easily provoked Lennie- big‚ childish nature‚ characteristics of an animal‚ physically strong‚ doesn’t want to get into trouble Candy- old‚ only has one hand Curley- small‚ strong build‚ aggressive‚ boastful‚ ignorant‚ keeps his hand in Vaseline Crooks- Negro stable buck‚ crooked back‚ unaccepted by society around him Curley’s wife- pretty‚ very lonely‚ ignored by ranch workers‚ doesn’t like Curley 3. George symbolises care and strength‚ as he is shown to be very compassionate and dependable
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But can you really be friends with a dog? Or someone who’s way mentally inferior to you? Chapter 3 Friendship Quote 2 "A guy on a ranch don’t never listen nor he don’t ast no questions." (2.67) Candy gives us a pretty good definition of an isolated person: someone who doesn’t ask questions and someone who doesn’t listen—in other words‚ not much of a conversationalist. We’re getting the feeling that‚ for Steinbeck‚ isolation is mostly about silences… which makes friendship mostly about conversation
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the lives of civilians due to the great depression. Various characters have dreams that they use to escape loneliness. George and lennie share the dream of owning a plot of land and tending rabbits. Curley’s wife dreams of being a movie star however crooks dreams of being equal to everyone. During the novella the dreams are constantly under threat from loneliness‚ in every case the dreams give in to loneliness and characters find themselves being attacked from it. Of mice and men comes from Robert
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the side-characters Crooks‚ who is an African American and works on the ranch where Lennie and George find a job at. Crooks lives by himself since whites are not allowed in blacks house’s and vice versa. Due to him living by himself‚ he often struggles from loneliness since nobody wants to be friends with him considering he is a different color. During this era (the 1930s)‚ many Jim Crow laws were present during this time‚ as often made blacks seem as if they were dangerous. Crooks locks himself in
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In Barack Obama’s 2004 Democratic National Convention speech‚ he introduced his ideology of “I am my brother’s keeper”: if someone else is hurt or negatively impacted‚ no matter their background‚ heritage‚ social standing‚ or economic stability‚ you have a responsibility to aid them. In a sense‚ this philosophy expands upon the “Golden Rule” principal of treating others as one would wish to be treated‚ and the idea that altruistic behavior between people forms mutual relationships that eventually
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Of Mice and Men notes Slim: Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in the 1930s. Steinbeck explored the life of migrant workers during this time and wrote the finding during his research in the novella. The novella also explores many social attitudes during this era. One of the workers on the ranch in the novella is Slim who is a jerkline skinner. Steinbeck uses Slim’s character in many different ways. “He is the god like and moved with majesty” people admire him. Lots of people respect
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In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small experiences many difficult situations which involves violence and barbarous behavior. This book was published during the Great Depression. After reading the novel‚ George and Lennie are at times the cause of the violence while also being the sheep of Curley‚ who finds barbarous behavior as a source of entertainment and he does this by bullying the ranch workers and whom is socially beneath him. Steinbeck
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This is one of the biggest themes discussed in Of Mice and Men‚ and though there was only one character that belonged in the POC group‚ Steinbeck successfully showed how blacks were treated unfairly and immorally in the past. In the novel when Crooks‚ the black stable buck was first mentioned‚ Candy said “the boss gives him hell when he’s mad”. (pg. 20) This goes to show how people treat blacks unfairly – the boss takes out his anger on him instead of the other boys because he is black. This shows
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This quotation means a person never fully realizes the importance of a friend and the impact they can set on a life‚ until they are gone. This quotation is illustrated in the novel various times by the characters‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ Curly’s wife‚ and Crooks. Each of these characters come from a small town called “Soledad” which is South of California in the Salinas Valley. Soledad means “lonely‚” so clearly Steinbeck has a way of introducing words to the novel to create a lonely and blue atmosphere.
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What is the importance of dreams in Of Mice and Men? What role do they play in people’s lives? How do people use dreams‚ and how to various characters’ dreams affect them? The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ written by John Steinbeck is a truly fascinating novel based upon the theme of dreams. This novel was published in 1937‚ which was towards the end of ‘The Great Depression’ that hit the United States. The novel was set in Soledad‚ California‚ during the same time period as published. This was an
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