...Crook vs. Miles Name Institution Crook vs. Miles It is quite apparent that Crook’s approach of fighting Geronimo was very different from Gen. Miles’ approach. According to the writer, General Crook’s approach to fighting Geronimo could not have succeeded even in the long-run. General Crook used unorthodox methods of attacking his enemies by sending out his troops for attack each time he wanted to confront Geronimo and his hostiles. During his tenure, Crook lost most of his troops in battles. Many homes in Arizona and New Mexico were raided, many US citizens killed and their horses stolen y Geronimo’s hostiles (Winning the West, n.d). It is no wonder that he was deceived by Geronimo that he (Geronimo) would surrender, only to bolt out of their encampment and flee back into Mexico. Therefore, Cook’s continued pursuit of Geronimo would only result in a cat and mouse game where most of troops and civilians would have lost their lives through attack and counter-attack. Crook’s failure had severe consequences on the relationship between the two states. Many civilians had lost their lives through raids and counter-attacks. Besides, the Mexican troops mistaken Apache scouts for hostiles and opened fire on them, mortally injuring most of them, including Captain Crawford. On the other hand, his successor-Nelson Miles- used a more strategic approach in pursuing and capturing Geronimo. He reorganized the department and dismissed the apache scouts, strategically...
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...Men- Steinbecks presentation of Crooks Crooks is a supporting character in the book "Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck. He is a stable buck with a broken back. Also he is racially abused by virtually everyone because of his black skin. Due to this, he has developed hatred towards white people and spends all of his time alone in his room. In this era (1930's) it was seen as normal to be abusive to black people or to treat them as lesser people or even animals. Crooks is first mentioned in chapter 2 (Pages 40 and 41). Candy mentions that the boss would "Give the stable buck hell". In response, George asks "Give the stable buck hell? questioning why someone would be given hell, and Candy replies with "Sure, ya see the stable buck's a nigger". George then replies with "Nigger, huh?" indicating he understands why the boss would "Give the stable buck hell" and that George himself believes that it is alright to take your anger out on him because he has black skin. The next thing that Candy tells us about Crooks is that "They let the Nigger come in that night. Little skinner by the name of Smitty took after the Nigger. Done pretty good, too. The guys wouldn't let him use his feet, Smitty says he woulda killed the Nigger. The guys said on account of the Nigger's crooked back, Smitty can't use his feet". This informs me that the guys used Crooks as a punching bag for entertainment and humour, something that no one would do to an animal, suggesting that Crooks is represented as less than even...
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...AUTHOR’S NOTE Don’t listen to anything I say. INTRO What does Anything Goes, Hello Dolly!, Les Mis and Wicked have in common with anything else that has ever existed? The answer at the bottom of the page (upside down “absolutely nothing”). It’s a strange world, musical theatre; we have all seen one, been in one, fantasized about starring in one, hate one or adore one. None the matter. When it comes down to it, we must come to realize that our proud, intelligent, gun-slinging species has created the most romantic and magical source of entertainment I have ever come to witness. How do other animals entertain themselves? Dogs chase their bums, cats get their nip-fix, dolphins screw, primates throw excrement. Humans deride at our beastly brethren for their means of amusement, yet I have little doubt if you sat a gorilla in the mezzanine to watch a hoard of synchronized singers and dancers telling their story in front of him, he would think “What the hell are these idiots doing? I want my stick back.” Yet what makes it so real? Where does the allure come from? The high notes or the kick lines? The consistency or the insanity? I have but one theory. One of my favorite words is “romance”. Not, of course, in the way you are probably thinking. I’m thinking in the broadest sense of the word. Not the squishy “I love you, you love me, so-on-and-so-forth mediocrity.” Not the “Oh, Shannon” and, “William, my sweet love.” Give me a break. The romance I’m talking about is the surreality...
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...The Cook and the Crook By C.L. Pederson In the northeastern part of Michigan , there lies a town, a small city, one could even say a small town, called Pleasant Park. It lies just East of Grayling and North of Mio. It lies close to the two of the five Great Lakes: Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The town did not have a lot of things, just the necessities: a grocery story, a diner, a gas station, a bank, a post office, and a school. Though, the crown jewel of the town, not to mention the county, or even the state, was the diner. People would travel from all over just to eat at this diner. This particular establishment was well known across the state, but not because it was fancy, but because of the Fishy Fry Burger Sandwich....
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...Some of the ways that crooks can steal our identity involves phishing emails requesting our information, pulling our information from online purchases, individuals giving out their information over the phone and another way is when a dishonest person reviews our personnel file (Kapoor, Dlabay, & Hughes, 2014). However, the most simple operation is usually the way it happens according to our textbook and this would include checking our personnel file or for looking through the garbage for our bank or store account statements. One area that we have become increasingly knowledgeable in at work is with the phishing emails. An example of this situation happened a few months ago with an employee within the payroll office. She received an email...
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...Exterior In the market for that house that will attract the most terrifying paranormal sightings? Well look no further than the goons and the crooks avenue. The exterior of this wonderful house has a bunch of burnt down trees, and if that doesn’t get your attention then look at the only tree still standing it has a pristine noose ready to be used… and those annoying neighborhood kids, well don’t worry about them because once they see the noose they will think it’s a swing and then all of a sudden you don’t hear them anymore, how great is that!!! This house is very secluded and there won’t be any unexpected visitors except for the evil forces already in the house. Plus if you have kids the rope that’s on the tree already can be used as the perfect tree swing if you want it to be...
