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    THAN OTHERS) CROOKS Loves ‘torturing’ Lennie about George’s disappearance Racial injustice Curley’s Wife has greater authority Casuality of ‘nigger’ CURLEY’S WIFE ‘a girl’ ‘flopped like a fish’ Listen‚ Nigger’ ‘Where’s Curley?’ NO NAME ‘tart’ CURLEY Curley is the boss’s son‚ so he doesn’t need to work like the ordinary ranch hands‚ and he has time to kill. He’s

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    in “Of Mice and Men” – Marginalisation Marginalisation is one of the main themes of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ not just because it is present throughout the book‚ but also because it includes nearly EVERY character. The characters who are mostly affected by marginalisation are; Lennie‚ Crooks‚ Candy and Curley’s Wife. Here’s a brief description of how each character is marginalised: Lennie Lennie is marginalised due to his intelligence – or lack of. Curley’s wife refers to him

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    Journal: Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck After having read the description of the novel‚ my expectations were that this would have been a typical story of a good ending‚ no matter how thrilling the suspension dots in the end may make the plot seem to be. However‚ upon reading it‚ it was becoming clearer that Steinbeck’s use of certain details and foreshadowing in the text was already suggesting the outcome resulting otherwise. For example at the very beginning the name of the town Lennie and

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    Explore the ways in which John Steinbeck presents he character of Lennie in ‘Of Mice and Men’ In this essay I am going to be writing about one of the main characters in John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’. The story portrays the travels and arising problems of two migrant workers who share an uncommon friendship for the time and environment in which the novella is set. Lennie Small is the character I will be exploring and I will start off by giving a detailed explanation of his physical

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    Our first impression of Curley’s wife is that she is a very sexual character. This is suggested through Steinbeck’s description “her fingernails were red”. Red is associated with danger but also with love and passion. Red lipstick was used by prostitutes at the time to represent sexual arousal. Steinbeck also uses similes to give an image of Curley’s wife. For example “her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages”. However‚ the primary message is that she is dangerous and not to be trusted

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    The 1930s novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was written during the Great Depression‚ a time of many financial complications and hopelessness for the American population. It takes place in rural northern California in the town of Soledad‚ which was where the author grew up. Steinbeck uses his memories and recollections to paint an incredibly vivid landscape in each scene mentioned in the story. Of Mice and Men follows the seemingly futile journey of George Milton and Lennie Small on their quest

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    George is nice to the men on the ranch but when it came to Lennie insults came instantly to his brain. After each insult George made about Lennie came an apology in the end. George always blows then realizes what he had done and instantly regrets it. George either cared for Lennie or felt pity towards Lennie because of his disability or both. George always wanted Lennie to go away but when it came down to that he wanted Lennie to stay. He was always in between‚ no matter how frustrating Lennie made

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    Curley’s wife She is never given a name She is Curley’s wife She is pretty She 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

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    jealous. His wife is a flirt and definitely lacks the attention (the right kind of attention) she should receive from her husband. She’s a trophy‚ and he treats her as such. They had a short engagement (they married the night they met)‚ and Curly’s wife‚ from the little we really know about her married Curly for little more than to get away from her mother. Curly and his wife have a very unstable marriage‚ lacking in communication‚ love and respect. Curly believes that his wife is a possession

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    novel of mice and menSteinbeck never gives Curley’s Wife a name.  This is done to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch.  As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck uses her to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch.  As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck uses her to show that most women back then had no identity or position in the working world. No characters in the

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