How is Curley presented by Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men? Curley is one of ‘Of Mice and Men’s’ major characters. Although he does not appear to hold a central role‚ he is very important in other respects. The first of these is the way in which he treats George and Lennie‚ and the ranch workers in general on the ranch. Curley is the boss’ son. Therefore he acts like he is the boss himself. He orders the others around‚ and‚ although it is true that he does hold some power on the ranch‚ he does not
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The title of this story we are reading in class is Of Mice and Men‚ and the author is John Steinbeck. This story is about two men who always stay with each other no matter how frustrated they get with each other and how hard of a time they’re having. They have an ultimate goal to settle down after all there hard work of working on plantations. Will they ever be able to finally settle down? Steinbeck was successful at making Lennie a very nice and unintelligent character because he gives many examples
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitudes to women in of mice and men? Steinbeck explores different attitudes to women in of mice and men. He does this by having only 3 different roles for women in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute. Women have only 3 different roles in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute‚ they are not valued because they are not physically strong‚ and in the depression‚ those who could work were viewed with higher respect. In fact‚ they are
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How does Steinbeck present the theme of violence in ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s short novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ presents the desolate nature of 1930s America‚ in particular Soledad‚ close to where Steinbeck himself grew up and worked during this time. Notably‚ Steinbeck focuses on the life of migrant workers who were forced to travel from ranch to ranch in search of work as a result of the simultaneous occurring disasters ‘The Great Depression’ and ‘The Dustbowl’. Due to the economic crisis
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uses techniques‚ such as dialogue and setting description‚ to create suspense and tension. But in the movie‚ Hitchcock uses different techniques‚ like music and scenery‚ to create the right kind of suspense and tension for his audience. The plots are the same‚ but the techniques are not. In the novel‚ the author uses a lot of dialogue to create the suspense needed to make the storyline interesting. For example‚ on page 259 in chapter 19‚ the narrator is speaking with Ben. “‘The fishes have eaten
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Of Mice and men Essay Loneliness can hurt a person. It makes them feel like they are an animal all alone in an empty forest. Just getting by. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men he uses animal imagery to portray the personality and actions of his characters showing the loneliness of the characters. Sometimes Lennie liked to do things like an animal. That’s just the way Lennie did things. In the beginning of the novel Lennie Dropped to his knees and started drinking water from a stagnant water
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It is hard to judge a person by its cover. They may look like a really nice guy but may have committed murder. That’s why John Steinbeck implied that to one of his characters‚ Lennie. He looks like a really scary person‚ but he is a very kind person that acts like a big baby. Lennie is excused from murder due to his low intelligence‚ Curley’s wife being lonely‚ and George was not watching him. Lennie relies on one person‚ George‚ and he was not there for Lennie’s protection. Lennie did not know
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Lennie. Don’t let him do it’” (Steinbeck 63). Since Lennie is extremely strong‚ George knows that he should let Lennie stick up for himself and not allow Curley to make him feel weak and inferior to the rest. George also accepts the fact that Lennie cannot remember tons of information that he has been told‚ “‘I’ll tell ya again. I ain’t got nothing better to do. Might jus’ as well spen’ all my time tellin’ you things and then you forget ‘em‚ and I tell you again’” (Steinbeck 4). This shows
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These works‚ still popular today‚ prove him to be a consummate dramatist. Shakespeare knew how to craft dramatic scenes full of external and internal conflict and emotion‚ something the Elizabethan audience delighted in; he also intertwined superstitions of this era and pageantry‚ which the Elizabethans also loved. Shakespeare creates external conflict between opposing characters to build tension onstage. When Hamlet and King Claudius
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In the novel ‘‘ Of Mice and Men’’ loneliness is present troughtout th novel.Many of the characters amit suffering from it. Early in the novel George says‚ : ``Life working as a hand ranch is on the loneliness of life.As the story develops George‚Crooks and Curley’s wife all confess their loneliness.Each of these character searches for a friend to talk to. First of all‚George is a lonely chacter because he has to take of his mentally handicaped fren Lenny.George could of have abandon him and lived
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