ences.The racial divide is omnipresent in the book as we can see when George and Lennie move into the bunk house. Crook who is an african american is divided by his colour. Hence , he is put to sleep in the barn instead of the bunk house. Therefore showing the importance of the different colours in George and Lennies society at that time.  Another theme that is mentioned in Of Mice and Men is the separation between the rich and the poor. This concept of dividing the population over their money was a big problem back in the days. For example, George and Lennie went south because they could not find any work in the north.

As you can see, John was able to integrate all theses themes into a story with a moral and meaning to it, which is why we divide each other depending on our race and wealth.

In section one we meet Lennie. A sturdy, immature, childish minded itinerant worker. Due to his mental disability, he has the mind of a child. Depending entirely, on his compagnon George, he follows him around the country in search of jobs. Kind hearted and gentle, he has a passion for soft things, such as small animals, dresses and people’s hair. Although he is quite naive, Lennie shows incredible strength. He is the definition of a work horse. Using George as his role model, Lennie follows blindly George’s order and acts ; imitating the way he walks and the way he sits. The big guy shows a passion for success, but his mindset misleads him to make all the wrong choices. To conclude, Lennie reminds us of a perfect five year old : simple, innocent, immature and obedient. 

In the first chapter of the novel Of Mice and Men, we meet one of the protagonists, George. As we start reading, we can already see that he is a very authoritative person. For example, he orders Lennie to stop drinking so much water from the river. Another example could be when he tells Lennie to confess and think about what he did to the mouse. He manipulates Lennie into believing his fantasy, to sooth his mind. Therefore, we can feel a strong authority over Lennie, he is almost seen as a guardian. 

Also, we see that George is a dreamer, but always in moderation. He knows how to differentiate reality from fantasy, but still knows how to make Lennie hopeful and faithful. For instance, he explains to Lennie that they will not end up like everyone else because they would have their own land to live on. 

To conclude George’s description, we can notice that there is a balance between his authority and easy going. He might not make life as easy for Lennie, but he certainly knows what is right for them.

In chapter one, we meet George, one of the protagonists in John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men.

A small and quick-witted man, George travels from farm to farm with Lennie, his companion, in search of work. Being one ordinary man among many others, it is very difficult for him to find some work, especially considering his situation. In fact, George is a middle-aged worker, with a few belongings, whose restless eyes surrounded by his darkened face tell a lot about the harsh times of being an itinerant worker. This passage from the book briefly explains and supports my sayings on George’s physical traits: “The first man [George], was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.” (p.19).

In addition, George is quite well-tempered and patient considering Lennie’s childish state of mind. For example, on page 23, George tells Lennie to give him the mouse that he found on the road, yet Lennie denies having it, and then, later on, immaturely tries to keep it. He ends up obeying George. (p.22-23). In this passage, we can clearly see George’s self-control and power over Lennie.

All in all, George is an ordinary man dreaming of reaching a land. A land that could be his, a land of hope and of freedom. 

He is a hard character to describe since he thinks and acts in a special way. Lennie ,as he is seen in chapter one, is childish and very naïve. We immediately notice that Lennie has some level of a mental disability as he does not remember why they are looking for a new job and he drinks from a puddle when he is thirsty. He also loves to play with fluffy things and never knows when to stop. For example, when he finds the mouse, he petted it even though it was filthy and could be contaminated. This proves that Lennie is childlike and is not able to take care of himself. ////Lennie shows signs of his soft inside contrary to his hard shell. He would automatically be seen as some tough guy. For example, he likes petting soft things and caring for them but he often accidently kills them because of his strong arms. This shows that he cares for them but that he is simply unable to control himself. To conclude, this anti-hero in chapter one is shown as a strong disabled man with a soft side.

