Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia in 1924, where he was raised on a farm with his family. He learned at an early age how to butcher animals, how to grow crops and care for food, and how to manage the farm business. Carter was very well trained in the upkeep and hard work that is involved in taking care of a farm. ... This depiction of a child's life in the 30's and 40's, growing up on a farm, seems very interesting. ... All in all it is a great book that broadened my view of life on the farms during the depression....

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Frikkie likes working on his uncle's farm and playing around. ... When he lived on the farm with his parents, he did not know anything about apartheid, and nor did he realize the injustice between black and white people in the country. ... During his spare time on the farm, he sculptured clay figures of animals, people, and plants. ... On the farm, he used to play with a white boy named Frikkie at his age. The white boy was the farm owner's nephew. ...

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He is forced to sleep in the stable with the animals, and isn't included in any of the men's leisure activities. ... When Lennie begins talking about the farm he and George plan to get, Crooks reacts doubtfully and pessimistically. ... After Candy enters and talks enthusiastically of the farm, Crooks shyly asks if he could be brought along, to do some of the harder work for them. ...

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Within the limited pages of the story Of Mice And Men, one is impacted by the tremendous amount of loneliness Crooks feels and how he behaves because of his loneliness and what he does to overcome it For example, Crooks is a stable buck, on a farm, which is surrounded by white people that are racist. ... He tries to scare him, saying that if George his guardian, soul provider did not come back, they would ship him off to the mental institute, where he would be tied and treated like a savaged animal. ...

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In this specific instance the Cunninghams, a poor, yet honest family living on a farm, were crudely pointed out and discriminated against just for being poor. ... According to Jem, he was, "about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. ...

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For example there were many women forced to give up their homes and farms and made to live in internment camps. ... The women in the camps were stripped of all of their civil liberties and they were treated like they were animals. ... European women certainly never farmed or did hard laboring tasks unless she was absolutely forced to due to economic despair. ...

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They were portrayed as savages that came from the wilderness, and considered some kind of animal. ... As the demand for slaves increased because of the settlement of Englishmen in America, the number of slaves reached 11 million, who were divided among farm workers and servants. ...

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The Harlem Renaissance brought many great changes. It was time for the African American people to express their culture. Many famous people began their writing and gained recognition during that time. The Harlem Renaissance took place during the 1920's and 1930's. During that time many African Ameri...

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• Has Bibliography
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Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. Its authorship included Frederick Douglass...

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Pettit adds that Twain gained most of his positive acquaintances with slaves during his summers spent on his uncle's farm who owned many of them. ... Slaves are seen in this novel as animalistic creatures ("He was a fairly human man towards slaves and other animals - (14), dependent on the good will of their "master-, and always in fear of being "sold down the river-. - Being "sold down the river- meant having to work under the worst circumstances imagined by a slave further South, down the river Mississippi. - At first we are introduced to the slave Roxana whom we get to know in the...

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For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York Cit...

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• Grade Level: High School