In the novel‚ ‘Of mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck uses allegory to represent different themes and messages. An allegory is a story‚ poem or a picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. While reading Steinbeck’s book I noticed different metaphors such as the usage of animals and Curley’s wife. Throughout the whole book the reader can notice many animals mentioned such as rabbits‚ mice‚ the puppy and the old dog. Curley’s wife is also a sort of symbol. She represents the way in which
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will be classed by other men as not useful ‚also he tells them that most of the other men don’t save their money but go and spend it on booze and women. But he thinks that they can do it the dream of living out his days with George and Lennie on their dream farm distracts Candy from this harsh reality. This mean that they can have much more freedom than other people as it will be their own place . He doesn’t like curleys wife he thinks she is a tart and flirts around with men so he thinks she is trouble
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Loneliness is the feeling of isolation and no hope or dreams in your life-which is what Steinbeck achieves by portraying this theme effectively through key fictional characters in Of Mice and Men. By living in the town of ‘Soledad’ (Spanish for loneliness)‚ the audience gets an overwhelming sense of the depressing environment that the migrant farmers are living through by their repetitive lifestyle and the consequences they face through the Great Depression and the Dustbowl. Yet another aspect of
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gives her in the book(as the wife of Curley) which I think emphasises he does to show her as an inferior by not giving her a personal identity so that we cannot relate to her- she is objectified. Possibly due to having little experience with other men‚ Curley’s wife married very badly‚ and doesn’t get on with Curley ’Sure I gotta husban...swell guy‚ ain’t he? She says sarcastically‚ and added to Curley’s paranoia that she will cheat on him (shown on page 62-Slim said ’well you been asking me too
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Techniques Examples Analysis Foreshadow With the mice/ rabbits/ puppies whenever there was animal and whenever Lennie used his hands. Hints at the ending‚ of whats going to happen. Imagery Start of every chapter. When describing scenery and characters. Used to appeal people and give a good description so they can imagine it. Symbolism Curley’s wife symbolises women during that time period. Curley= small people/rich people/ people with power Crooks= racial discrimination Candy: unvalued/weak/old
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Conjunctions Choose the correct conjunction. 1. I need to work hard I can pass the exam. 2. he was the best qualified party candidate‚ he didn’t win the elections. 3.
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somebody to look down to‚ to have a higher status. P103(bottom) * ‘Any you boys seen candy?’ said with no politeness also said with authority. * ‘you bindle buns think you’re all so damn good’ ‘a nigger…lousy ol’ sheep’ p111 -revenge to how men treated her- Steinbeck writes this to link to loneliness and isolation and this was the cause. 5. Carlson shows aggressive and frustrated emotion-‘ “God awmighty‚ that dog stinks get him outta here candy!... you gotta get him out’ p70. * Repetition
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haunt him due to his confrontation with Lennie. Another character that was discriminated was Curley’s wife‚ but this time due to her gender. Curley’s wife was often misunderstood in the ranch due to her attention hungry self and flirting ways. The men discriminate her due to her circumstance of being the only girl on the ranch and always trying to attract attention. George even said‚ “Ranch with a bunch of guys ain’t no place for a girl‚ ‘specially like her”(Pg 34) This quote voices George’s opinion
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In this passage‚ how does Steinbeck present Crooks? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. From this passage we can learn a great deal about Crooks‚ through the many way in which Steinbeck presents him. Through the brief description at the start‚ Priestly presents Crooks as a literate and intelligent man‚ shown through his large collection of books‚ including a ‘ mauled copy of the California code for 1905’. Here Priestly is showing that not only is Crooks aware of his rights as a
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