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    Of Mice and Men

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    Of Mice and Men Regardless of how intensely the characters of this novel hope and dream‚ their plans do not find fulfillment. Due to the lack of fulfillment of their dream‚ the characters face loneliness setting each apart from the other. Unlike George and Lennie‚ the other character of Crooks has no one to support him and be there for him as Lennie and George have each other. In the story‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck contrasts the loneliness and isolation experienced by Crooks‚ whom life

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    In Mice of Men there were literary analysis use to describe problems‚how things looked. Such as personification ‚simile and hyperbole and many more. Steinback uses a lot of describing words to explain ‚he will spent about a whole page explaining one thing. Just how he explains George “The first man was small and quick ‚dark of face ‚with restless eyes and sharp strong features”(Steinback 2). He use describing words and simile to explain how George’s face looks and how it is shaped.Steinbeck does this

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    varieties of conditions. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ all of the characters have entirely different powers. From Curley to his wife‚ Lennie to George‚ and even Crooks to Candy‚ all of them have their own special power‚ or lack thereof. Their power shapes who they are and their outlooks on life. Some characters power helps them‚ while others power hurts them. It all comes down to who uses their power correctly and who abuses it. “He’s the boss’s son” (Steinbeck 14) Curley is one of the worst offenders

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    Characterization: Curley’s Wife in Of Mice And Men With colorful statements like "She had full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages. She wore a cotton dress and red mules‚ on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers" (John Steinbeck‚ 31)‚ Curley’s wife is one of the more vividly portrayed characters in Of Mice and Men. Although Steinbeck leaves almost nothing to the imagination

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    "Of Mice and Men" is a novel written by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner‚ John Steinbeck. It is an emotional tale of the extraordinary friendship between George and Lennie‚ who are traveling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s. George is a caring person whose love to Lennie is just like a father-son relationship‚ where Lennie‚ a mentally challenged man whose strength lies in body rather than brain‚ appears to be very dependent on George. "Of Mice and Men" teaches a universal theme about

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    ---In John Stienbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ almost every character has a dream‚ hope‚ or plan. These plans‚ hopes‚ and dreams gives each character their own personality and character traits. George and Lennie’s dream of one day owning their own farm makes their lives worth living and kept them going. Curley’s Wife is a prime example of the disappointment that comes with the let down of a failed dream. And finally‚ Candy and Cooks‚ who’s underlying problems with discrimination‚ both against age and

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    Of Mice and Men Summary

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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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    Explore the ways Steinbeck presents and develops relationships between Crooks and the other characters in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ • How Steinbeck uses language and structure to reveal these relationships to the reader • The significance of these relationships Crooks is a pivotal character in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck‚ as Steinbeck uses Crooks to represent the prejudice and racism that black Americans suffering during 1930s’ society. Therefore the reader is able to empathise

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    Explore the ways emotions are shown in the text you have studied. Steinbeck uses a wide range of techniques to explore emotions shown in of Mice and Men. Specifically in section 5 + 6 where three characters emotions are shown in contrast to what they had been interpreted as at the start of the novel through their emotions. George’s emotions dramatically change throughout the novel from a person who was seen as the brave man to the hesitant boy at the end. The abusive language George used was

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    Loneliness Of mice and men. Loneliness is one of the primary themes in Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novel‚ John Steinbeck shows the enormous effect that loneliness has on the characters. Steinbeck most clearly illustrates this theme through Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Curley ’s wife. Ranch hands are ideal types of people to portray as being lonely‚ because their constant travel leaves them without someone to talk to or share things with. Steinbeck also shows how important it is for every human being

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