First of all, in act 1 scene iii, the officers, senators and duke were in court, because Brabantio believes that his daughter was drugged by othello to gain his love. When Othello arrives, the court presents his case but, he explains that the only way he got Desdemona’s heart is by his love, and that no other drugs were used. Most of the men didn’t believe him because they thought that Desdemona would never had fallen in love with a black man. Hopefully, Desdemona arrived in time and explained their love story, that consists of Othello telling her his heroic adventures, for which she had fallen in love. Brabantio accuses Othello of using witchcraft and drugs, as he just stole and took away his only daughter from him. Also, Brabantio believes that his daughter would never have fallen for a black ram and an ass, characteristics that are used to describe Othello, because of his skin colour. Secondly, throughout act 1, we witness many monologues from Iago illustrating that he views Othello as inferior because of his color of skin. For instance, he refers to Othello as a black ram and to Desdemona as a white ewe in his dialogue with Brabantio. By this comparison, we understand that it is not well perceived by society for as Othello is viewed as a vulgar, brutal and barbaric human being who isn’t allowed to maintain a relation with the daughter of a rich senator Perceived as pure, fragile and delicate, Desdemona reinforces the imagery of a disgusting, rude and ferocious Othello.In conclusion, Shakespeare’s character Othello illustrates the theme of prejudice and racism as he is a black man and he is seen as inferior by both his friend Iago and by his step-father Brabantio. 

In Othello, a play written by William Shakespeare in 1603, the character of Brabantio expresses many prejudicial concepts in Act 1 towards Othello and Desdemona, such as racism and sexism. First of all, Brabantio’s perspective of Othello is a highly respected military general. However, once their relationship becomes more personal, Brabantio’s true feelings towards Othello start to unveil. When Othello reveals his secret marriage with Desdemona, Brabantio’s opinion of Othello takes a turn for the worst and he accuses him of black magic. As you can see, Brabantio’s respect for Othello as a general becomes completely blinded by his racist outlook on Moors. Furthermore, Brabantio’s discrimination also includes him being a misogynist. His inadequate opinion of women is unmasked during his dispute about the marriage. For example, he claims Desdemona is a shy, weak and pure woman. In other words, he cannot accept the fact that Desdemona is, in fact, a love-seeking, adventurous and confident woman. All in all, Shakespeare demonstrated the racism and sexism experienced in the 1600s through Brabantio’s character.

In Act 1 of Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, we meet the most important character of the play, Iago, throughout this act we get a glimpse of how this character represents the theme of jealousy and envy. Firstly, Iago demonstrates jealousy by the way he reacted to the fact that Othello promoted Cassio, an inexperienced soldier to the position of lieutenant. After serving so loyally to Othello throughout the past years Iago thought that the position was his. Once he finds out that Othello had in fact promoted someone else instead of him, his true colors emerge. He begins to plot against Othello, which also included ruining Cassio’s reputation, purely out of jealousy and envy, for example. Secondly, suspicions and rumors about Othello sleeping with Iago’s wife feed the fire. Once again, Othello may have done something to put himself in a position that would infuriate Iago. Shakespeare’s most terrible villain, uses this as another way to justify his plan to ruin Othello. To conclude, jealousy is a theme that is found in many books, plays and movies and in this play Iago is the character that portrays this theme in an evil and manipulative way.

Iago’s character and personality illustrates the theme of jealousy and envy in act one of the play Othello written by Shakespeare which was based in the late 1500’s.  First of all, we can clearly see Iago’s envy of Cassio by the way he speaks and acts towards them. For example, in act I, scene i, we see Iago convinces Roderigo that he should have been chosen to be Othello’s lieutenant instead of Cassio. The two then decide to conceive a plan to bring Othello to his downfall. This gives us a glimpse into Iago’s true characteristics such as his abilities to manipulate and his eagerness for revenge. Second of all, Iago uses other people’s flaws to his advantage which makes him even more powerful. For instance, when Roderigo mentions his urge to win over Desdemona’s heart, Iago uses this information to plot against Othello and as a way to manipulate Roderigo into giving him all of his money. To conclude, Iago is a very manipulative and jealous character and uses people, with no regards to their feelings, to get what he wants. 

