power is also able to get people to follow orders‚ or bad down from a bad decision. It can even be used positively‚ to help both whoever is using it and whoever encounters it or inspire others. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Candy‚ Curley‚ and George each use or encounter power in positive and negative ways. George‚ one of the main characters of the book‚ is shown most often interacting with Lennie‚ conversing‚ cajoling‚ and even threatening him. Due to how early his instance of using
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Wife- she’s mean‚ “bitch.” REPRESENTS LEVELS OF POWER! Boss and Curley are above everyone‚ then Mrs. Curley‚ then the others. Symbolism of Puppies- * Puppies represent softness and the American
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relationship and doesn’t really like Curley otherwise she wouldn’t be giving anybody “the eye”. Also‚ Steinbeck’s use of ellipsis “yeah‚purty...but” and “Well‚I think Curley’s married
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husband is not much company. She is constantly barging the bunkhouse with fictional excuses just to have conversation with someone. Also‚ she tries to entice them with her flirtatiousness just to receive attention she is clearly not getting from Curley. Her hunger for communication and mischievous reputation give her strength over the ranch hands. Curley’s wife knows she is feared by them and uses this as a sign of dominance. This is how she exercises her own power
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Have you ever felt lonely or isolated before? In the story “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck these characters Candy‚ Curley’s wife and Crooks are all on the look for the American dream during this they all experience loneliness and isolation in their own way. Candy is the oldest out of all of the workers he is also disabled and this causes him to have the most money out of all the workers. “And they give me two hundred and fifty dollars cause I lost my hand. and I got fifty more saved up
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Social Hierarchy is a system in which classes exist‚ with certain classes being ’above’ others. Since the beginning of society men have almost always followed a social hierarchy. John Steinbeck recreates the social structure during the great depression in his novella Of Mice and Men. In the novel all of the characters fall into three classes in proportion to their ability. All of the characters in the novella can be put into a pyramid. People at the bottom tier of the pyramid are treated differently
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Loneliness A person is always trying to find a bond with another person‚ but in this lonesome world that doesn’t always occur. When people are deprived of companionship‚ a lot of different effects happen in different people. The different situations that everyone is in can lead to different outcomes and can lead to people developing different personalities and different situations in life. This longing for companionship is a theme that is widely explored in the book in the book Of Mice and Men
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John Steinbeck once said of Curley’s wife‚ ‘She’s a nice girl‚ not a floozy’. How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’? In this essay I will show how Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife in a number of ways throughout the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ showing both how she is portrayed as a ‘nice girl’ as well as a ‘floozy’. This novel was set during the great depression and is written around two key themes of the American dream‚ which every ‘ranch hand’ owned their own patch of land
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Then lastly‚ there is Curley and his wife. Curley happens to be the son of the ranch owner/boss‚ is mean-spirited‚ and gets inflamed with jealousy often because of flirtatious Newlywed. One of the main themes in “Of Mice and Men” is Broken Plans. The title of this novel is actually inspired
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John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a biblical story that conveys how the destructive decisions of humans can cause their dreams to end leads to regret and loneliness similar to the events that occur in the Bible. The character’s decision to sacrifice portrays them going astray from their dream. The workers on the ranch are all alone unlike George and Lennie since they trust and depend on each other and how their goal is to live together on a farm. Candy‚ a lonely worker hopes to someday live with
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