Laing The main characters' apparent madness or irrational behavior plays an important role in the book "One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest- by Ken Kesey. ... While the Combine undoubtedly contains both male and female workers, its main representatives in the book do appear to be women. ... In these parts of the book we can see possibilities of sexual equality the rest of the book seems to contradict. ... The insanity in the book differs from character to character. The chief is a man who has for years pretended to be a deaf...

• Word Count: 1132
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Description of the Issue of Inequality The issues of inequality are prevalent in this book. ... It is this concept that is pervasive throughout this book. ... When applied to this book, the hegemonic curriculum deals with what type of emphasis is placed on which subjects that are taught in school. ... Sociological Concept # 3 Hidden Curriculum/Gender Code These sociological concepts go hand in hand when used to describe situations in this book. ... McCourt writes, "when she sways up the aisle to my desk the boys make woo woo sounds and, Whaddya doin" the rest of my life Daniela? ...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The name Tekoa meant "to sound the [ram's] horn ." in the tribal section of Judah.. ... His writing is characterized by structural unity and constant movement towards a climax, the interlocking of irony and seriousness, rhetorical questions, haunting sounds that relay a message without words and the up-and-down style of chiasm. ... Amos was the first prophet with a book to his name. ...

• Word Count: 1568
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Despite our own personal efforts, mobility through the classes is mainly based on a persons status, and overcoming the "labels", such as the ones discussed in Herbert Gans" book The War Against the Poor, that go with a persons status makes mobility extremely hard if not nearly impossible. ... This surely does not sound like "the land of opportunity" to me. ...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It basically sounded like everyone thinks the government is run well, but they could work on a few things; such as lowering taxes and cutting most of these government funded social programs. ... It is like the old saying goes-You can't judge a book by its cover". ...

• Word Count: 1156
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Very often in the book he is compared to heroic figures such as Job; he has, like Job, the ability to bear great suffering. ... The sounds of revelry and bells and cheering outside heighten the contrast to Jude's lonely, pathetic death. ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

These theories become evident in the book from the start. ... In the first couple pages of the book, Sam says, "I am going to get away from American City, too many temptations." ... He had the means to do so, thereby meeting the criteria to act as a fence as described in the book as " a person [who] must be energetic, ingenious, capable of making sound decisions, quite personable. ... Sam can be seen exhibiting this criminal trait throughout the book, whether it be denying a crime or passing off a crime to be not much of anything. ... Chapter 2 As the book progresses, Sam's ties to t...

• Word Count: 4192
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

This scene early in the book Linden Hills lays the groundwork for a journey through the neighborhood with Lester and his friend Willie that reveals the negative impact when a society focuses on things and status and loses touch with it's sense of community and family. ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School