"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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How does Steinbeck present the lives of migrant workers in chapters one to three in ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s novel‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ was published in 1937. At this time America was still suffering the from the depression and the wandering workers who form the basis of the novel were very much within the consciousness of a nation separated by wealth yet driven by the idea of ‘the American dream’. Steinbeck’s novel is‚ however‚ essentially a tale of loneliness and of men struggling alone
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In Steinbeck ’s novella‚ Crooks is a stable buck on the Salinas Valley ranch. During this time‚ a stable buck was a common occupancy for a dark skinned American (Sustar). He was separated from the rest of the white farmhands on the ranch. Crooks states‚ "I ain ’t wanted in the bunkhouse‚ and you ain ’t wanted in my room" (Steinbeck 68). This shows how African Americans were treated like animals and isolated from others because of discrimination. After being neglected‚ Crooks proclaims‚ "If I say something
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`Notes for English literature Of mice and men is a novel of protest. It is during the great depression. When people are poor‚ they become desperate‚ lonely even though they are with people (inescapable loneliness) and they also become cruel. It is a novelette (short novel). One of the themes- loneliness 13/1/2013 Sunday
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and men had to move around a lot looking for work‚ which meant they were never in one place long enough to form any relationships‚ so this was a very lonely existence. Steinbeck shaped the ranch where George Milton and Lennie Small worked in as an isolated and primitive place. Steinbeck uses his personal experience as a ranch worker to describe how the working men at the ranch felt in the novel. George says that "ranch workers are the loneliest people in the world and don’t belong nowhere". Steinbeck
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character who is not given an individual name. She is represented of woman in 1930’s when women have never been treated equally and were bound to do only house work. Steinbeck shows us that Curley’s wife is flirtatious‚ mischievous but most of all are an isolated character. She is an example of how the reader’s perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. We first hear about Curley’s Wife when Candy describes her to George. Candy uses expressions such as "she got the eye"
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selfish and violent to survive. In this novel‚ there are many social outcasts. Crooks‚ the stable buck‚ may be the most persecuted character in the novel. He lived separated from other people because he was black. At Christmas‚ they made Crooks fight with white men with his hands tied back. They didn’t care how Crooks felt as they only wanted to have fun at the expense of the weak. Most of the men was prejudiced against Crooks referring to
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Saint Jude Catholic School High School Department The Lost and Lonely People of John Ernst Steinbeck In partial fulfillment of the requirements for English III Submitted by #32 Lorraine Elizabeth Tan HS III-E Submitted to Mr. Richard Rillo Faculty October 2011 Saint Jude Catholic School Tan/2011 High School Department English III No man is an island‚ and in the face of loneliness George and Lennie formed a family. It is portrayed that through their
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To what extent does Steinbeck portray dreams as futile in ‘Of Mice and Men’? In Of Mice and Men‚ the hopes and dreams of the men on the ranch are a continuous focus and theme throughout the novel. John Steinbeck portrays the effects that dreams‚ or lack of them‚ have on the lives of the characters and the outcome of the novel. Steinbeck uses the concept of dreams at once to show hope and aspiration‚ as they invoke companionship with united determination for a better future‚ and to illustrate the
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Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ contains various different themes which link together. Two of the major themes are ‘Loneliness’ and ‘Dreams and Hopes’. This essay will analyse these two major themes and explain how they relate to each other. Of Mice and Men is a story about the nature of human dreams and aspirations and the forces that work against them as it is the story of two men. George and Lennie’s dream is to own a little farm with a house and rabbits. George has told the story of his and
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