John Steinbecks THE MURDER

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Lawrence C

 

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January 8, 2016

 

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Steinbeck's story shows Jim thinking of and treating Jelka like an animal and an inferior. The narrator and Jim's comparisons of her to an animal are portrayed later in the way she is brutally beaten by Jim in the barn on their farm. The limited omniscient point of view used to tell the story also contributes to the presentation of Jelka being less than human...
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Steinbeck's story in many ways shows the horrendous actions people take against women, making many readers feel that females are little more than objects of property. In "The Murder", the narrator and Jim's comparison of Jelka to an animal illustrates dehumanization towards Jelka. As told early in the story "[Jelka] was so much like an animal that sometimes Jim patted her head and neck the same impulse that made him stroke a horse" (Steinbeck 4), this focuses readers on the fact, Jim doesn't draw a fine line between the treatment his wife and animal's receive from him...
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