One of the many themes in John Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men” is the dreams that people have. Steinbeck’s novella is set around the time of the Great Depression in America. It was the longest‚ most widespread‚ and deepest depression of the 20th century. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25% and hundreds of thousands of Americans found themselves homeless‚ and began congregating in shanty towns that began to appear across the country. This meant many of these citizens were forced into itinerancy
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another character through their actions‚ speech and the way they behave around them‚ and if they change their behaviour around other people‚ for example Curley acts as if he’s the best in the world at everything around Lennie because he tries to beat him up but he doesn’t act that way towards Slim‚ who is more dominant and powerful than him in terms of dominance‚ but not in terms of ranch hierarchy. Power is presented through friendship by the way Lennie and George are unable to function without each
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necessary to make sacrifices for the well-being of friends. John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ ties into this theme through George and Lennie’s relationship. Throughout the story George constantly struggles with the consequences of Lennie’s decisions. After Lennie makes several bad decisions‚ George is forced to make his own decision to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. The relationship that Steinbeck builds between the two men‚ based on whom they are throughout the story‚ helps the reader
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Curley’s wife is an example of how our perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. She is portrayed as both a villain and victim throughout the course of the novel. Despite Steinbeck’s rendering she emerges as a relatively complex and intricate character who through the course of the novel‚ our feelings become sympathetic towards. Throughout the novel she is shown in different lights‚ as from section 2 to section 5 in the novel‚ her character evolves and her sweeter
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“The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew”‚ said Robert Burns‚ in the poem “To a Mouse”. In this book Steinbeck uses foreshadowing a lot for upcoming events that will shock you. This book is about 2 friends that have a huge farm dream and a lot of things happen in this story to make that big plan go askew. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to indicate the deaths of the farm dream‚ Curley’s wife dying‚ and Lennie. For one‚ John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing by giving us huge hints about the
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any faith in others‚ people will suffer from loneliness and sorrow. This idea is presented in the novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck. The text delineates the lives of multiple characters who have experienced pain as a result of their alienation from others. These characters include a black man‚ named Crook’s‚ who is separated from society because of his skin color‚ Curley’s wife who‚ in the time period‚ was treated with disrespect because of her gender‚ and two itinerant farm laborers‚ George
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John Steinbeck 	 John Steinbeck was a famous American author who wrote from the 1920 to the 1940. Steinbeck was constantly moving across the country trying to succeed as a writer. John Steinbeck lived a life of constant up and downs‚ successes and failures before he landed on his feet and became a famous author. 	John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California on February 27‚ 1902. He was the only son and the third child of John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton. Steinbeck’s father
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Of Mice and Men Characters: George George Milton. A migrant worker who travels from farm to farm with his mentally impaired friend Lennie during the Depression. Lennie Lennie Small. A gigantic‚ mentally disabled man‚ Lennie is simplistic and docile. Candy An old‚ crippled man who has lost his hand‚ Candy is the swamper at the ranch. He remains attached to his aging dog‚ who has become so weak and sickly that it depends entirely on Candy to survive. Curley The son of the ranch owner‚ Curley
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a person feels invisible to their surroundings. Isolation separates people from others. It makes people desperate for human contact. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression where many isolated roaming people are searching for jobs around the United States. Isolation and its effects are evident in the life of Curley’s wife as demonstrated by her being restricted from talking to other people‚ trying to get attention‚ and being the only woman on the ranch.
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knowledge and protection because he doesn’t know any better and could hurt himself and others. Lennie loves to pet soft things such as mice. Even though Lennie is gentle and kind‚ he does not know of the strength he possess so he ends of killing the mice he pets. Curley’s Wife‚ about 20 years of age‚ lived on a ranch‚ and died on a Monday (August 26th‚ 1935). Curley’s Wife (real name unknown) was born in a small town in California and lived with her mother. She was killed in the barn located in Weed
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