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    John Steinbeck’s‚ The Pearl is an illustrative novella that shows readers the repercussions of greed‚ and how desire can control someone’s life. In this story‚ Steinbeck vividly describes the journey of a native man named Kino‚ and details how his life is driven off its tracks by a foreign emotion. As the title suggests‚ the tale winds through Kino’s life before and after he finds a magnificent pearl‚ and demonstrates how his desire for something better eventually tears his family apart. This novella

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    masterpieces is the existence of an external force which brings our principal character to God. In Dante’s Inferno‚ it is Dante’s literary hero‚ Virgil‚ who is tasked with bringing him to God. Virgil brings Dante to God by teaching him to condemn that which God also condemns by imparting on him the importance of cruelty to sinners. Throughout the epic‚ Virgil inflicts upon Dante the fear of condemnation which in turn brings Dante to God. Through the epic‚

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    How does Steinbeck convey the theme of loneliness? As a socialist writer‚ John Steinbeck used his stories to show how unfair the world was under capitalism. In Of Mice and Men‚ he used the settings‚ characterisation and language to convey the theme of loneliness. From the very first line‚ "A few miles south of Soledad" (Soledad being Spanish for solitary)‚ the settings pay homage to the theme of loneliness. The first and final scene take place in a majestic clearing that will remain untouched

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    California sometime during the 1930’s. The financial struggles during the Great Depression serve as a core to which this story revolves around. The struggle to make ends meet kept the story’s main characters‚ George and Lennie‚ looking for a job in order to reach their dream of owning a home. This story’s main characters are all men‚ with the exception of one important woman. This woman is referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife.’ While she is the only woman‚ Curley’s wife is one of the most significant characters

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    How does Steinbeck present Slim from the extract? Slim‚ on his first appearance‚ is described as moving with a “majesty only achieved by royalty or master craftsmen”. With this descriptive phrase‚ Steinbeck immediately establishes Slim as someone who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move like majesty‚ it requires one to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This is a man who is comfortable in his own persona. Continuing with the comparison to royalty‚ Steinbeck

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    How does Steinbeck explore the theme of loneliness in “Of Mice and Men” In “Of Mice and Men”‚ the theme of loneliness is central to the novel. It is introduced to the reader at the very start of the novel i.e. the first time that we see George and Lennie they are walking apart – “they had walked in single file down the path and even in the open one stayed behind the other”. Throughout the novel we see that everyone is lonely and it seems that the description of George and Lennie at the start of

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    John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. (February 27‚ 1902 – December 20‚ 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books‚ including sixteen novels‚ six non-fiction books‚ and five collections of short stories‚ Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. was born on February 27‚ 1902‚ in Salinas‚ California

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    Men’‚ the characters of Slim and Curley are created to have a strong influence on the other workers’ lives. While both the characters make an impact with the way they are presented‚ Steinbeck portrays them both very differently. He does this by giving the reader different impressions when each of the characters are introduced‚ the idiosyncrasies the author has given them‚ the way they treat others‚ how the rest of the characters react to the characteristics of Curley and Slim and why they influence

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    Curley’s wife presented in a complicated way.. She is ambiguous in some sense. Dangerous: ‘both men glanced up for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off.’ ‘She had full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up.’ Red‚ foreshadowing danger. Vulnerable: ‘heavily made up.’ Insecure. Hiding domestic violence. Mysterious. Outlet for feelings‚ only thing she has control over. Wants attention because she is neglected by Curley. ‘I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.’ She

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    Curley’s wife plays an important role in much of the action in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Select a Scene in which Curley’s Wife Appears. Analyse Closely how Steinbeck Presents this Character at this point‚ and Consider Briefly this Character’s Role in this Novel as a whole. Curley’s wife plays an important role in much of the action in Steinbeck’s "Of Mice and Men." The only woman on the ranch and married to the boss’s son‚ she is presented mainly through the eyes of the men. We

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