Samantha Ayala English 2 Reading Log : Of Mice and Men CHAPTER ONE Chapter one starts off with introducing two men‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. George Milton is usually the one to look out for Lennie because Lennie is know as “retarded”.Lennie Small is a huge man with resembling a bear by the way he walks and acts. Both George and Lennie are walking along a path near a pool of water towards a ranch where they can both find temporary work for the both of them. Lennie‚ without thinking
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Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men is given a fairly one-dimensional portrayal throughout the novella‚ as her character stays‚ for the most part‚ enigmatic. The most obvious example would be her lack of a name. She is continually referred to as a possession of her husband and without a name she becomes almost insignificant. The author‚ however‚ drops hints throughout the book telling his audience that there may be more to Curley’s wife than what is easily deduced. One scene involving
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Steinbeck present the characters of Crooks and Curley ’s wife ? In what way are these minor characters shown to be significant throughout the novel ? In John Steinbeck ’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ we gather our first impressions of Curley ’s wife from Candy‚ a man with one arm and who ’s only companion is his dog and is his equivalent of a friend‚ which he has had since it was a pup. "I had ’im since he was a pup". We develop our initial impressions of Curley ’s wife as being flirtatious‚ attention seeking
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paced‚ from where Curley sees George smiling‚ to him starting the fight and Lennie getting beaten up‚ to Lennie crushing his hand. Yet Steinbeck stretches the fight over 2 pages and a bit‚ where as it would have probably lasted less than 30 seconds which shows it’s a significant piece and amongst it there is also quite a lot of dialog for a fight‚ these things creating a lot of tension. The climax up to the fight makes it quite important and significant as well‚ the way Curley accuses one of the
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temperature rising of their level of anger. Also‚ with me‚ I feel myself getting hot from the inside out‚ when I’m angry and if you were able to have seen a change in color on my skin‚ I feel like it would be red. In Of Mice and Men‚ George‚ Lennie‚ and Curley had showed many examples of anger throughout. You may not realize it‚ but our emotions and everyday things in our life symbolize different colors. In Steinbeck’s story‚
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limited on how it is used. Curley‚ Curley ’s wife and Crooks have their own power to what they own but because of their Gender and Ethnicity‚ they have their own privileges. Curley was the son of the Boss and because of that he had power over others but didn ’t have their respect. Curley ’s power was limited but because he had that power he was pugnacious‚ and fought with Lennie. The reason he fought with Lennie was because he was slow but when they fought Curley lost. “Curley stepped over to Lennie
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likes soft things like Lennie Felt rejected from Curley She died She hasn’t got many friends She is manipulative She had her neck broken She is flirtatious Curly hair Men think she is permiscuous She’s lonely She wanted to be an actress She was trying to punish her mum as she thought her mum had hidden the letter saying she could be an actress Marries Curley out of spite Regrets marrying Curley Doesn’t like or feel anything for Curley She wears inappropriate clothes for been on a ranch
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too‚’’ George stood up nobly and said firmly‚ ’’I’ll get that weak bastard‚ Curley‚ for you. I’ll get him Lennie.’’ With that he gracefully left Lennies grave in peace. He returned to the calm‚ cold ranch and quietly entered the workers bunkhouse. The men all lay in a deep slumber from the hard days work. George sat down on his damp bunk and stared at Lennies old‚ deckendant bunk. George was angry‚ he believed that Curley had defeated his intelligence and won. He turned to the white-washed wall on
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How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to
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In the book Of Mice and Men‚ most of the characters were named in correspondence with their physical appearance. Curley‚ a key secondary character‚ is no exception seeing as he is described as being a "thin young man with a brown face‚ with brown eyes and a head of tightly curled hair." On the surface Curley is a very confrontational‚ mean-spirited‚ intimidating and an aggressive young man who is very cruel to all those around him for no apparent reason. However‚ after thorough analysis we see that
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