Explore the ways Steinbeck presents one or more minor characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’ In this essay I will be giving you an insight on how Steinbeck presents one minor character in the novel‚ Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck wrote the novel in 1937 the novel is set on a ranch in the Salinas Valleys in California during the Great Depression due to the Wall Street Crash in America. America’s stock market crashed and many people ended up unemployed which led to them leaving their families to look
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1b) The three examples of sympathy and no sympathy in Beowulf‚ the first of Beowulf telling his very boastful story‚ one of Grendel origins and the third of feeling sympathy for Grendel because of his origins. The first is when the reader is supposed to not feel sympathy for Beowulf when he boasts about his adventure at sea "...I was the strongest swimmer of all. / …. Each of us swam holding a sword‚ / a naked‚ hard- proofed blade for protection/ against the whale- beast. /.... pinned fast/ and swathed
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What impression does Steinbeck give of life in the bunkhouse at the beginning of the novel? Steinbeck describes the bunk house as a plain‚ dark‚ hostile place with “small‚ square windows”‚ this creates the impression of a dark‚ lonely environment. The workers don’t have proper chairs to sit on‚ using “grouped boxes”‚ this shows that there is no comfort within the bunkhouse. The workers belongings are kept in an “apple box” which shows little luxury and comfort. This image is the opposite to the
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Curley’s Wife In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck creates characters that play important roles throughout the story that contribute to themes and connect readers to an overall focus. Curley’s wife‚ a minor‚ but significant character in the story‚ contributes to the theme and is partly responsible for Lennie’s death. Her sinful actions and petty personality make her a character that isn’t respected by others and is known for being trouble around the ranch. Disregarding her flirtations
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The characters of Crooks and Curley’s Wife are similar in the sense that they are both outcasts on the ranch. Although they may seem like polar opposites as Crooks is a black male and Curley’s Wife is a white female‚ they have underlying similarities such as the discrimination they faced‚ not only from the men on the ranch but‚ from the society of the 1920’s and 30’s. They were also both portrayed as very lonely and to have had dreams that had been shattered. The other characters in the book are
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(George 1) This is a quote by John Steinbeck that shows exactly how he felt about being a writer. Steinbeck‚ a Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for Literature winner‚ is a very popular author in the United States of America‚ even after his death. He is known for his very realistic portrayals of the working class society‚ especially in his beloved Salinas‚ California. He was also a prominent spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression. Most importantly‚ Steinbeck understood that readers wanted to
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hardships allow the audience to mourn with and connect to Hamlet’s complex character. Shakespeare evokes sympathy from the reader through the hastened marriage of Hamlet’s mother‚ the murderess actions of his wretched uncle‚ and Hamlet’s apparent madness. These occurrences develop not only sympathy from the audience‚ but the main theme of revenge as Hamlet seeks to avenge his father’s wrongful death. Sympathy is created for Hamlet through his father’s death and his mother and uncles hastened marriage
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I would like to preface this by saying I am in no way looking for your sympathy‚ I am writing this to educate you. To show you what it’s like because it’s not something that is talked about and it’s something close to my heart. I have been lucky in the fact that I have a few people in my life who have gone through similar situations to tell me what is normal and what is not. As a lot of you already know this time of year is difficult for me. What most of you won’t aleady know is that this year
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Curley’s wife Curley’s wife Only woman in the plot. Wears too much makeup – red fingernails and red shoes with ostrich feathers. Symbolic of women everywhere who are repressed by male centred societies. Utterly alone on the ranch‚ her husband has seen to it that no one will talk to her without fearing a beating from him. Steinbeck’s initial portrayal of her is mean and seductive. Pretty. Young. Flirtatious. Seductive. Others perceive her to be promiscuous
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Curley’s wife wasn’t always mean. She was a sweet innocent girl named Emma‚ but one day her childhood was scarred. Emma was born somewhere in Salinas into a poor family‚ struggling to survive twenty years before the great depression. Her mother was fair and beautiful. She was well educated and in her late twenties when she gave birth to Emma. Her father was an alcoholic who always came home intoxicated after his 9-5 job. To go along with his heavy drinking‚ her father was also abusive and occasionally
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