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Steinbeck depicts the impossibility of dreams being achieved and explores brotherhoods in humans – the strengths, the weakness in man and sometimes the angst. The socio-economic factor would be how mentally challenged people can get along with there friends. These factors effect the way other people think at them either in an angry way or happy way. I most defiantly think these factors were portrayed in a realistic fashion because of how this short story made me feel.
In the book "American Victory" by Henry Cejudo, the setting takes place in junkyards and shacks in from Los Angeles to Las Cruces to Phoenix. The shack was close to a park and close enough to go to school. Around the neighborhoods had lots of junkies and violence where Henry got payed to fight as a kid. The situations affected Henry in a good way because the battles were experiences of skills with fighting. The majority of the people in the neighborhoods were Mexican and Henry's family believed in God. The book is told in an optimistic manner.
In the book PUSH, theres a notable racial factor. This would be Clarisse Precious Jones dealing with being an African American which she believes to be a downfall in her life. Theres the bad neighborhood she's living in, and her being exposed to extremely unhealthy food as a result of her environment caused her weight problem. Her cultural and at-home background is very bad she's living in an abusive home. Her socio-economic state is bad. They also play a big factor in the book. The factors are very realistically portrayed. I could really see this happening in real life.
In the book The Last Olympian, the setting is New York City. There isn't any racial factor and everybody seems to be straight. There are some differences in wealth and it's shown with a girl having a whole floor to herself.
In the book Cold Kiss I kept waiting for something to happen in this book… and it never quite did.The subject is kind of spooky – Wren resurrects her boyfriend from the dead and keeps him hidden (since he is supposedly dead). My first problem was waiting for Wren to explain how she did it, which doesn't come for several chapters in the book, so I was confused for a little while in the beginning. Once Wren meets Gabriel, you’re entertained by their relationship from time to time – but that doesn't really happen the way you'd expect it either.
The overall tone of the book is quite smooth and passive , which is not what I was expecting at all because the story was meant to be spooky not accepting.Mainly because the book wasn't long i don't think i would read a sequel because the book was boring and couldn't keep my attention. the attention grabber was weak.even though the book wasn't great, I figured I would read to the end to give it a shot,and unfortunately not much changes by then.the book wasn't a racial factor because you couldn't tell if the main character was Caucasian or native american, but i believe it had a more of a cultural or economic factor because the book gives off a more spiritual idea.
I was not a fan of Cold Kiss. If I had gotten more background on Wren and her family, or more information between Gabriel and Wren it may have been a little better, but this is not a book i would recommend not a book I will be recommending over others.
In the book slam the setting is a basketball court and a school . The setting changes the way acts like on the court he is amazing but in the school he is not so great . His teachers are not going to let him play ball if his grades are not good. That's the difference. On the court and off.
In Pretty Little Liars, the society is very modern like today, all the characters in pretty little liars are diverse and are different from each other except for a group of 4 girls who live a very glamourous life and drive their own cars but mutually everyone is living well and in nice homes. The life they live in affects their aspect of freedom.
In Eleanor & Park , the society is normal like things these days . The characters in my book are very different from one another Park is a asian boy who doesnt talk much & likes to read comic books and do karate . Eleanor is a very unique girl who doesn't have many friends and is always the one being picked on .
In the book Undercover cop, mike russell describes a very bleak view of new jersey while still infusing the 80's way of life. Newark is described as "a slum that either needed to be bombed off the map or rehabilitated with massive amounts of federal funds". Everyone seems to be white and straight. However the income amount varies between rich and poor.
In the book jumper it's very mordener like today and all the characters differ from each other except to people that can teleport and the live they live will soon get them killed because there hunters that kill jumpers. But he has to try and protect the people he loves and get away from the people that try to hurt his family
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(Example: In Fahrenheit 451, there doesn't seem to be any obvious or outward poverty, and everyone seems to be equally middle class or something similar. Also, there is no mention of anyone's skin color, race, or ethnicity. Everyone seems to be white and straight. This doesn't fit with the idea of a large metropolis such as the one described in the book. It also doesn't seem reasonable that there should be no discussion about any economic pressures affecting this society beyond the general statement that "the rest of the world is poor and we're not." In this sense, the book seems to be a bit one-dimensional, unrealistic, and less than "quality," to use Faber's term.)