After being directly accused of adultery by her husband, Desdemona turns to two characters that she trusts for their advice. To begin, Iago has a plan to destroy  Othello by manipulating everyone who surrounds him,including Desdemona, through the book.Iago’s plan is caused by the anger he got from not getting the job position he wanted and blames it on Othello.After, convincing Othello that his wife was cheating, Othello confronts her with that accusation and Desdemona decides to turn to Iago for some help.She asked for his opinion and help because Desdemona though that Iago was very close to othello and he would maybe know why she would accused wrongly by Othello..In Act IV, after getting accused of adultery, for example, Desdemona is very emotional and turns to Iago for support and answers on why husband was acting that way and Iago tells her that his job is demanding so he is in a bad mood.From that example, we can see that Iago pretends to comfort desdemona, only to make her think that her husband is going through a phase but keeps on encouraging othello to take action and kill cassio.Also,we can see that Iago’s plan is working and his intention are only bad and that desdemona and Othello were to naive to see it. Secondly, in act four scene two, Desdemona turns to Emilia after being accused of adultery by Othello. In this same act, we witness why Desdemona does so: for Emilia has alway been close to Desdemona and in this chapter we see that whatever accusation is thrown to Desdemona, Emilia never implied in her comments that she was guilty. Instead, she blame men and their destructive nature. From that example, we can understand that Desdemona turned to Emilia because she is one of the only characters believing in Desdemona’s opinions and fidelity to Othello and because she is also one of the only characters that sees women as an equal to men.  To conclude, Desdemona’s trust in the wrong characters brings a great element to the play :  dramatic irony.

Courage, as defined by dictionary.com, is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without; bravery.” Many stories use courage to move the main character, pushing them beyond their limits in order to stimulate interest in the reader. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak uses this emotion, albeit subtly, to demonstrate how some select people in society will find the courage to step out of line and onto the path they think is correct. 

To define courage is difficult, as it can have many different meanings: the willingness to act in spite of fear, the bravery to step forth without knowing the consequences, and although all of these are correct, for others it could be different but in a few words, courage is to overcome fears with heart. Firstly, although the two are mixed up very often, courage and bravery are not the same. Courage is using your heart to overcome obstacles, where as bravery is simply doing something you're scared of. For instance, when you jump off of the 3 meter diving board because of a dare, what you’re displaying is bravery, not courage because there is a lack of heart; instead of wanting to do the jump off of the board, it feels more like an obligation to make them happy. However, when you stand up for your friend who is getting bullied, that is courage. You could have left him; it’s not like it would do anything to you, however you care for your friend, and feel a need to help him out of his situation at your own expense, doing what you think is right even if your scared. Secondly, courage doesn’t always have to create a large impact on life. As it implicates the heart, merit from courageous actions is not what counts, but rather the pride of overcoming a fear. The pride gleaned from a brave action is so little it is hard to compare with one from an act brimming with courage. After finishing a brave act, you feel relieved that it’s over, whereas after a courageous act, a warm bubbly feeling envelopes you as you know you have moved a step forward in your life. In summary, having courage just might be one of the more uncommon aspects in life, mostly because you don’t realise when you’re displaying courage, because it comes to you naturally.

 

In the Book thief, Liesel, the protagonist, does anything to overcome the obstacles she faces everyday in a strict and dystopian society where most of the country’s education, laws and army are controlled by a fascist leader. Furthermore, after experiencing a harsh childhood which marked her for life, Liesel will be challenged by her surroundings, however it wouldn’t stop her from doing what she thinks it’s right. In the chapter ‘’The Heavyweight Champion of the School-Yard’’, Liesel stands up for herself against a boy named Ludwig Schmeikl who was belittling her for her inability to read despite her older age. Although it seems natural; getting angry and violent after being insulted, this does portray a courage rarely found in society: a courage to stand up against others towering over you and kicking them down. In another passage, Liesel confesses to Hans the hate she harbors towards the leader of Germany, alternatively known as the ‘’Fürher’’, a feeling that could lead to severe consequences if discovered.  Courage can be in many forms, it could be from actions or from the words coming out of our mouths. In this example, Liesel expresses her true feelings in front of Hans Hubermann, such an act could lead to a capital punishment. Last but not least, Liesel rebels against society and takes a book out of a fire, unable to bear the sight of knowledge getting destroyed. Fighting for what she believes is right, Liesel does whatever she can to lessen the damage, although her actions create very little impact. For her, the book symbolizes a new start, knowledge to break free of the chains binding her down in society. At last, through all these actions, it clearly demonstrates how Liesel possesses a courageous characteristic which will only grow from here on till the end.  

