and protective of themselves. Upon the ranch we this mentality presented mainly through the male characters as they all defend what little they have and through various scenes of violence. Arguably one of the most violent characters in the novel is Curley‚ the boss’ pugnacious son who even upon his first appearance to the novel is described as ‘bent at the elbows and his hands closed in fists’ a stance of boxer which appears openly violent. Possibly‚ Steinbeck uses Curley’s ‘tightly curled hair’ to
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Euthanasia is a serious issue‚ but is what George did to Lennie considered as euthanasia? The character Lennie from John Steinbeck book “Of Mice and Men” had been suffering from a developmental delay for all of his life and this eventually led to him murdering a woman and several animals.When Lennie tried to run he found himself cornered on a mountain top over a river. Another one of Steinbeck’s characters‚ Lennie’s best friend George‚ had to choose between killing Lennie himself or letting the
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own mentality‚ Slim‚ who is highly respected and considered a leader. Lennie befriends an unexpected man‚ Crooks‚ whom is a black handicapped stable hand. Lennie and George’s acheival of their dream becomes hindered by the troublesome characters Curley‚ the boss’s son and Curley’s wife‚ Curley’s “tart” of a wife. John Steinbeck’s main purpose of writing this novella is to protest Roosevelt’s New Deal and exploit that the damage the Great Depression caused was far from being completely restored
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against in this way because of how he is misunderstood. George always knew that Lennie never did anything bad “out of meanness” and that is why he stayed with him; to keep him from getting into trouble. When Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife‚ Curley didn’t understand Lennie and the circumstances that were in the event. Curly just wanted to shoot him in the stomach and make him suffer. George knew what had happened and understood‚ but in the end decided to kill him painlessly to protect him.
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because of its setting during the Depression and hardship that everyone had to face. Crooks is the Negro stable buck‚ he has a crippled back and is often discriminated against by people of higher social status such as: the Boss‚ Curley’s Wife and Curley. As Candy the old man tells Lennie and George (the main protagonists) “The boss gives him hell when he’s mad.” Whilst not being allowed to sleep in the bunkhouse with his white counterparts‚ his room in the barn shows that he is a rather intelligent
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that the guys and Curley would want him lynched (Steinbeck 94). When Candy gets Slim and the guys attention to come into the barn George comes in behind them and pleads to Slim to have Lennie be brought in to be locked up. Slim says “s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good‚ George” (97). Slim was right‚ putting Lennie in jail would not be the right thing to do. In jail you never know what would happen to him and it would be worse than Curley getting at Lennie
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Curley is a bully that uses his power to keep others below him because he is small and insecure. Although Curley is a fighter he has glove‚ “fulla Vaseline‚” (steinback 27). To mask that insecurity Curley must appear strong threaten others because his father is the boss of the ranch. With this power‚ Curley keeps the other men below him. Curley does seems like fighter but he is insecure about pleasing his wife. Crooks is
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Context of Mice and Men: To understand the context of John Steinbeck’s book‚ you need to know a bit about Steinbeck himself‚ and a little about economic conditions in 1930’s America. John Steinbeck: John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California in 1902. Although his family was wealthy‚ he was interested in the lives of the farm laborers and spent time working with them. He used his experiences as material for his writing. He wrote a number of novels about poor people who worked on the land
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character in the novel Of Mice and Men. She represents several themes in the novel‚ the American dream‚ loneliness and friendship. Her dream is to become a Hollywood actress but like most dreams it does not come true which has made her hard and mean. Curley‚ her husband‚ gives her no emotional support and treats her like a sex object rather than his wife which leads her to seek attention from other men and gives her a flirtatious air. She befriends Lennie because she feels that he still has his kindness
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ranch when they are no longer useful and black workers are refused entrance to the bunkhouse. While the world described in the book offers no protection for the suffering. To turn to the final episode in the chapter‚ the fight between Lennie and Curley‚ we see first-hand that there is a deep and ruthless potential for violence in the generally passive Lennie. His casual declaration that he will snap the necks of any cats who attempt to kill the rabbits on his fantasy farm is shocking - we know that
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