lie‚ I was not thrilled to be assigned a summer reading assignment but I thoroughly enjoyed Of Mice and Men. When I first picked up the book I told myself I was going to read the first twenty pages because that’s the type of reader I am and I ended up reading the first seventy-three. I couldn’t put the book down and I don’t know why. It’s not the type of book I would generally pick out‚ but Of Mice and Men stood out to me. One thing that stood out to me was the couple lines on page twenty-five. “”We
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Q- “I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” what is the reader supposed to think about Curley’s wife? * How is she described by the other characters? * How the author describes her * How she speaks/behaves * Her dreams * Is she the cause of all the trouble Written By Ruqayyah Draey Curley’s wife is not well described and respected by the other characters. She is often looked down upon and discriminated
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The Character of Crooks is shown as a seemingly minor character in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ however being the only black man in the novel and through all the attitudes shown towards him‚ he plays a major role in representing how ‘coloured’ men were abused and discriminated during the Depression-era by racism. Due to the racist behaviour towards him we are shown that he is the lonliest of characters. Also‚ throughout the novel we are shown different sides of him by the author to develop
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Of Mice and Men Essay Foreshadowing is a writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate what will occur later in the story. Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men contains many examples of this technique. Steinbeck begins‚ in the opening scene of the novel‚ to reveal the central conflict in the plot - Lennie’s great strength and his inability to not “do bad things.” This flaw eventually catches up with the pair and everything that Steinbeck has foreshadowed materializes in the final scene of this tragic story
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Intro: "Of Mice & Men" By John Steinbeck was written in the time of depression which occurred in the mid 1930’s or more specifically in this story‚ 1937. It is a story of two men‚ a small‚ clever and crafty fellow named George and a big‚ slow and mentally retarded man named Lennie. The story is based around these two characters‚ and their shattered dream to find true happiness in a farm that they can call their own. But these are not the only characters in this story‚ there are several other
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that would even take a second to think about killing you‚ and in that second if you could kill them or be overpowered and at best‚ enslaved‚ but probably killed. Therefore‚ the death penalty‚ military ethics‚ or even when George kills Lennie in Of Mice and Men are valid reasons to kill. In the case of death penalties‚ killing is an excusable act. “A society that fails to adequately protect and defend those who protect all of us is a
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Of Mice and Men‚ a book about two men named George and Lennie who have a dream to be very successful farmers who want own land and work for themselves however‚ this has been proven difficult due to Lennie’s intellectual disability. While this may sound perfectly fine and prove to be a great learning experience about what life was like in the 1930s during the great depression although people across the globe have banned and challenged this book because of its bulger language‚ racist ideas‚ and intense
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thermometer to show the temperature rising of their level of anger. Also‚ with me‚ I feel myself getting hot from the inside out‚ when I’m angry and if you were able to have seen a change in color on my skin‚ I feel like it would be red. In Of Mice and Men‚ George‚ Lennie‚ and Curley had showed many examples of anger throughout. You may not realize it‚ but our emotions and everyday things in our life symbolize different colors. In Steinbeck’s story‚
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Dear Mr. Steinbeck‚ I think the ending to the book Of Mice and Men was depressing yet somehow inevitable. Personally I think that it was predicable‚ and helped me understand the actions of George at the end due to three rhetorical strategies‚ Characterization‚ foreshadowing‚ and symbols. First of all‚ I think the Characterization of George played an important part in the end. George is seen as a guardian or parent sort of to lennie. He wants what’s best for him‚ and to protect him. George could’ve
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disabled. George shows that he cares for Lennie when he says‚ “He’s my... cousin. I told his old lady I’d take care of him. He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid. He’s awright. Just aint bright. But he can do anything you tell him”(Steinbeck 22). This quote illustrates that George cares for Lennie as if he was his cousin. It also appears that he cares that Lennie gets a job since he is a good worker who is not the brightest crayon in the box. Lennie shows that he cares and respects
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