Of Mice and Men: Section 3 During George’s conversation with Slim‚ Steinbeck establishes the beginnings of Lennie and George’s relationship. Theirs is a childhood relationship grown into a rare adult companionship. After years taking advantage of his friend‚ George had a moral awakening‚ realizing that it is wrong to make the weaker suffer for fun. In this section‚ the death of Candy’s dog testifies to the pitiless process by which the strong attack and remove the weak. Candy’s dog (although
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Of Mice And Men Plot Chapter 1 – George and Lennie camp in the brush by a pool‚ the night before starting new jobs as ranch hands. George finds Lennie stroking a dead mouse in his pocket. He complains that caring for Lennie prevents him from living a freer life. We find out that Lennie’s innocent petting of a girl’s dress led them to losing their last jobs in Weed. However when they talk about their dream of getting a piece of land together‚ we know they really depend on each other. Chapter
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How Far Would You Go? Could you murder your own best friend? If your friend got into such a large amount of trouble‚ how far would you go to help them? In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ he teachers the reader how life was back then for two migrant workers named Lennie and George. These two men have a friendship that no one had in this time period. George was Lennie’s care taker and when Lennie made a huge mistake George put him out of trouble by murdering him. Although the
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In the book Of Mice and Men the author John Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife dramatically different to his other characters. Throughout the story she remains nameless‚ only known as “Curley’s Wife” and yet she is constantly mentioned around the ranch. She wanders around gaining many different reactions such as ‘she’s a married tart’. The fact that Steinbeck has not given her a real name just Curley’s Wife presents her as being a possession to Curley and is nothing more. By presenting the reader with
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“Of Mice and Men” Quotes Hopes and Dreams: “An’ live off the fatta the lan’‚” Lennie shouted. “An’ have rabbits” “We’d jus’ live there. We’d belong there. We’d have our own place where we belonged and not sleep in no bunk house” They fell into silence. They looked at one another‚ amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. “Nobody never gets to heaven‚ and nobody never gets no land. It just in their head.” [Crooks] “why I’d come lend a hand” “Well just
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Of Mice and Men Essay Justin Dominguez 4/28/11 Per.2 Stereotypes can destroy everyone especially the ones who are stereotyped. In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ two guys named George and Lennie they are friends and they work together. They find a job on a ranch and there is a lot of stereotypes on the ranch that the work on. In the book Steinbeck uses Crooks and Curley’s wife to show the evilness and hurtfulness in stereotypes and how they can hurt person who makes the stereotype
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Write a summary of the novel. The novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ begins in the Selina’s Valley‚ where 2 hoboes‚ Lennie and George arrived in a new ranch. They escaped from Weed because Lennie‚ who had a developmental issue‚ was wrongly accused of rape when he touched a woman to feel her soft dress. They met Candy and their prison-like narrow beds. Then they recognized Curley‚ Slim‚ who was the only person that George could treat him intently‚ Carlson and Curley’s wife‚ who was pretty but indelicate
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Discrimination Essay Discrimination and prejudice references in the book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ reflect on the several characters lives. The biggest impacts of discrimination take its rest on Candy‚ Crooks‚ Lennie‚ and Curley’s wife. All of them are discriminated for different reasons. People are treated worse by the ranch simply because they are different. Candy is one of the oldest workers on the ranch and struggles to keep up with the pace of the other workers. The other workers are younger‚ stronger
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Section A - Of Mice and Men Section: 1 hour for this section – whole exam 1 hour 45 minutes. Part a Questions. (16 marks) 5 minutes annotating 20 – 25 minutes writing 1. Read the question carefully. 2. Spend 5 minutes annotating the extract carefully. You need to underline key quotations and make brief focused comments. DO NOT MISS THIS PART OUT. 3. Track through the whole extract choosing your 5 or 6 most perceptive comments and exploring Steinbeck’s use of language. 4. Introduce your points
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Of Mice and Men Essay Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells the very touching tale of two men‚ Lennie and George‚ who set off to work on a farm to reach their dream of getting their own land. Although they have different characteristics and traits‚ they both have a strong bond to each other. John Steinbeck proves that a good friendship is based on someone’s personality‚ not how they look on the outside. Lennie Smalls and George Milton are obviously physically and mentally different from how
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