How does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks in “of mice and men?” Throughout the novel “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck presents Crook as being lonely‚ intelligent and hopeless. He is in a minority group and is discriminated against because he represents the black community in 1930’s America. Indeed‚ it is because of this discrimination that Crooks attempts to draw whatever limited amount of power he can from his surroundings. “Well I gotta right to have a light”. This implies Crooks is defensive
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ranch to ranch with. George Milton and Lennie Small‚ however‚ had each other. Most times During the Great Depression‚ people used their salary towards having a “good time”. On the other hand‚ George and Lennie saved their pay so they could buy a property to have a small farm and house. Almost no one back then‚ or now for that matter‚ would give away their lives so they could protect and comfort a mentally challenged person. George was different for he took Lennie in‚ helped him make money‚ and most
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manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke…his ear heard more than was said to him”. Furthermore‚ in the full entirety of Steinbeck’s description of Slim he repeatedly emphasises these almost unbelievable attributes about him. He does this in such a way it has the effect on the audience of thinking as Slim as this superior human to all the others and it is explicit to us he is the antithesis of
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Speak is a teen novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ it’s the story of freshman Melinda Sordino. Everybody in her high school doesn’t like her because last summer she went to a party and called the cops. Ever since she doesn’t speak and has no friends because she doesn’t want to tell anybody the truth. She later on gets the courage to say something because one of her ex-best friends is going out with popular senior named Andy Evans. We find out later in the book that Melinda was raped by Andy
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George makes a rash decision‚ and that decision is shooting Lennie. I think George made the right decision shooting Lennie because Curley would’ve made sure Lennie was tortured‚ and Lennie got to die happy. Also‚ George gets to make sure no one else can get their hands on Lennie‚ causing him to get hurt worse than what already happened. In the first place‚ when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ Curley was hell-bent on getting his revenge. Lennie was scared because he knew what was going to happen. Letting
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Ways to Learn Speak English We can speak English confident if we native language is another than English‚ because we live in a homogeneous country‚ where the diversity of races abound‚ thereby dialect‚ ways of thinking‚ living and acting‚ but in this country the universal language is English‚ spoken different accents‚ so if we aren’t native north American there are several ways to learn speak English‚ for example‚ the practicing‚ living with other people who speak native English‚ learn and
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discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated from talking to anyone but Curley‚ because as a women in the 1930’s you wouldn’t have the right to do things or talk like the men did. A quote from the book about Curley’s wife‚ Pg.51. In this quote George is explaining to Lennie that he shouldn’t have anything to do with her
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I think that George had to kill Lennie. I think this because Lennie depends upon George and would not be able to fend for himself. Over the duration of the book‚ George is seen in quite an apparent way as Lennie’s guardian. He often tells Lennie what to do in tough situations so that Lennie won’t mess things up. ‘You gonna give me that mouse or do I have to sock you?’ On this occasion George even threatens Lennie violently. George and Lennie have a remarkable relationship because
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I am still reading Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler. When I first started reading the book I was very interested in it but as I got further in reading the book personally I feel like it gets more depressing. They are all stories about how people have messed up in their lives in many different types of ways or the people’s family issues. It is a good way to learn what not to do‚ which will help some people. But‚ this book for me it is very boring because I would like to read something that is more
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Steinbeck shows us how Lennie sees the world‚ perceives events‚ and how he reflects on something. His mind uses things he cherishes‚ to comprehend. Since the very beginning I always thought Lennie was incapable of apprehending what goes on. That doesn’t seem like the case now. Lennie is intelligent enough to see the damage and trouble he has caused. To interpret his thoughts‚ his mind creates hallucinations of his Aunt Clara and of a Rabbit. The mirage of Aunt Clara speaking in his voice is a way
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