The atmosphere in the setting of the book “Of Mice and Men” is complex‚ thus being multiple sides to it. There are factors of the ranch that make it a good place to be in‚ but there are also factors that don’t. Certain people create a certain ambient‚ such as a happy one or a sad one. Slim creates a welcoming ambient and a pleasant one‚ with his cheerfulness and willingness to make new friends. “Are you the new ones‚ can’t wait to have you in my team‚ I got a pair of bunks in my team that don’t know
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end of the story. How can we justify what he does to Lennie? How can we condemn it? 5. Discuss Steinbeck’s descriptions of the natural world. What role does nature play in the novella’s symbolism? 6. Analyze the characters of Slim‚ Crooks‚ and Curley. What role does each character play 1. Discuss the book’s view of relationships between men. 2. Analyze Steinbeck’s portrayal of Curley’s wife as the lone female on the all-male ranch. 3. Paying attention to the long descriptive passages
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Steinbeck indicates through Curley’s wife’s attention seeking personality throughout the book that women in general are disrespected on their gender rather than their capabilities or personality resulting in a loss of identity and putting up a façade. Curley’s wife represents not all‚ but most women in the early 1900s‚ she is overlooked upon by the men on the ranch so she uses her looks to get their attention. She simply does this because she is lonely and has nothing else to do. Lennie and George
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the character when it is discovered she is in fact extremely lonely. We learn that she uses flirting and seduction as a way of gaining attention and spending time with the men. She uses the excuse of looking for Curley to find some company‚ but then slips up‚ admitting she knew where Curley had really went. She then begins to become more aggressive when they ask her to leave‚ saying ‘Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever once in a while?’‚ ‘Think I like to stick in that house alla time?’ She
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitudes to women in of mice and men? Steinbeck explores different attitudes to women in of mice and men. He does this by having only 3 different roles for women in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute. Women have only 3 different roles in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute‚ they are not valued because they are not physically strong‚ and in the depression‚ those who could work were viewed with higher respect. In fact‚ they are
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expressed in Of Mice and Men was through foreshadowing. ‘” I’ll try to catch him‚” said Curley. His eyes passed over the new men and he stopped. He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed at the fists. He stiffened and went into a slight crouch. His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious. Lennie squirmed under the look and shifted his feet nervously. Curley stepped gingerly close to him. “You the new guys the old man was waitin’ [sic]
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After the men find Curley’s wife Curley says‚ “... I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts…”(Steinbeck 96). Later after they get the guns Curley tells the other men‚ “... Shoot for his guts. That’ll double ‘im over” (Steinbeck 97). Curley says this because he wants Lennie to suffer and have a painful death since Lennie broke his hand and killed his wife. After Curley says these two lines George knows what he has to do because he doesn’t want Lennie to have
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not want to hurt Curley‚ George pushes Lennie to stop him‚ knowing that Lennie stopping Curley is the best thing in that situation After Lennie breaks Curley’s hand‚ the more caring side is shown by George cleaning the blood off of Lennie’s face‚ and telling him he is not in trouble for hurting Curley. At the end of the story‚ George is given a hard decision to make with what to do with Lennie after he accidentally kills Curley’s wife. Instead of turning Lennie in or letting Curley torture and kill
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Of Mice and Men The Loneliness of Curley’s Wife Set in 1930s America Of Mice and Men shows the apparent hardships of an America gripped in a great depression. The Wall Street crash of 1929 was making the American dream become more of a nightmare and over farming had devastated the American countryside leaving workers to migrate across the American mid west to find work. Steinbeck also worked on a ranch as a young man so the story has a personal touch from his own experiences. With unemployment
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How does Steinbeck present loneliness and isolation in of mice and men? Loneliness and Isolation are one of the primary themes in Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of the ranch life in the early 1930’and shows‚ how migrant workers are driven to find friendship in order to escape from isolation. The author further reinforces this theme through subtle methods by situating the story near the town of Soledad‚ which means "solitude" in Spanish; this alone foreshadows the novel
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