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    represents? Have you ever wondered what color best reflects you?(Transition) The color orange best represents Of Mice and Men by showing anger‚ happiness‚ and passion. These traits were mostly displayed with George and Lennie speaking their ideas and opinions out loud. Lennie never thought before he did something and George would always over think what he was about to do. In the book Of Mice and Men anger was shown a lot through George and Curly. This was demonstrated when George was angry that Lennie could

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    In the passage Of Mice and MenSteinbeck uses imagery to show the plain and basic bunkhouse and how the ranch is isolated to show the lack of identity the men have. “Long‚ rectangular building” and “whitewashed‚ floor unpainted” indicate that it is the place of inhabitance of George and Lennie and how it is not really there home but it is somewhere where they are just staying. The surroundings are a representation that the inhabitance of the bunkhouse is ‘cold’ and ‘not homely like but it serves

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    In ’of mice and men’ written by John Steinbeck explains a story of two best friend working on ranches together and traving together. The theme of the essay is if George is justified for killing Lennie. This essay will explain how George is justified for what his action are‚ and his decision of it. It will also explain why George had thought of killing Lennie and a similar part in the book. George had two decision to kill Lennie or let Lennie live and be killed by Curley and the mob or at least

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    Moreover‚ Steinbeck uses a descriptive form of language to show that the ranch workers have an unpleasant‚ narrow future. he demonstrates this when he says ’’the bunkhouse was a long‚ rectangular building’’ this gives the reader the impression of the bunkhouse being long and thin in shape‚ almost like a corridor‚ representing the men’s narrow pathways in life. This also shows that the ranch workers are restricted from fulfilling their dreams because they have an unpleasant future‚ as they aren’t

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    ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a novel that was published by John Steinbeck in the 1930s during the Great Depression. The Great Depression brought many rural‚ poor and migrant workers to the Great Plains states‚ such as California‚ which is where Steinbeck sets the whole novel. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 forced banks to foreclose on mortgages and collect debts. Unable to pay their debts many farmers lost their property and were forced to find other work. Steinbeck uses animal imagery on migrant characters

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    them. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ he presents many social inequalities among the characters and how they react to such

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    When John Steinbeck was attending Stanford‚ he took time off to go work on a ranch at Salinas Valley. This is where he encountered the models for many of his characters for his stories. One of them included one of his most popular and touching novellas‚ Of Mice and Men. With this book‚ he tried to show the hardships of the discriminated. During the period of the Great Depression‚ many individuals were forced into poverty and away from their families. Many began to flee to the West in search of work

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    The novel ‘of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck published in 1937 in a place known as the Pacific Grove and Los ranch in California. John Steinbeck addresses a variety of themes in the novel such as power‚ seduction and hierarchy. Steinbeck had worked as a ranch hand himself that’s why he understood the types of people that were in it. Following the US Stock market in 1929 US experienced a period of depression known as the ‘Great Depression’ in 1930s America‚ to highlight how people lived

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    Of Mice and Men In the novella Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ we see the progression of a strong friendship. I think George was an overall good friend to Lennie. He always made sure that Lennie was safe. George and Lennie are two totally different people‚ but their friendship said so much. Lennie definitely was not all there most of the time. Lennie didn’t have much control over his actions‚ and George was always there to cover for him. No matter what George was there‚ he could’ve left

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    he surpassed that and went into the wheelchair league for basketball. These characteristics can also be shown in John Steinbeck’s book of Of Mice and Men. The characters George Milton‚ Lennie Small‚ and Candy all show that they could be considered gallant in the eyes of defeat. George is gallant in the way of being self sacrificing because he gives up being able to pursue his dream in order to look after his friend. They were by a river on their way to their new job and George becomes mad at

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