disability that makes him a slow learner and therefore george takes care that he doesn’t get into trouble. Other major characters are Slim‚ Candy‚ Crooks‚ Carlson‚ Curley‚ and Curley’s wife. Slim is the leader of the mule team everyone respects‚ he becomes an ally of George and takes care of Lennie as well when he gets into trouble with Curley. Candy
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Alyssa Curley Ex RR-10/01/10 The Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies Bartolomé De Las Casas describes many horrific actions carried out by Spanish Christians against Indians living on the island of The Hispaniola in between the mid-16th and early 17th century. Bartolome De Las Casas was a 16th century Spanish priest‚ made famous for his advocacy of the rights of Native Americans. Las Casas lived from 1484 to July 17th‚ 1556. He is the Author of The Brief Account of the Devastation
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sick.” Curley’s wife is controlled by her husband Curley‚ who does not let her speak to any of the men on the ranch‚ which leads her into being lonely. Even though Curley’s wife is mentioned frequently‚ we never know what her name is. This just shows how people do not care for others‚ leading to loneliness. I think all the men do not consider her as a normal human being because none of the men are too scared to talk to her in case Curley becomes jealous and wants to start a fight. I am given
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of women was quite low.Men did not take women seriously and the major role of women was to cook‚ clean‚ and raise the children. Curley’s wife is a perfect example of how women were viewed in the early 20th century. She was treated like property to Curley and was not given a name being referred to only as ‘Curley’s wife’. To conclude‚ with women having such low social status during the Great depression Steinbeck’s uses this as a main aspect in Curley’s wife’s character to show us how the great depression
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Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ hope is portrayed as keeping up one’s spirit‚ and welcome when times are grueling‚ and sounding promising but not always making sense. Curley’s wife dreams of being a movie star‚ and this keeps her married‚ if unhappily‚ to Curley‚ but her dream is actually a delusion‚ and while promising much‚ never actually delivers. George and Lennie are sustained throughout their troubles by their dream of a farm and escape from the migrant worker’s life‚ and while it could have happened
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half a dozen people” (Rosenberg). The mother‚ Gigi‚ killed her son because she would rather have him die than to watch him endure so much pain. Similarly‚ George kills Lennie upon realizing that nearly a half a dozen people would abuse him‚ including Curley and his cronies. George is Lennie’s best friend‚ and he accepts that there is no way for Lennie to get out of this dilemma alive. It is impossible for George to imagine witnessing that. This disbelief and dread are magnified by the fact that Lennie
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When the boys come back (George‚ Curley‚ Slim‚ and the others)‚ George is the first one to enter the barn. Shortly after‚ enters Slim and sees the same thing. George agrees with Slim that he will leave and act as if he never seen anything so the rest don’t think he has to do with this dead wife issue. So he leaves‚ and before long‚ Curley sees his wife dead and knows the only man who was big enough to do this. “‘I’m going for my shotgun
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to get back at her mother she married Curley who was her husband who didn’t show any affection nor really payed her any attention which made her go seeking for it but all of the other guys on the farm knew she was much trouble. There was no other women on the barn so she really had nobody to conversate with so she began to try to flirt with some of the workers cause she never really liked Curley from the get go she only married him to make her mother mad. Curley was always busy working or trying to
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How are dreams presented in Of Mice and Men? During the 1930’s in America‚ at the time of the Great Depression‚ John Steinbeck‚ an ordinary migrant worker wrote perhaps the shortest but well known novel – Of Mice And Men. I think Steinbeck was influenced by the poem “To A Mouse”‚ because the novel and poem are slightly alike. They both have dreams and determination but in the end‚ both are destroyed. In the novel‚ Steinbeck shows us that dreams are futile. You only have the dream because you are
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lonely and had many possessions to keep him occupied otherwise. Candy coped with his loneliness through his dog‚ and once his dog was gone he confided in Lennie and George. Curley’s Wife walked around the ranch just trying to talk to someone without Curley finding out‚ to help her loneliness. In conclusion‚ the characters‚ Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Curley’s Wife‚ all displayed versions of the theme loneliness in the book‚ Of Mice and
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