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    NICOLE VIETOR GRADE 12 A ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT: OF MICE AND MEN TOPIC 3: DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEORGE AND LENNIE AS IT COMES ACROSS IN THE WAY THEY SPEAK TABLE OF CONTENT: TOPIC INTRODUCTION BODY DESCRIPTION OF GEORGE AND LENNIE LENNIE AND GEORGE’S FRIENDSHIP THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOERGE AND LENNIE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEORGE AND LENNIE AS IT COMES ACROSS IN THE WAY THEY SPEAK SPEECH AND DIALOUGE USED IN THE BOOK CONCLUSION -OWN VIEW ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEORGE

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    How does Steinbeck introduce George and Lennie in chapter 1? John Steinbeck’s novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ was written in the 1930’s America‚ about two migrant workers‚ Lennie and George. Lennie and George both share the same dream that one day they will both have their own farm. Steinbeck shows that George is the leader and Lennie is the follower. “They had walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the open one stayed behind the other.” John Steinbeck is showing us that George’s and Lennie’s

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    respected. * Steinbeck writes this to show us how status was important and if you were no use you would die. * “I gotta gut ache” p70 He anticipates that a bad things going to occur shows nervousness. * Steinbeck writes this to give us the interpretation that something was going to happen. 2. Candy is shown to feel ashamed- ‘Awright take ‘im… down at the dog’ p74 * ‘Awright’ failure‚ doesn’t look at the dog shows shame. 3. Similarly Curley’s wife and crooks are shown to be

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    Attitudes to women in of mice and men Women have only 3 different roles in the book: A wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute. They are not valued because they are not physically strong‚ and in the depression‚ those who could work were viewed with higher respect. In fact‚ they are not even supposed to be seen on the ranch. "ain’t no place for a girl" You could talk about the ways that Steinbeck shows this in the text. Curleys wife is the only main female character. This at once highlights her

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    Analysis of ‘Underdog’ Characters in Of Mice and Men “A guy needs somebody – to be near him.” He whined‚ “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…” (John Steinbeck 72). Love and belonging‚ is the third most important need in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. As human beings‚ being a part of something is crucial to our development as a person. People can go insane if they live a life of isolation. In John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ the characters of Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife are driven

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    Of Mice and Men "O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and—" "An’ live off the fatta the lan’‚" Lennie shouted. ”An’ have rabbits. Go on‚ George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove‚ and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George." (119-123) “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck

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    John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in an effort to illustrate the social limitations imposed upon the working class during the Great Depression era by creating various characters who shared one common dream‚ the "American Dream‚" Steinbeck dramatized on one individual level‚ the life of the protagonist‚ George‚ the grueling struggles and sanguine dreams of an entire social class of people Poet Robert Burns once said‚ "The best laid plans of mice and men gang oft a-glae‚" Steinbeck parallels this

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    Jade Laban (Jenny Duong) Ms. Martinez English III-7th 4 September 2013 Literary Criticism Of Mice and Men "Some people seem to believe that the function of literature is to provide vicarious “happy endings‚” to provide in words a sugary sweetness we would like to have but cannot always get in real life." People use books as their own personal comfort‚ or escape from the realms of the real world. To read about

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    Character Analysis Essay English II As part of our study of the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ you will be writing a character analysis essay. Below are the criteria of this assignment. Criteria  Choose a character to analyze. ♦ George‚ Lennie‚ Slim‚ Curly‚ Curly’s Wife  Identify one dominant characteristic of that character. ♦ DO NOT choose a physical characteristic. ♦ Choose a PERSONALITY trait.  Develop your analysis of the character by finding and analyzing

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    Of Mice and Men Lit Analysis     The Great Depression of the 1930s had become a huge problem affecting many people and their life styles. Only a fourth of people were employed‚ making jobs very hard to find. Some men were able to‚ worked as farmers. They went around to different ranches looking for a way to earn money. Most men traveled by themselves‚ which made Lennie and George special. Every man had their own American Dream but sometimes it was hard to accomplish. Even though Lennie screws everything

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