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    How does Steinbeck create tension in the fight between Lennie and Curley in Chapter 3? Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand‚ as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader‚ to perhaps manipulate us to believe that Lennie will be in grave danger‚ due to the violent and discriminatory characters present in the early-mid 20th

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    things in order to survive‚ for example‚ plants needs water‚ sunlight‚ and nutrients; animals needs water‚ food‚ oxygen‚ etc. And for us‚ human beings‚ we need oxygen‚ water and food to survive‚ but to maintain a healthy life‚ we would also need a friend(s). A person can live without a friend‚ but they might end up having mental illness and such. But it is actually not as easy as you think to find a real friend that will be your friend forever. For instance‚ some people might have a large group of friends

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    John Steinbeck portrays Curleys wife as being a floozy but also a nice girl. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent young girl. I am writing this essay to discuss my views and whether I agree with John Steinbeck when he says she is a nice girl. Curleys wife gives off the impression she is a floozy throughout the novel. When we first see her‚ her body language is deliberately provocative when

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    in the lead up to the fight between Lennie and Curley? The fight is a pivotal moment in the novella’s plot and it brings out the emotions of many of the ranch hands and lets us examine closely the relationships between certain characters. Steinbeck uses carefully planned linguistic techniques to create an atmosphere of tension and drama before the event‚ adding to the foreboding throughout the first two chapters that something bad will happen between Curley and Lennie. Steinbeck uses hard‚ harsh

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    Curley’s wife is the only woman from the novel of mice and men written by John Steinbeck. She is the wife of the boss’s son Curley. She has no friends besides Curley as the live on a ranch with all of the workers who are all men. She tries to speak to men throughout the novel but none of them want anything to do with her. She is lonely and bored because of this. She is a very pretty and young woman‚ when she is first mentioned in the novel when talking to George and Lennie in the bunk house ‘she

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    Curley’s wife presented in the novel as a whole and what does this show you about society in the 1930’s? In of mice and men‚ Curley’s wife lives in a society where women have no rights and are discriminated against‚ men have all power. Curley’s wife has such a little effect on society that Steinbeck feels she’s not even worth being a named character. As a victim of this lack of authority‚ she finds someone to bully and is presented as a very powerful and intimidating person. Curley’s wife intimidates

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    present the character of Curleys Wife? In this essay I am going to be assessing the character Curleys Wife from Steinbeck’s book Of Mice And Men. The book is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression it features two farm workers called George and Lennie. The travel around together in search of work sharing a dream of a place of their own‚ a small ranch where they can live and work for themselves. It tells the story of how violence may erupt to destroy those dreams. Curleys wife is a character in the

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    time. Women in the Jacobean Era had to obey their husband‘s /fathers every decision .moreover‚ They could not‚ own property‚ have a job‚ attend schools‚ or have a bank account. Furthermore‚ Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare. It was written between 1603 and 1607 it was about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophesy from a trio of witches that one day Macbeth will become a king of Scotland .lady Macbeth likes the idea of becoming queen but she’s afraid that her husband is

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    because George had a really hard decision to make at the end of the story on whether he should kill Lennie or not. It was a conflict as Lennie was like a brother to George and George cared for Lennie a lot and just wanted to look after him. But because everyone was going to kill Lennie‚ George was debating whether he should kill Lennie or not. He felt that killing him himself was the right thing as Lennie was his responsibility and if he didn’t‚ he would get tortured by the other ranch workers. This

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    The 60’s and 70’s brought a huge counterculture and with it came a completely different experience to the youth. Teenagers opposed society and the war. They cared little for middle class values and institutions. However‚ they embraced equality and a peaceful more natural lifestyle. Some of the same things could be said today‚ the only difference is that Vietnam is now the Middle East. Jimi Hendrix is electronic dance music and unfortunately there are still battles over equality and women’s rights

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