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...The media directly influences society’s perceptions and reactions towards the insane criminal. People base their judgement of the criminal and the insane on their representations in the media, which are usually based on stereotypes. Whether insanity is a prerequisite quality for being a criminal or criminality is a manifestation of insanity, there is a definite link between the two, that has been strengthened by the media’s portrayal of the insane criminal. Michel Foucault discusses people’s tendencies to classify people as “normal” or “abnormal” (Faubion 1994). “Abnormal” refers to anyone who deviates from the norm and as a result, we treat the criminal and the insane in a similar manner: We remove them from society in order to give ourselves peace of mind, yet this treatment is not a new phenomenon. For centuries, society has attempted to marginalise both the criminal and the insane. In Madness and Civilization: a History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (1965) Foucault describes this classification as a means to exclude certain types of people from society, by placing them in prisons or institutions. They are taken out of the social order and locked away, to present a “safer” world for those who consider themselves “normal”. We classify the criminal and the insane as “abnormal” without truly understanding the underlying issues of criminality and insanity. This begs the question of what the criminal and the insane actually have in common? Foucault states that criminals...
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...lonely but Crooks is the most lonely character in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Some individuals, however, disagree and think other characters can be classified as the loneliest. Crooks is the loneliest because he is segregated from everybody else on the ranch, he talks about how lonely he is, and has limited social and work contact because of his disability and race. Firstly, Crooks is segregated from everyone on the ranch triggering him to be lonely. “Crooks, the negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn” (66). This shows Crooks does not live...
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...involved with wanting to live in ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck. True friendship is embedded in these two men. Everyone has a dream of wanting to do something such as George and Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. All George and Lennie want is to live on the fatta the lan and have big acres, animals, and a great life. “O.K. Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—" "An' live off the fatta the lan'," Lennie is always talking about the future land and the animals, especially rabbits. George told Lennie that if he does not get into any trouble then he can tend to the rabbits. Lennie swears he is not going to get into any trouble but sadly he does…...
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...In America, Blacks have been given names, made slaves, tortured, persecuted and denied humanity” (Perry). This is precisely what happens to the character Crooks in Of Mice and Men. Although Crooks is not a slave, he is treated like one by other men on the ranch. Crooks was not treated like the other men, he was forced to live outside in a room of the barn. The author gave an a description of crooks which was “Crooks, the negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn” (66). The treatment of blacks in the novel Of Mice and Men is harsh, unfair and inhuman represented through the character Crooks. Blacks were treated like slaves in the Great Depression. In Mice of Men Crooks was treated...
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...CROOKS #1 - Crooks reads to cope with loneliness. ¨¨S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books¨(72). It is known that Crooks has a lot of books. ¨And he had books, too: a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905¨ (67). The definition of tattered is old and torn or in poor condition. The definition of mauled is to be wounded by scratching & tearing. The word choice is ordinary, but when the definition of the word is read it draws a dynamic picture. The book choice is also a bit funny, a dictionary and a copy of the civil code from 1905. The civil code is used to keep track of laws, or at least that is what Crooks would do. He would tear through the pages, examining his rights, perhaps after he was beaten or after he was thinking about his old life and what he used to be able to do. He knew he deserved better, but he also knew he was the minority. One voice can change the world but only if it comes a powerful source, and Crooks knew he wasn’t a powerful voice. He was a broken man, whose personality collapsed onto himself whenever he was faced with confrontation, who was beaten...
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...This relates to Crooks in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Crooks is the only African American in the book and he gets treated poorly by white people. I feel sympathy for both Solomon and Crooks because they are treated terrible based on their skin color. Also in the book more characters face different challenges. In the book the characters Crooks, Lennie, and Curley’s wife deserve the most sympathy, because they face life situations, mental illness, and racism everyday in their lives. Curley’s wife deserves sympathy from all the life situations she faces everyday. She is the only women in the ranch and the author doesn’t even give her a real name. In the book she talks about how she could of had a chance to get a job and a life of herself but instead she got married to Curley. She says this when she...
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...Have you ever had a dream and then- just like that- it’s all over? Maybe you had an injury, or you realized it’s too hard, or you have family problems that occur. Many people just give up, or they just don’t care anymore. For thousands of people this is the case. From the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck emphasizes that everyone has a dream that they are hoping to achieve someday, but for many others, they come a little short. One person from the book Of Mice and Men, named crooks, has always had a dream of being seen equal. Crooks has always wanted to have a normal life where he can be seen as a normal person that has friends, and can have a happy life other than being seen as another niger walking the streets. Something important Crooks didn’t realize is his place on the ranch. ““Well you keep your place then nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”” (Steinbeck 81). It wasn’t only Crooks that got treated...
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...After meeting with Mary, Crooks became very interested in Spiritualism in July 1870. Therefore, people believe this is why he began his research and study into Spiritualism. Spiritualism is a believe based on communicating with the dead. Crooks. Later on he gave up on psychic phenomena and served as the president of the Society for Psychical Research from 1896 to 1899. (Encyclopedia. (2001) Crookes, Sir...
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...Section four – Bad Curley’s wife (malicious act against Crooks) In Chapter 4, Steinbeck portrays a malicious act from Curley’s wife towards Crooks; Curley’s wife has a lot of power over Crooks, which leaves him terrified. This affects the reader because we feel sympathy for Crooks. This is in evidence when she say’s “I can get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” The phrase “strung up” connotes the lynching that happened during the history of this time. This is due to the fact that, this would have been a particular nasty threat for Crooks this would have petrified former slaves because it was a common punishment for disobedience. Curley’s wife was xenophobic and she browbeats Crooks because he attempts to assert his authority over her. She is also colloquialism and naïve due to the fact that in the 1930’s the woman used to speak like that, like when Curley’s wife said “it Ain’t even funny.” “Ain’t” was a common word because they didn’t use “isn’t.”Curley’s wife always takes her...
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