"Of Mice and Men" is a novel written by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner‚ John Steinbeck. It is an emotional tale of the extraordinary friendship between George and Lennie‚ who are traveling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s. George is a caring person whose love to Lennie is just like a father-son relationship‚ where Lennie‚ a mentally challenged man whose strength lies in body rather than brain‚ appears to be very dependent on George. "Of Mice and Men" teaches a universal theme about
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Of Mice and Men Socratic Seminar Question: Was George justified in killing Lennie? 1. What does the pro side believe? Why? Yes‚ George was justified in killing Lennie because if George was not the one that killed Lennie then the other men who were hunting Lennie would have killed him in a brutal way for killing Curley’s wife. 2. What does the con side believe? Why? No‚ George was not justified in killing Lennie because even though Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ Lennie should have been prosecuted
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important theme in Of Mice and Men. Which characters are lonely and why? Of Mice and Men illustrates the loneliness of ranch life during the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Steinbeck creates a lonely and a blue atmosphere at many times in the novel. He uses words ‘Soledad’ which is referred to solitude‚ which means loneliness; and the card game ‘Solitare’ which means by one’s self. Not all the characters are lonely; Steinbeck makes it clear that only Crooks‚ Curley’s wife and Candy are the lonely characters
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Of Mice and Men – Chapter Four - Crooks Essay Crooks is a literate black man who tends horses on the ranch. He has long been the victim of oppressive violence and prejudice and has retired behind a facade of aloofness and reserve‚ his natural personality deadened and suppressed by years of antagonism. Crooks is the only black man in the novel. He has a cynical intelligence and a contemptuous demeanor that he uses to prevent others from inevitably excluding him because of his race. This sign of intelligence
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"Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart." - Marguerite Gardiner. In society‚ both modern and in the past‚ prejudice has been a tool of thinking and labeling a group of race‚ people‚ class and culture in order to distinguish ones superiority and dominance from one another‚ but is simply a way to judge without gathering valid facts. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we see that prejudice was just as rampant in the 1930’s. In the novel‚ prejudice is demonstrated on 3 different
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struggles to keep his calm when Lennie aggravates him‚ “Well‚ we ain’t got any‚’ George exploded…I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun”(p.6). George is a slightly shorter than average sized guy‚ with slight temper issues; however‚ he genuinely cares a lot for Lennie. He is also very forgiving in the fact that he gives people second chances. So far‚ George hasn’t changed that much‚ if at all. I believe that George is starting to change his perspective on life
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Jasmine Lambson 12-6-12 Block 4 Curley’s wife is a significant character in “Of Mice and Men” because she is both a victimizer and victim‚ and symbolizes the objectification of women. Curley’s wife is the only woman in the plot. She is defined by her part in the story‚ Curley’s wife or possession. She is depicted‚ like the women in Weed‚ as a liar and manipulator of men. Steinbeck’s initial portrayal of Curley’s wife shows her to be attractive‚ unkind‚ and seductive. She is much like the
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OF MICE AND MEN ESSAY OF MICE AND MEN ESSAY The book is about George and Lennie who are intinerant workers and have a dream of owning a big house with animals and crops. George and Lennie are the kind of people who don’t really have friends because their always travelling alround the country for work. The things that make the other characters lonely is the same thing as George and Lennie which is the fact that they travel for work. Lennie and George are the two main characters that come along
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Of Mice and Men In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck relationships are important. This whole book was about relationships. If you don’t have a relationship you are lonely. Almost everyone shows their loneliness in this book. “You takin his pay from him?” (22) This proves there weren’t many relationships back then because nobody really traveled together. Because they were together‚ that man became very suspicious and accused george of taking Lennie’s pay. There can be good and bad relationships
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I think there are many characters that stand out as being weak in many different ways in the book with either physical or mental weaknesses‚ and occasionally both. Candy clearly is easily dictated as Carlson proved‚ but I think the presentation of Curley’s wife and Crooks is more intriguing. Steinbeck also presents Curley’s wife as a doll ’her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages’ which has the effect of objectifying her. We also find out that Curley’s wife is used in the book. She
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