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    best described with this word is Curley 6. Candy thinks Curley’s wife is a tart meaning she isn’t satisfied with just having a husband and has to go looking for other men. He thinks she’s trouble. 7. Lennie slept in the barn because he wanted to be close to the puppies. But Lennie wasn’t sleeping in the barn‚ he slept in the bunkhouse with the other workers. 8. Lennie and Curley got into a fight because Curley attacked Lennie‚ This happened because Curley asked what Lennie was laughing

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    Of mice and Men Summary Chapters and Important Quotes Chapter 1 summary: The story begins when George and Lennie have left a ranch in weed. They are now camping out near the Salinas River. We find out that George is a slim and intelligent person but Lennie is a big strong and described as an opposite of George. Lennie goes to drink water from the pool’s edge and drinks like a hungry animal‚ George cautions him‚ telling him the water may not be very good. However‚ Lennie ignores his advice. The

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    Loneliness Loneliness is a state of mind and not an emotion. Do you know why? You can be lonely yet physically be in a crowded room with a bunch of people. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ there are two main characters that support the theme of loneliness. Crooks is one of the many characters to express the theme of loneliness. Curley’s wife displays the emotion of loneliness‚ although in a different way than Crooks does. However‚ these two have one thing in common; they both have something holding

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    Lennie was treated this way because he was mentally impaired and was a grown man who acted and thought like a young child. Lennie got pushed around by Curley often because Curley did not like guys bigger than him and Lennie was not allowed to fight back unless george told him to. The time that george allowed him to fight back‚ things went bad and Curley got his hand broke by Lennie’s strong grip. Other characters in Of Mice And Men were discriminated too. One in which was Crooks‚ a black stable buck

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    Passages from text | Page #’s | Comments & Questions | “The bunk house was a long‚ rectangular building. Inside‚ the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small‚ square windows‚ and in the fourth‚ a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks‚ five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal

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    is trying to say is that she is a bit of a slut and is having an affair‚ and she gets around without Curley even knowing it. The other characters refer to Curley’s wife as promiscuous. Even before George and Lennie meet Curley’s wife‚ they’ve already formed an opinion and judged her. Curley’s wife appears for the first time at the bunk house. She came in the room saying she is looking for Curley‚ but I think that she really just wanted to see the new men on the ranch. Her actions leave an impression

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    boss’s wife. c. George was insubordinate to the boss by cursing at him. d. Lennie was insubordinate to the boss by yelling at him. 5. Which character is missing a hand? a. Candy b. Carlson c. Curley d. Slim 6. Which man is the only one who understands George and Lennie’s friendship? a. Crooks b. Slim c. Curley d. None of them because they think George and Lennie are brothers. 7. Why does Candy not want to get rid of his old dog? a. The dog is a fantastic bloodhound. b. He wants to breed the animal

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    benefit by an individual in order to gain control for himself. This conflict occurs between Curley‚ a small guy and Lennie‚ a bigger guy. Lennie is picked on due to his lack of intelligence and size. This type of behavior gave Curley the advantage in the situation and made the best of it. In This quote‚ “Curley likes a lot of little guys. He hates big guys (pg. 26)”. This quote basically explains why Curley discriminated Lennie‚ why he would be so aggressive towards him. This decision would later

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    John introduced us to a character called Curley’s wife‚ she plays a complex and misfit character as she got so many different sides to her‚ as sometimes the reader feels sympathetic and unsympathetic about her. John Steinbeck’s novel of Mice and Men is an example of how the reader’s perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the early

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    she is used by Curley. Although she married Curley even though she didn’t love him‚ Curley also married his wife simply to parade her around. Mice are very small and therefore they need protection and that is exactly what George gives Lennie. Through the "mice" Steinbeck shows how society takes advantage of the less fortunate but also how the week are treated is left to the strong. There are two different groups of men in the novel‚ the good men and the bad men. The bad men are Curley‚ Curley’s dad

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