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    How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to

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    Many hope and pray that their dream and wishes come true‚ some do and some don’t. Most of them don’t and nobody can admit failure. They blame their loss on other people or obstacles that they faced along the way. American was considered “The land of opportunity”‚ or “The Golden door”. Many new immigrants sailed to America because they heard it’s where dreams come true. The “American Dream” so to speak. The American dream was the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ and an upward social mobility

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    How does Steinbeck present Curly’s wife as an outsider? During the 1930’s life in America for women was difficult due to work places for women being scarcer resulting in unemployment and leading to women being marginalised. In ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck the role of Curly’s wife is one of great importance and leads to the misunderstanding of the two disenfranchised characters; Lennie and Curly’s wife. Similarly to the other characters‚ Curly’s wife is correspondingly presented as an outsider

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    In the story of mice and men by John Steinbeck George‚ one of the protagonists‚ decides to end the life of his companion Lennie. This is absolutely the right thing for george to do because Lennie was always a nuisance to george‚ and because Lennie would have no quality of life to look forward to otherwise. The first claim that Lennie was a nuisance was absolutely true because of all the mess he had gotten himself and George into. The first piece of evidence for this is from the town george alludes

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    In ’Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck includes a character‚ Crooks‚ as a stereotype of black people in the Great Depression; proud‚ bitter‚ and very sarcastic. Crooks is also extremely pessimistic and cold-hearted‚ due to the way people had been treating him all his life. Steinbeck portrays many of his characters lonely and isolated. Just as Candy’s age and handicap isolate him‚ and Curley’s wife’s being a female makes her life solitary‚ Crooks’s race is the main reason for his isolation. Because

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    In his novel Of Mice and MenSteinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930s. He represents loneliness through his characters such as‚ Candy‚ Crooks‚ Curley’s wife‚ George and Lennie. Through these characters he illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. Two Characters‚ The Boss‚ and Curley’s wife‚ are never addressed by a name but a title instead. “The old man said‚ ‘I guess the boss’ll be out here in a minute’… ‘What kind of a guy is the boss?’ George

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    up on their hopes and dreams because that willpower is what will keep them going through life. In the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ two men‚ George and Lenniedream of owning and living on their own piece of land instead of having to work for landowners. This dream impacts Lennie’s life by helping him push through every obstacle that comes his way‚ despite his child-like attitude and behavior. The three main ways Lennie’s dream impacts his life are that Lennie is able to trust George

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    writer presents the relationship between George and Lennie in “Of Mice and Men” Of Mice and Men was written in the 1937 by John Steinbeck‚ he other well know books as the Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden‚ h also received a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. This book is set in the 1930s and set in California‚ his home region. During this time‚ the USA was suffering from a great depression‚ this meant that it was hard to find job because the economy was very weak‚ so to find job the men were disposed

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    Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters to us using a number of techniques. The author does this to encourage us to sympathise and begin to understand the characters‚ in order to show the problems with prejudice and the various types of it which were endemic in American society in this time. Lennie is firstly presented to us through the author’s use of animal imagery in the description‚ and the readers first impression of Lennie is how animal like he is when phrases like ‘snorting…like a

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    insignificant and not as important of a character as George‚ Lennie or any of the other men on the ranch. It could also be referring to how during the great depression women were oppressed and treated less equally. Steinbeck may have portrayed women in this light to allow the reader to recognize the inferior role of women at that time. The lack of name demotes Curley’s wife to insignificant status. In chapter four she joins Crooks‚ Lennie and Candy whilst on one of her ‘looking for Curley’ routines

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