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    mistreated and this causes discomfort in the victims in the future. The reactions to Discrimination varies on each type of person as Discrimination is often based on qualities and abilities. Discrimination shapes the story by targeting vulnerable characters in order to exploit their weaknesses and control the minorities including gender‚ race‚ & age of the ranch in order to prosper. In the story‚ Discrimination is used for benefit by an individual in order to gain control for himself. This

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    Everyone has their own loneliness side‚ and this also happens in the little ranch from John Steinbeck’s novel“Of Mice and Man”. In this story Curley’s wife is always trying to talk with everyone but her husband Curley. There is another loneliness man in this story‚ he is Candy. Candy is an old character in that story‚ he has worked on that ranch for 10 more years with his old dog. Candy and Curley’s wife felt loneliness in this story. Curley’s wife is a beautiful and the only woman in that novel’s

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    Of Mice and Men‚ a novella written by John Steinbeck‚ is a tragedy incorporating a hero with a tragic flaw‚ a climax‚ and a tragic resolution. The title of the novella‚ “Of Mice and Men”‚ is the first clue to Steinbeck’s specific cultural issues. The title is a line taken from a poem called‚ “To a Mouse”‚ by Robert Burns. This poem talks about man’s enslavement to forces of both elemental and human nature which cannot be controlled‚ destroying hopes and dreams. This stems into the theme of the loss

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    How does Steinbeck explore different attitude towards women in the novel Of Mice and Men? John Steinbeck provides a variety of different attitudes towards women in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men.’ I will explore these attitudes in order to represent the portrayal of women in the book; in which there are many different women with different attitudes respectively. Steinbeck uses the portrayal of Curley’s wife‚ who is the main female protagonist to show how women were treated during the 1930’s ‘Depression

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    any work to make a better life. In John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ he specifically shows the different reactions to the 1930s conflicts: racism‚ The Great Depression‚ and itinerant jobs. Steinbeck shows the many contrasting reactions of people in the face of adversity and hardships. When human beings are faced with hardships and adversity‚ all will react differently because of his/her’s past experiences. In Of Mice and Men‚ Curley‚ Slim‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie all are struggling with the difficulties

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    a mouse’s nest. He apologizes to the tiny creature while telling it that he means no harm. He also says he does not mind that the mouse occasionally steals an ear of corn. After all‚ the farmer reaps a lot of food from the land; surely‚ he cannot take what little food the mouse has away from him. Finally‚ he tells the mouse that it is not alone in failing to build wisely for the future; men fail at that too. In "To a Mouse‚" Robert Burns develops the need to respect nature’s creatures‚ especially

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    Of Mice and Men Lennie and George are best friends traveling together in search of work on northern California farms. These two are flat broke – as in‚ "not even any quarters in the couch" broke. This is not good‚ as they have a dream of owning their own idyllic farm someday. George is the "brains" behind this operation – a smart guy who does all the talking when it comes to finding and keeping work. Lennie is physically strong‚ yet mentally slow. While both George and Lennie are good workers‚ they

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    Of Mice and Men Essay Hopes and Dreams Steinbeck emphasises hopes and dreams throughout the novel‚ Of Mice and Men. Most of the characters in the novel have hopes and dreams they wish to fulfil in able to gain freedom‚ independence and to get away from the loneliness they suffer. The dreams of these characters are unrealistic and seem impossible to come true. The main characters‚ George and Lennie‚ share the same dream of managing their own land freely without anyone else dictating them. This dream

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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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    Coursework: How are women presented in ‘Of Mice and Men’? In society‚ women have always been treated differently to men. Up until recently women have been treated as second class citizens. In the Jacobean period women were thought of as servants to the men and were only there to cook and clean for their husbands‚ we see this in plays from that era such as ‘Macbeth’. In the play‚ Macbeth actually says that his wife Lady Macbeth‚ who is a strong confident woman‚ possess too many masculine features

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