Outsiders All of the people in "Of mice and men" are outsiders in there own right, they have all been disallowed, or to a certain extent not wanted to have certain rights because of things such a sex, race and different disabilities. ... Curley's wife is an outsider because she is a woman; there are no other women on the ranch so she is an outsider. ... Candy is an outsider because he is old and crippled, and when your are old and or crippled you are useless, your employer will not want to employ you so you are gotten rid of, this is show in the part of the book where they shoot Candy&...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mother and then demanding it from young Celie herself. ... Eventually Harpo realizes that Sofia is not like Celia and the other submissive women in his life. ... Celie concedes that she didn't mean what she said, and after a long discussion, the two women become friends. ... At first she is very hostile to Celie, calling her ugly, but eventually these two women also become good friends. ... She admits to Shug that sex with him is without passion. ...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Alice Walker is an incredible woman who uses her writings to portray the hardships and struggles of black people, especially women, throughout history. ... "There have been points brought up that Walker's visibility as a major American talent has been obscured by a familiar bias that white writers literature is considered normal and black women to be at a double remove." ... Also because throughout most of the book he abuses Celie even though she has sex with him, cares for his three children, cleans his house, and works his fields (Lewis 1). ... Alice Walker wrote this book so that m...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School