Explore the theme of lonliness and icolation in of mice and men. Notes page for gcse exam.SOPHIE HUGHES. Inroduction talk about the great depression ‘two million men were homeless sleeping on the streets use some controversial topic use a opening sentence like ‘how would you feel if you were secluded away from the rest of society?’ summarise the story &describe the historical context also talk about stienback &his background how did the great depression make the workes lonely? SECTION2 SETTING
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behave overly difficult while others can be calm‚ friendly and easy to live with. The many characters in the story represent the many different combinations of worthy and unworthy qualities but this essay shall concentrate on three characters Slim‚ Curley and Crooks. In ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck uses the character Slim to represent a man who has only the admirable qualities of human nature and seems to possess absolutely no unworthy traits whatsoever. John Steinbeck shows the ideal man who
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the book. In this scene Curley is angry at being humiliated in front of the ranch workers and so he tries to regain some control by starting a fight with Lennie. I will be exploring the shifts in power throughout the scene and what language Steinbeck uses to show the shifts. Curley’s is an aggressive and unpleasant character who is always picking fights; he is handy with his fists. When Lennie and George first arrive at the ranch Candy the swamper‚ tells them that Curley is ‘alla time picking scrapes
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any more. Also‚ Crook’s future is bad because of segregation. Finally‚ Curley’s wife will not make it to Hollywood because she is married to Curley. With Lennie’s death it makes it very hard for george to try to achieve the American Dream. George will turn into the average migrant worker because he does not have Lennie any more. George will get mean like Curley and he will become pugnacious. “‘ Then it’s all off?’ Candy asked sulkily.”’(95)Since Lennie killed Curley’s wife everybody is after Lennie
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dreams of a better life ❖ Who is the Boss’s son? ❖ ☞ Candy ☞ Slim ☞ Lennie ☞ Curley ❖ Who is Lennie? ❖ ☞ A ranch worker who lost a hand in an accident ☞ A mentally disabled‚ but strong man who travels with George; He dreams of being able to tend to rabbits ☞ A "jerkline skinner‚" the main driver of a mule team. ☞ The Boss’s son; a young‚ pugnacious man‚ who was once a semi-professional boxer ❖ Who is Curley? ❖ ☞ A ranch worker who lost a hand in an accident ☞ The Boss’s son; a young
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for example there is a sense of prejudice as George judges Curleys wife right from the start by looking at the way she acts.Also‚ a sense of foreshadowing comes through as he is obviously trying to stop Lennie from becoming attracted to her as it might lead to a similar event to the one in Weed. ’Get um Lennie‚ don’t let him do it’ George has a sense of parental control over Lennie as he orders him to retaliate during the fight with Curley. Also ‚ this shows that George could not face seeing Lennie
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bunkhouse followed by Curley‚ Carlson and another ranch hand. Slim and Carlson argue over that Slim in a relationship with his wife. Carlson gets involved telling him that he needs to control his wife in a sexist manner. Curley gets angered by this remark and tells him to stay out of it. Carlson then calls Curley a punk causing Candy to join in on the vociferation. His eyes wandered to Lennie who was still smiling about the dream of of tending to the rabbits when they would own land. Curley then dashed at
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The old duo is trying to suruive and save up some money during the 19305: Great Deprssion. George and Lennie are introduced to the swamper ‚Curley‚ the boss‚ slim‚ Carison‚ and Curleys wife. Lennie and George is learning about the boss and the others. He lied about the bus driver giving him abum steer. The swamper had only one hand. Curley wife is always whereing high hells and she is a flirt George confides in slim about the incident in weed because George trusts Slim. Further‚ Carlson
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kill Lennie . Lennie was a danger to other people and animals‚ If Curley was going to kill him he would’ve made him suffer‚ and George felt stuck. Throughout the story Lennie shows a continuous pattern of violence. first in Weed when he wanted to feel the ladies dress‚ then he killed another mouse (which he has done multiple times throughout his childhood.) ‚ he broke Curleys hand ‚ he killed the puppy ‚ and then he killed Curleys wife. It shows that Lennie just doesn’t know his strength ‚ like
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with Curley’s wife‚ and Curley fearfully trying to appease him. This is so difficult for a man like Curley‚ proud‚ permanently tense‚ and feeling he has to prove himself‚ that his anger erupts when Carlson offers his unwanted advice. The word ‘whirled’ immediately indicates Curley’s quick temper‚ as does his threat to Carlson. When Carlson insults him further‚ first by laughing at him contemptuously‚ then by calling him a ‘punk’ and a coward (‘yella as a frog belly’)‚ Curley must be seething. However
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