Crooks Flashcards
(20 cards)
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Racism: Topic Sentence
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Crooks is presented as an intelligent and literate man who is the victim of explicit racism and enforced segregation in 1930’s America.
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Racism: Q1
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“N*****[,] I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” (Curley’s wife to Crooks)
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Racism: C1
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Normalised racism, confirming discriminative language was common. Lynchings were illegal acts of vigilante “justice” that have been a part of United States history since the Colonial Period.
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Racism: Q1
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Racism: C2
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Loneliness: Topic Sentence
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Loneliness: Q1
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Loneliness: C1
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Loneliness: Q2
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Loneliness: C2
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Misogyny: Topic Sentence
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Misogyny: Q1
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Misogyny: C1
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Misogyny: Q2
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Misogyny: C2
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American Dream: Topic Sentence
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American Dream: Q1
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American Dream: C1
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American Dream: Q2
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American Dream: C2
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