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    How Effective is The Opening Chapter in Establishing Character Place and Themes Steinbeck writes the novel “Of mice and Men” using third person narrative to emphasise more of the characters feelings. Two migrant agricultural labourers‚ George‚ and Lennie have left their previous jobs in a hurry‚ following accusations of attempted rape. The reader discovers that George is short of stature‚ we can identify this at the front of the book‚ and throughout the novel ‘the first man was small’

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    How does John Steinbeck portray loneliness and isolation in the novel “Of Mice and Men”? The novel of “Of Mice and Men” was written in the time of the great depression in the 1930’s in America‚ this was the time in which Professional workers became Migrant workers due to the Wall Street crash in 1929. The great depression caused many professional workers to turn to working in farmland harvesting wheat. John Steinbeck published the novel of “Of Mice and Men” in 1937 it is set in Salinas‚ California

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    Nazanin Minoei “Relationship between George and Lennie ’’ In the story “Of Mice and Men ’’ by John Steinbeck ‚ George and Lennie’s relationship is very close. Even though they are not related‚ their relationship is a father and son relationship. First of all‚ their relationship is under a lot of strain because they have a close and strong relationship‚ and in the 1930s in America‚ nobody rusted each other to make friends and travel everywhere

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    that Steinbeck uses adverbs to describe people’s actions. Steinbeck uses the phrase he lay ‘rigidly’ to describe the way Candy is feeling‚ which obviously is very upset about the fact that his dog has been taken away to be shot; George is being careful of Candy’s feelings and shuts the door ‘gently’. When Slim talks ‘loudly’‚ it is to fill the silence that is created as the men wait for the inevitable shot but because the silence is so strong‚ even Slim is intimidated by it. Steinbeck uses

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    In the novel‚ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ foreshadowing is used to give the readers an idea to what could happen towards the end of the book. There is slight reference‚ which hint slightly‚ and also direct parallel of the situation‚ with Candy and his dog. There are episodes in the novel where Lennie’s physical strength and childlike incompetence‚ which are presented to emphasise the instinctive threat‚ which he poses. When George talks of what happened in Weed‚ he proclaims that Lennie

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    Friendship is a single soul living in two bodies- Aristole. George and Lennie’s relationship shows us the true meaning of friendship. The supporting points are all about how George and Lennie care for each other. The book is written by john Steinbeck and the story is called “Of Mice and Men”. The supporting points are all about how George and Lennie care for each other. George and Lennie take care of one another. Lennie says “If it was here you can have some(95)”. George also says “We travel together

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    John Steinbeck was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas‚ California. "Of Mice and Men" was published in 1973‚ it was immediately successful and Steinbeck was beginning to be recognised as an author. The novel is set in Soledad‚ California and is about two migrant agricultural labourers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. The two workers travel together which are unlike most of the other migrants. Lennie has a body of a grown man but a mind of a child and relies on George to look after him. The story

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    “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty” (Mother Teresa). Loneliness and isolation is a dominant theme in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck during the great depression. The reason why Candy was isolated was because he was old and handicap. The only thing that kept him happy was his dog but no one liked him since he was old and stinked. Crooks has always been isolated because he is black. Being black during this time people didn’t really like you they were

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    full of tensions" Explore the ways that Golding achieves these tensions and what they bring to the novel ‘The Spire’ revolves around Jocelin and his quest to have a spire built on the cathedral. Through his blind faith‚ Jocelin accepts the cost that this building is having on the cathedral and the people that inhabit the cathedral. Tension is built throughout this novel in a number of ways‚ most notably in the impact that the building of the spire has on the people around Jocelin. Tension is achieved

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    Book analysis of mice ond men. The authors name is john steinbeck‚ and he lived from 1902 – 1968. He won the nobel prize for literature in 1962. And he has writen alot of books. Like the pastures oh heaven (1932)‚ in dubious battle(1936)‚ the long valley (1938)‚ the gapes of wrath (1939)‚ the moon is down (1942)‚ cannery row (1945)‚ the pearl (1947)‚ the red pony (1949)‚ burning bright (1950)‚ east of eden (1952) sweet Thursday (1954) and the winter of our discontent (1961). It start whit Georg

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