During the Great Depression‚ things were quite different than they are now. The book “Of Mice and Men” takes place in this time. Most people then didn’t have someone to travel around from ranch to ranch with. George Milton and Lennie Small‚ however‚ had each other. Most times During the Great Depression‚ people used their salary towards having a “good time”. On the other hand‚ George and Lennie saved their pay so they could buy a property to have a small farm and house. Almost no one back then‚ or
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believe all the other characters on the ranch‚ such as Whit‚ Carlson‚ Slim and Curley‚ are all also lonely‚ but they seem not to care. Curley‚ however‚ even though he has a wife‚ seems to be lonely. Not very many people like him as he is not a very nice man. He wants to keep his place on the ranch by looking down on people‚ and by keeping his wife away from the other men. This has led for him to have no friends. This is probably why he goes to a brothel with other ranch men‚ as you have to be lonely to
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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 in the ranch. The loneliest character is Crooks. He is isolated
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his simple childlike mind always finds him trouble wherever he goes. However they have one thing that unites the two of them as close as any bond can. This is that they both share the same dream of owning their own ranch and after many hard working years‚ moving from ranch to ranch‚ living in complete poverty and working for next to nothing they finally try to achieve this life long dream. <br> <br>I enjoyed this novel because I found the contrast between the two main characters very interesting
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only woman on the ranch. Curley’s wife is unable to be the person she is for the reason that Curley owns her and she is his possession‚ Curley’s wife is recognized as Curley’s wife and his not able to have her own individuality. This is an example of the way women were commonly treated‚ especially on a ranch during the 1930s. Curley’s wife endues loneliness due to unable to socialise with anyone on the ranch other than Curley‚ because he doesn’t trust her with any of the ranch workers and often watches
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and their dreams always fail. The ranch workers feel lonely without a family or friend. However‚ on the other hand‚ the story is not completely hopeless as long as people have a goal that they are working for‚ they do maintain their hope. Although the two main protagonists feel isolated‚ they still have each other. Therefore‚ while this story is despairing‚ there is still hope. In many ways‚ Steinbeck portrays the life of ordinary people as gloomy. The ranch workers live in misery as they are desperate
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is a story about a young man searching for his place in life and finds not only himself but a love for wildlife and wilderness on a ranch in Montana. On this ranch he experiences nature‚ first hand. All throughout the book his attitude toward the ranch and its work changes‚ along with his attitude toward wolves. He also explains how he has found happiness at the ranch and he also include short stories preceding the chapters. I interpret Andrews quote: “I was living at the center of my heart’s geography
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demonstrate the loneliness in the book is Steinbeck’s description of Soledad is key to the portrayal of the ranch as being basically in the middle of nowhere. The significance of the ranch being in the middle of nowhere is that the theme of loneliness and isolation runs throughout the novel and the fact that the ranch is isolated to just adds to the theme. Lennie and George both share a dream to live on a ranch‚ again isolated from society‚ the dream is that Lennie and George would buy a country house and then
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as “a path beaten by hard boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool … beaten hard by tramps…” This creates a setting and shows how men who work on the ranch have had temporary‚ isolated and lonely lives. Many men have must have walked through this road towards a lonely and miserable life‚ moving from ranch to ranch searching for jobs. The initial descriptions of George and Lennie convey their status in life as “the first man was small and quick” with “sharp‚ strong features” which
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In the novel‚ no one character is alike any other. Because of this‚ this sets up the novel to be more interesting considering every character comes from a different background and they all have different views on topics. “Lennie Small‚ an itinerant ranch hand like his friend‚ George Milton‚ is a tall powerful man‚ who is mentally handicapped (Telgen “Characters”).” Being that Lennie is one of the main characters in the novel‚ he is usually somehow tied into any wrongdoings that Steinbeck creates due
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