever hidden and lost in a sea of words.

@wiki::37/ 2007-11-07 2007-11-07T02:16:23Z

'''ANYTHING WITH HEATH LEDGER IN IT!!!'''

@wiki::36/ 2007-11-03 2007-12-08T06:01:19Z

- [b]WRITE MOVIE[/b] - Costumes - Make-up - Casting - Shoot film - Edit - Special Effects - Dubbing - Sound Track - Kidnap Rosalyn from the 9-11 so she can't go to BCTS

@wiki::35/ 2007-10-26 2007-10-26T02:40:11Z

In 1830 John Downe used rhetorical strategies in his letter to his wife. It was this use of rhetorical strategies that helped Downe in his argument that his wife should emigrate to the United States. Among the rhetorical strategies Downe used were contrast, imagery, and a mixture of both exaggeration and understatement. The first form of rhetorical strategies is the use of contrast. During the entire letter John Downe continuously contrasts America and England during that time period. There was never any use of contrast that showed England in a better light than the United States. However, it was not difficult to notice the comparing of the two countries in a way that made America seem like a better choice. Downe tended to mention that the citizens in the United States were of a finer breed and disposition than that of those in England. John does this when he mentions that "here no man thinks himself superior", he also stated that, " the man which is really your superior does not plume himself on being so." This makes the citizens of America seem friendly and easy to talk with. Also, it was intriguing that in the letter he made reference to being invited over to dinner where he was treated with such respect no payment could be taken. This was not the only character analysis mentioned in the letter, he also states that butchers will deliver food to a persons very door and storekeepers will loan out entire barrels to be returned when the food is gone. With the contrast in the two countries peoples and the mentions of American hospitality John makes every citizen out to be a saint. There is also use of contrast between the United States when Downe states the emotional benefits of living in the United States. There is even a quote in his letter to his wife where he informs her that, "This is a country where a man can stand as a man, and where he can enjoy the fruits of his own exertions, with rational liberty to its fullest extent." Not only does America bring out the best in strangers but also inside of oneself. This may have been incorporated into the letter to demonstrate how content he is, or to show that the United States is a wonderful place to raise children. Lastly, John Downe contrasts England and the United States economically. He mentions that "Poverty is unknown here. You see no beggars." With this quote John seemingly states that there is no risk to the families financial welfare in emigrating to the United States. This could have been used as a soothing measure to his wife Sookie. Not only is Contrast used but Imagery as well. Unlike in most letters, when Downe included the use of imagery it can be characterized into three groups. These groups are rather similar to those used in the contrast. The first group used by John was that of Food. Throughout the entire essay he mentions the large variety of food. One of the most memorable of quotes from the letter is that in which he actually lists the food served to him for dinner. At this dinner there was "pudding, pyes, and fruit of all kind that was in season, and preserves, pickles, vegetables, meat". Whether or not these foods were his wife’s favorites is not apparent, however it is apparent that if indeed children cry from hunger as he later states this food could be taken with a large amount of desire. Downe also creates an image that food is affordable. Infact, John Downe also builds an image of (I no longer have my letter so you should place a quote here) being sold for (place the money part of the quote here). Adding this quote to his paper adds a sense that America almost gives its food for free. Lastly, John states that there is a mass amount of food simply going to waste because nobody will eat it. He includes the imagery of outside the market where “bullocks' and sheep and lambs' heads laying underfoot like dog's meat.” If food wasn’t enough to tempt Sookie’s appetite for the United States, America’s atmosphere certainly was supposed to. The atmosphere is described in a way that images couldn’t help but be formed. Downe states that in the United States "there is plenty of room yet". This makes the United States seem like a spacious and free home. The addition of imagery pertaining to atmosphere is the second category of imagery that John Downed used in his letter. The final category of emotions was a bit shorter that the ones preceding it, yet it was just as important in the overall composition of the letter. John uses imagery that could take place in England rather in the United States in this final form of imagery that ''children cry". With this addition the image of a hungry child could come to mind. This brings forth a maternal emotion to the letter that Sookie might have understood. The final form of rhetorical strategies used in the letter was that of both exaggeration and understatement laced throughout the two paragraphs. John first uses exaggeration in quotes such as "everything that a person could wish", “you can gather peaches, apples, and all kinds of fruit by the side of the roads’’, and " throw the rest away." These exaggerations are used for the purpose of making the United States seem like Utopia. With these quotes come a feeling of fantasy that can only be beaten down when the reader ponders on the likely hood of getting everything ever wanted, picking the best of fruit off the very trees they pass everyday, and finally even throwing what is no longer wanted away. There is even a quote that was put into the letter by Downe as a way to comfort his wife with the fact that there would be land for "thousands of years to come." There was no way that John Downe could have foreseen this and therefore it became an exaggeration in the letter. Although promising that land would be plentiful was an exaggeration in its original context it seemed like more of a comforting fact then a vague promise. John in addition uses understatement in the essay. Attempting to hide possibly the only flaw in emigrating to the United States, Downe informs that Sookie would find, " a few inconveniences", in her voyage to America. This is a giant understatement due to the fact that many had to leave their homes, journey for long periods of time, and even face the possibility of death. Knowing this only verifies that Downe is using a large amount of understatement in the last quote. John Downe used contrast, imagery, and a mixture of exaggeration and understatement to his letter to Sookie in 1830. Many of these rhetorical strategies ranged in categories from people characters to the journey from England to America. Nether the less, the strategies used were meant to assist Downe in his letter to Sookie in the case of her emigrating to the United States.

@wiki::34/ 2007-10-23 2007-10-23T19:12:47Z

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@wiki::33/ 2007-10-22 2007-12-08T06:03:32Z

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@wiki::32/ 2007-10-22 2007-10-22T21:12:04Z

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@wiki::31/ 2007-10-22 2007-10-22T21:10:47Z

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