On first reading it‚ Curley’s wife is presented as an antagonist‚ as a dream destroyer‚ the story its self is set during the “Great Depression”‚ where dreams were usually destroyed‚ The Great Depression was an extremely miserable time during the 1930’s‚ it made average people (such as the guys in the ranch and Curley’s wife) impossible to fulfill their dreams. Curley’s wife‚ was a lot of things‚ but mainly misunderstood. Similar to all the men on the ranch‚ she was unable to fulfill her dream‚ all
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sentences indicates that Celie has a poor or non-existent formal education; this makes Celie seem vulnerable as the reader could think she is too unintelligent to understand her plight‚ this also induces a sense of pathos in the reader. The lack of description incorporated into her letters adds to the sense of vulnerability surrounding Celie as it could be interpreted by the reader that she has no one to turn to and she is alone to endure her struggle. When coupled with the sequential and chronological
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Steinbeck present’s Curley’s wife as the only women in the ranch‚ who occupies a key role in the novella as the catalyst for much discontent for several of the characters and for the tragic ending‚ because of this men in the ranch constantly think of her as a ‘trouble maker’. George refers to her as a “poison” and that he has “never seen piece of jailbait worse than her” This suggests that if Lennie gets in trouble with Curley’s wife it’s trouble for the both of them as they will lose the chance
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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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Steinbeck uses the fact that Curley’s wife is the only female of the ranch to post her as a threat to the male ranch workers. When she is first introduced it isn’t pleasant. Candy starts of by saying ‘I seen her give slim the eye’ this instantly gives the reader an idea she is a bit flirtatious. He then continues to say ‘Well‚ I think Curley’s married…a tart.’ This gives the reader a view of her characteristics and we are put off by them. When we finally meet Curley’s wife for the first time she
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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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authors Harper Lee and John Steinbeck are able to provide an in-depth perspective
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sunlight‚ as if she has brought the darkness with her. The reader is already influenced by Candy’s description of her so that when Steinbeck describes her as having "full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up" we see this as confirmation of her being "a tart." Equally‚ it could simply mean that she takes pride in her appearance and tries to get noticed. However‚ she does flaunt herself " she smiled archly and twisted her body" and is clearly aware that Lennie is fascinated with her. George’s
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In the novella “The Pearl”‚ Steinbeck shows how greed can change the minds of the victims who fall into it. Greed changes Kino from a peaceful man to a violent one. When Kino gets the pearl‚ he constantly greedily thinks of all the things he can get with it and starts constantly picturing what he could get for it. Some of his visions go far beyond realistic but they just kept going. Afterwards‚ he got really protective over the pearl and violently began defending it and stabbing people for it. Prior
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Throughout the whole book Steinbeck deliberately marginalized women‚ with the only female to make an appearance in the book being Curley’s wife‚ and she is not even dignified enough to have a name. This is perhaps based on the fact that women in 1930s America often weren’t as important
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