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…Clinging together in the face of lonliness and alienation, George and Lennie desperately seek to escape their poverty, and strive to transform their chimerical dream into a reality. This heartfelt dream is what sets George and Lennie aside from…

…George Wilson, desolate, desperate and utterly without hope, symbolizing the moral decay hidden by the glittering surface of upper-class society. It is a symbol of absolute desolation and poverty; unlike the other settings in the book, it lacks a glamorous…

…. He is somewhat ashamed of his situation, to him “poverty was a blight you talked about only in secret”(Blaise). He needs someone to look up to, and Maurice Richard is perfect role model. He loves the Rocket, and the Montreal Canadiens because…

…to travel north in search of justice, economic independence and hopeful of a new beginning, found themselves crowded into the poorest sections of cities, facing poverty, hatred, intolerance and indifference.…

…a back draft smoldering in a wall add oxygen and it explodes. This is just what Black Americans did--EXPLODED! Detroit Michigan was like the rest of the nation where whites had better paying jobs, homes and cars, while the blacks stayed at poverty level…

…to Southern Korea. Considering the poverty of Northern Koreans, we learn that it was very hard and dangerous to go pretty much anywhere. Some made it to the next city but died afterwards or were found and killed by soldiers. The goal of almost all non-communists…

…). Thousands will rally to send the unmistakable message: We will not rest until justice is ours. They are demanding an end to poverty and violence against women as they march into the new millennium (March,1). They also will take the power by electing a congress…

…was challenged in the mid-1960s as others grew more militant. His interests, however, widened from civil rights to include criticism of the Vietnam War and a deeper concern over poverty. His plans for a Poor People's March to Washington were interrupted for a trip…

…domineering mother-in-law and began her own agenda. This was the beginning of her devotion to causes benefitting victims of poverty, prejudice, and war. In 1921 Franklin had been playing with his children at his newly remodeled New York home, Hyde Park…

…. The elimination of alcohol was thought to be the answer to social instability and moral decline. It was believed that alcohol were responsible for poverty, diseases, crimes and drunk workers and soldiers. Despite the ratification of the eighteen amendment, many…