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    Explore the ways emotions are shown in the text you have studied. Steinbeck uses a wide range of techniques to explore emotions shown in of Mice and Men. Specifically in section 5 + 6 where three characters emotions are shown in contrast to what they had been interpreted as at the start of the novel through their emotions. George’s emotions dramatically change throughout the novel from a person who was seen as the brave man to the hesitant boy at the end. The abusive language George used was

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    “Of Mice and Men” is a novel by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck uses languages to create images in the responder’s mind. The composer uses languages to create images that communicate main ideas and add richness and depth to their texts. The novel relates mainly to friendship and loneliness portrayed through the relationship between George and Lennie. The composer’s language technique that he uses is American southern vernacular slang that invokes to the 1930’s. Responders can relate to the book which

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    Of mice and men Back in the 1930’s Steinbeck introduced the characters dreams in the novel ‘of mice and men.’ The novel was set in America‚ it was the time when men had to travel the country looking for work and it was also the time of the Great Depression. Also the government were trying to tell people that they could achieve the American Dream if they worked hard. The novel was written to show what it was really like to try and live the American Dream at this time. Steinbeck presents characters

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    Of Mice and Men Henri Frederic Amiel once stated‚ “Destiny has two ways of crushing us- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.” In Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ this is very true for George and Lennie. The pair has moved from ranch to ranch trying to keep down a job but Lennie who easily gets in trouble always thwarts them. They long to live the American Dream but they‚ like all the other workers‚ will never reach their dream that seems to be just beyond their fingertips.

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    Year 3 Of Mice and Men coursework Question choice one In the novel "Of Mice and Men" George and his simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters who move from town to town looking for a place to settle. When Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife everything changes for ever. At the scene where George kills Lennie‚ Steinbeck uses different writing techniques to make this moment moving and tragic. Quotations from the book prove that he has achieved it. "You ain’t gonna leave me… you ain’t that

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    overcome the state of loneliness; loneliness being the monster. 2. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Stand a little taller‚ doesn’t mean you’re lonely when you’re alone.” In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ George has to kill his best friend‚ Lennie. He feels he has betrayed their bond as best friends. In the song What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger by Kelly Clarkson‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger/ Stand a little

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    Of Mice and Men Throughout history‚ women have been seen as inferior. During the Great Depression‚ women were not granted the same rights and freedoms as men. Curley’s wife experiences many of the same injustices that women did during that time. The negative perception of women develops in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men due to the fact that Curley’s wife is not given a real identity or a purpose throughout the novel. She is consistently seen as a sex object rather than a human

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    Of mice and men Examine the relationship between Curley and his wife All the female characters used by Steinbeck are either‚ prostitutes‚ a carer or a victim. Their marriage is bizarre because they have only been married for 2 weeks and they don’t like each other. We can tell this because they are never together in the book also she flirts with other men because she is lonely all of the time and Curley goes to the cat house. Curley wears gloves full of Vaseline on his right hand because he is

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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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    John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men "The American Dream is "a dream of a land in which life should be better‚ richer‚ fuller and with opportunity for each. It is a dream of social order in which each man and woman should be able to achieve the fullest stature of which they are capable of‚ and be recognized for what they are‚ regardless of the circumstances of birth or position." It ideally constitutes life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness as stated by America’s forefathers in the Declaration

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