Authors sometimes the reader understand their characters through
interactions with the setting. which of the following best illustrates
steinbeck's method in chapter 3 of his book of mice and men?
o a) the men play cards under the only light in the bunkhouse.
ob) slim and george have a confidential conversation.
oc) the men wait until it is dark outdoors to enter the bunkhouse.
od the ranch hands argue over their game of horseshoes.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

excerpt from "the   daffodils" by william wordsworth

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