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Of Mice and Men essay
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| CODE | The nineteen thirties were a very different time compared to today. Many ways of life nowadays have been “modernized” to help adapt and make easier in this ever changing world and culture we live in. Lennie did a terrible thing and he needed to be punished for his crimes. The complex and sometimes frightening judicial system we now have was only in it’s infancy in the early nineteen hundreds. Many times, the law was taken into the commoner’s hands and they became vigilante.
To put it plain and simple, George was absolutely mad with power. The raw exhilaration he got from the fact that he had complete control over another human being’s life drove him to near the brink of insanity, and beyond. He knew that anything he commanded, Lennie would do without a second thought, this satisfied, almost so much that it was sexually pleasing for George. A good example of this total power he held is illustrated during the infamous “piano” scene. Lennie, having never seen a piano before decides to play, he discovers that he is a virtuoso of the piano while playing Bach. Unfortunately, this fills George with a rage, a rage so powerful that only a swift beating could control it. He understands that Lennie is learning and that soon, he will demand rights, and George cannot allow that to happen.
The scene is very tense and rather graphic as George beats the innocent and confused Lennie to within an inch of his life with the blunt end of a desk lamp. As the farmhands witness this they attempt to stop him from killing Lennie, this attempt is in vain as, in his pure rage, George turns on one of them and beats one to the ground and rips out his eye. In an absolutely terrifying moment, George begins feeding on the incapacitated farmhand, ripping large bloody chunks of flesh from his arm.
The author often adds scenes like this one to properly show George’s blatant mental instability. Living in the harsh California desert has caused George’s face to become dry cracked and shrunken face, causing him to lose almost all human features and attain an eerie, almost doll like plastic appearance. George kills Lennie because he doesn’t understand why he has to live with the burden of this giant. He believes that he is a god and that he alone controls all other’s existence.
The final scene of the book is written in such a way that to anyone sane reading it, it will cause an uneasiness towards them. George is pulled under the lake by the ghosts of the children whom he murdered. His final words before being submerged are: “For once, someone is not afraid to punish me for my sins.” I believe the “someone” he is referring to is the ghosts. This ghastly statement seems to imply that he believes that even god himself is afraid to hurt George because of his absolutely immense power that he holds over all beings in the universe. |
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I was losing my grasp on something that was too violent to keep inside forever. As I'm sitting there with a severed head in my hand, talking to it, or looking at it. And I'm about to go crazy. I say "Wow this is insane!" Then I told myself "No it isn't. You're saying that, that makes it not insane..."
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YOU FINALLY POSTED IT. "The final scene of the book is written in such a way that to anyone sane reading it, it will cause an uneasiness towards them. George is pulled under the lake by the ghosts of the children whom he murdered. His final words before being submerged are: “For once, someone is not afraid to punish me for my sins.” I believe the “someone” he is referring to is the ghosts. This ghastly statement seems to imply that he believes that even god himself is afraid to hurt George because of his absolutely immense power that he holds over all beings in the universe." George's power over all beings in the universe  ?
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"Living in the harsh California desert has caused George’s face to become dry cracked and shrunken face, causing him to lose almost all human features and attain an eerie, almost doll like plastic appearance."
Why is this in here?
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 " The human rectum is almost nightmarishly elastic." -Ant Throney "The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." -John Cage.
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 " The human rectum is almost nightmarishly elastic." -Ant Throney "The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." -John Cage.
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1.) I once told a girl not to get braces because I thought her crooked teeth were cute. 2.) From 7th grade pt. 2 until mid-11th grade, I had a horrible fear that my facial features were notably asymmetrical, especially my eyes, so I grew my hair out and used to look at the ground when I walked so no one could see me. 3.) I draw straight-edge x's on my hands for weird, psychological reasons I don't know how to explain. 4.) If I was a girl, my name would've been Leah. 5.) I hate the following things: a.) The Pirates vs Ninjas argument b.) People who "listen to everything lol" c.) The Mamas And Papas d.) Irony in mainstream culture e.) People who mispronounced Ratata and Tangela f.) The Smoking Gun g.) Low-rise socks h.) People who are arrogant enough to claim atheism 6.) I have over 700 albums, about 600 of them were actually paid for. Get it? Because I'm 2 punk rawk 4 roolz. 7.) I have never seen any of my friends naked... this is the first time this has ever dawned on me, so I thought I would share. 8.) In North Carolina, I helped destroy a house undergoing renovation by tearing off the banister and shoving all the pillars into the ceiling. Apparently, the building was inspected shortly after and the fuzz started searching for the culprits. Fortunately, I was hundreds of miles away by then. 9.) My dream is to one day travel around with nothing but a backpack and some of my friends with only a commune to return to. 10.) I love people who you can have a drink with occasionally and talk to for hours. Everyone else is just filler. 11.) I'm honestly having a difficult time filling this list up with worthwhile tidbits... therefore the next three will be preposterous lies (*). *12.) I castrated myself in 2004 with a pair of novelty chattering teeth. *13.) I have a lisp. *14.) I once listened to an entire post-Shane Pogues album without gnawing off my tongue. 15.) I've had too many dreams in which my teeth fall out. Apparently, it can be a sign of anxiety, sexual impotence, aesthetic displeasure, or a fear of confrontation. PM ME WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER AND WIN A YEARS WORTH OF MOUNTAIN DEW!! 16.) "The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything." This quote has prevented me from consciously making platitudes for 2 years. It's hard to take loftiness like that to heart. 17.) All of my favorite bands have broken up or now suck. 18.) When I was little, I was completely fearless when it came to insects. I've probably been bitten about 50 or 60 times by creatures I willingly put on my bare flesh. Including spiders. It's bizarre when I consider the clarity of these memories, but can't justify why I acted so reckless. 19.) The best days of my life have been spent in Squeege's car. In b4 sexual innuendo. 20.) Thanks to the internet, I would have little to no problem embalming a human body, filming a coprophagous pornography, or sitting through commercials forewarning their product's user the possibility of an erection lasting over 4 hours. 21.) Lux Interior of The Cramps just died this morning, and I actually feel really bad about it. COMFORT ME. 22.) There are a few people I don't think I could apologize to enough. 23.) I find myself thinking in terms of how I would raise children on a regular basis, only to eschew the idea as a rudimentary desire to reproduce and remind myself of how much I hate children. 24.) How could anyone my age commit to liberalism when the prime demography is a bunch of idealist kiddies? How could anyone my age commit to conservatism when the prime demography is white trash and old people?! 25.) I don't know what else to say. This stupid note meme has wasted 2 hours.
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 " The human rectum is almost nightmarishly elastic." -Ant Throney "The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." -John Cage.
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