To conclude, courage manages to bring out the best in us, surpassing limits we never thought we could achieve, much like how the book thief is able to do what many others could not. Markus Zusak uses the fact that many of us cannot bring ourselves to overcome our borders. Therefore, he is able to portray the Book thief as a gallant figure, and although her actions were small: stealing a book, saying a sentence; it means much more than a simple action. It screams of courage in the limbs of a little 12 year old girl able to do much more, and say much more without having to create an eloquent speech to move the hearts of the people around her.

The most ostentatious example of Liesel's courageous personality took place by the book-burning ceremony in honor of Hitler’s birthday. As a matter of fact, she was bold enough to scream her mind in the dark night where the only light from the fire was anything but a beacon to her. ‘’The words were thrown at the steps and Liesel could feel the slush of anger, stirring hotly in her stomach. “I hate the Führer,” she said. “I hate him.” [...] He [Hans] clenched his eyes. Then opened them. He slapped Liesel Meminger squarely in the face.”(p.115-116) This example brings to light, that after all the BDM propaganda, after Hans Junior’s outburst and after all the other examples of the blatant taboo that surrounded speaking against the Führer, Leisel did not hesitate to do so. This brave young girl spoke her mind in an environment in which every measure- arrestations, book-burnings, racial slurs, etc.- were taken to confine one’s opinion to that of the Führer. Even Hans’ soft, kind and understanding hand that taught dear Liesel how to write was forced upon her in answer to her unlawful outburst by the dying flames so great was the extent of Hitler’s grasp upon his people. As a matter of fact, had Hans not violently reprimanded Leisel in the square, not only she, but the Huberman’s also would have suffered consequences much greater than a beating. To reiterate, although she did not realise it at that moment, great and blinding courage bubbled inside Liesel as she spoke the forbidden words: ‘’I hate the Führer’’ and neglected their repercussions. 

To conclude, the fear of suppression, confinement and death does not stop the world from turning, or the sun from shining, or the birds from chirping. And it did not stop Nazi Germany from living on, or it’s heretics from defying the Führer and it certainly did not stop Liesel from fighting her fight. 

The Book Thief is an excellent demonstration of what courage can let a person such as Liesel Meminger accomplish, as the main character of Markus Zusak’s novel grows and matures throughout the whole story thanks to bravery. Firstly, being illiterate was an almost insurmountable challenge for Liesel, but her courage and perseverance allows her to teach herself to read and write. Stealing the forbidden book that was destined to burn on Adolf Hitler’s birthday was no easy task, and although it was her childish curiosity that drove her towards the books, her courage made her pick one up. Secondly, Liesel’s fearlessness is illustrated through her fights to stand up for herself. Not only is being illiterate a challenge for the protagonist in her life, but being made fun of because of it is such a greater task to face. This is why she takes out her anger on her school bully Ludwig in a somewhat violent matter. Standing up to your foes requires lots of courage, courage that Liesel possesses. Concisely, courage is a predominant theme in Markus Zusak’s bestseller The Book Thief, as the main character, Liesel, requires it to advance on her many quests.

To put it in a nutshell, courage is a force of nature that human beings need to grow up and become the person they desire to become. Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief is a perfect example of this, as the courage she demonstrates is the very source of all the adventures she goes through in the story.

Liesel, the main character in the book “The Book Thief” has always been an intriguing character brought out by her constant rebellions, her questionably legal hobbies, her ethical questionings and her determination. Despite the severity of the situation and the consequences of one’s actions during that period, Liesel challenged many feats that nobody would ever dare, such as expressing her hatred towards Hitler in public and stealing a forbidden book. First of all, stealing a book forbidden by the nazi society takes a courage of steel. Fearless, she bravely snatched a burning book out in the open and hid it in her jackets where it burned painfully her ribs. Nevertheless, she did not waver and sneaked away. In other words, Liesel would be the definition of courage in this ruthless hypothetical german society in which she dared, to exist and to stand up against the fears she had in order to acquire the things she wanted. Furthermore, speaking out her undisputed hatred for Hitler and his foundation is the portrayal of heartfelt courage. Despite the fact that speaking blatantly of despising thoughts of Hitler is considered unfaithful and offensive in Nazism, Liesel still does so anyway since she doesn’t feel shackled by the merciless etiquette of Germany.

To conclude, courage is, by definition, the act of overcoming fear, and so, Liesel concordes to that definition because she had the courage, or insanity, to overcome many issues of the dictature of Hitler to obtain the things she deserved and wanted.