The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ examines the way that contrasts between key characters affect their relationships and how they develop throughout the story. The author‚ John Steinbeck‚ explores themes such as; friendships & relationships‚ racism & violence‚ and gender & sexism. These themes are explored through different techniques of presenting and contrasting the key characters‚ Lennie and George. The way in which Steinbeck does this leads on to key events in the storyline‚ and provides a good‚ clear
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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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During the play crooks is presented as a character in which is being outcasted from the group due to racism because of the color of his skin ‚ which isolates him from the rest‚ and however his disability’s also contributes towards this. This is why Crooks spent the majority of his years had experience on a ranch. crooks father had a chicken ranch full of white chickens‚ a berry patch‚ and alfalfa. He and his brothers would sit and watch the chickens. Companionship and plentiful food are both parts
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Explore the ways that Susan Hill presents Hilliard’s character in Part 1 of Strange Meeting. From the very beginning of the novel ‘Strange Meeting’‚ the character Susan Hill creates called John Hilliard is a soldier on sick leave in the First World War. “He is a man of few words” as he is described later in Part 1. Hilliard cannot express his feelings openly but has to have someone who he can trust greatly and feel safe with. He has sleeping difficulties throughout Part 1 caused by the fact that
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Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck Study Guide Questions 1. Although George and Lennie have been travelling together for a long time‚ their friendship can be quite strained and weak at times. Due to Lennie’s childish nature and forgetful memory‚ George is often frustrated and rages on about how his life could’ve been without Lennie. “God a’mighty‚ if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work… get a gallon of whisky‚ or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool.” (pg.
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he is defensive to everything. Crooks is afraid to take kindness from anyone because he is shunned for being black and crippled. Lennie’s brief conversation with Crooks shows how although he is crippled he is also smart and reveals different characters view on blacks. Though Crooks was born in California (not like most blacks in California that had migrated there‚ he implies)‚ he is made to feel like an outsider because he is black‚ even in his home state. Crooks is painfully aware that his skin
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‘Of mice and men’. Meanings of: • Bucking Barley- Throwing large bags of Barley grain onto the back of a truck. • Jerkline Skinner- A jerkline is a single rein that runs to the lead animal in the team of mules or horses. The skinner controls the jerkline. • Ranch Hand- A hired hand on a ranch. Info on: • Life working on farms/ranches in the 1930’s America. If you were a farmer in the Midwest and Southwest during the 1930s‚ you had seemingly everything against you--from the Great Depression
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be an equal amount of people willing to see the world from each others eyes. In Steinback’s Of Mice and Men‚ there a five very different but equally significant views of the lives of the characters. These themes include: the loneliness each one feels or doesn’t feel‚ the oppression by Curley’s wife‚ the social responsibility of George having to take care of his friend‚ the hopes of the two main characters‚ as well as the innocence of the gentle giant everyone calls Lennie. The quote chosen to depict
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emotion. Do you know why? You can be lonely yet physically be in a crowded room with a bunch of people. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ there are two main characters that support the theme of loneliness. Crooks is one of the many characters to express the theme of loneliness. Curley’s wife displays the emotion of loneliness‚ although in a different way than Crooks does. However‚ these two have one thing in common; they both have something holding them back from getting out of this horrible state of mind
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Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife in multiple ways. In the first appearance of ‘Mice of Men’ he described her symbolically using a metaphor; ‘the rectangle of sunshine in the door way was cut off’. This is already foreshadowing to the reader that Curley’s wife is trouble‚ for example the metaphor Steinbeck used to describe her can be referred to as light and darkness. In this case Curley’s wife representing the darkness presenting her as destructive further in the book‚ an example of her being destructive
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