How does Steinbeck present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set? Of mice and men is set in 1930’s America. During the time period it was a very much considered that women were merely seen as sex objects and that men were the dominant and more superior gender. Throughout the novella we see how Curley’s wife: one of the only women on the ranch is treated and disrespected by the other workers. Steinbeck compares the loneliness of Candy‚ Crooks and Curley’s wife with the friendship
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that they were in the bunkhouse when George was shot except for Curley. So Slim asked Curley “Where were you the yesterday Curley?” “I was at my house then I went for a walk.” “Did you go to the brush?” “No why?” “Because you weren’t in the bunkhouse when George was killed.” “You think I killed that son of a bitch.” “You said you went for a walk.” “Yeah but I didn’t got to the brush.” “Okay then.” So after talking with Curley he was thinking then he thought that George meant to kill himself
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then goes on to talking about how Curley broke his wrist. She knows he didn’t catch it and really wants to find out who did it. Curley’s wife seems happy to find that someone stood up to Curley and gave him a beat in. “why‚ he aint give nobody the good ol’ one-two since he got his han bust”. This is covenant as throughout the novel we don’t really here about him having a fight and giving the “one-two to anyone else apart from Lonnie. We can imply from this that Curley and Curley’s wife isn’t a very
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What is the American Dream? According to James Truslow ’s book‚ The Epic of America (ironically written in the 1930s)‚ the American Dream is “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” (Truslow). In the 20th century‚ we have significantly warped that dream to suit a more selfish type of person. Citizens base the American Dream on something much more different then what it originally meant
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old‚ crippled man who has lost his hand‚ Candy is the swamper at the ranch. He remains attached to his aging dog‚ who has become so weak and sickly that it depends entirely on Candy to survive. Curley The son of the ranch owner‚ Curley is a man of short stature who is nevertheless a formidable boxer. Curley is aggressive‚ boastful and cocky‚ with a volatile temper and a tendency to provoke conflict. Curley’s wife Generally considered to be a tramp by the men at the ranch‚ Curley’s wife is the only
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derived from the similar characteristics both Mr. Devito and Candy share. He loves animals and will suit perfectly into Candy’s role as the aging old man. Rob Schneider as Curley My choice of Rob Schneider as Curley is derived from the idea that Mr. Schneider’s role as Curley would accurately portray the character of Curley as insecure‚ angry‚ a bully and calculating. Jennifer Aniston as Curley’s Wife My choice of Jennifer Aniston as Curley’s wife is derived from the idea that she would be able
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“John Steinbeck: Marxist Supporter?” Since the beginning of time‚ the world has been infected with human greed and hunger for power. However‚ only a lucky few are able to truly appease this desire and get to the peak of the economic hierarchy‚ while the majority of citizens scrambles at the bottom‚ hoping and praying for alleviation from the cruelties of the never-ending oppression in their lives. However‚ in the mid 1800’s‚ a man named Karl Marx decided that this perpetual cycle of difference
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The woman lived on a ranch with her husband Curley. Always looking for him around and talking to the workers; becoming friends with them‚ It would seem as if the woman is happy‚ but she isn’t; being surrounded by loneliness and rudeness. John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men takes place in California in the 1930’s where two men travel from ranch to ranch for work and meeting new people along the way. Although the woman is married and has a stable home‚ she receives mental abuse and discrimination
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Of Mice and Men revision Social and Historical context: 1930s America Of Mice and Men is written against the backdrop of a troubled America The Great Depression began in 1929 – lasted 10 years. Severe economic slump. Businesses lost everything meaning mass unemployment. (25% of population unemployed.) Terrible drought lasting 10 years hit 27 states and meant farmland became a dustbowl. Many farmers lost their land or had to sell it cheaply. Farmers had to travel to look for work (economic
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incorporates an overshadowing theme of loneliness throughout his novel Of Mice and Men‚ though by far the loneliest character is Curley’s wife through the her thoughts on Curley and his actions‚ the fact she is a women‚ and her broken dream. Curley’s wife is the loneliest character in the novel Of Mice and Men because of her husband Curley. It is apparent throughout the book that Curley’s wife has a great bitterness against her husband. “Sure I gotta husban’. You all seen him. Swell guy‚ ain’t he? Spends
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