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    my tail”(7) Ever since Lennie’s Aunt Clara died George had been taking care of him. George always wishes that he was lonely like all the other guys on the ranch but sadly he got stuck with Lennie. It seems like deep down George’s dreams aren’t to own a ranch with Lennie but to be alone and away from Lennie. George is nice to the men on the ranch but when it came to Lennie insults came instantly to his brain. After each insult George made about Lennie came an apology in the end. George always blows

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    How does Steinbeck present the character of slim and what role does he play in the novel? During the novel Slim is respected and trusted by his fellow ranch workers and even has Curley following his orders. Slim advises George and becomes George’s confidant. As he acts as George’s confidant he subsequently becomes the moral arbiter of the play‚ he is the main character who can recognize things from right and wrong. Slim is a special character because he speaks to everyone from Crooks to Candy

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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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    Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as the only women in the ranch and because she doesn’t have a name it shows that she is not important and she is someone’s belonging. The first time you hear about Curley’s wife is when candy describes her to George. Candy uses expression such as “she got the eye” and goes on to describe her as looking at other man because of this they call her a “tart”. Through Candy’s words‚ we could develop an initial perception of Curley’s wife as Flirty and even promiscuous.

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    How does Steinbeck present Curley’s Wife? The book was written in the 1900’s which was an area where women and black people were marginalized by society due to their sex or skin colour. In the book‚ the first time we are introduced to Curley’s Wife is through another character: Candy. This suggests that she must be quite an important character as she is being rumoured about. He says “Wait’ll you see Curley’s Wife”‚ this quotation intrigues the reader and makes them wonder about Curley’s Wife. Then

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    in the whole damn world is scared of each other” (Steinbeck 35). Not many people travel together during the Great Depression thus creating many examples of isolation and loneliness. John Steinbeck demonstrates loneliness and the need for companionship through the characters Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Curly’s wife in his novel Of Mice and Men.  In this novel‚ Steinbeck uses his character Crooks to show loneliness. Character dialogue was one way Steinbeck showed loneliness in his novel. Crooks says to Lennie

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    it brings a little more happiness into his world. George at this moment thinks that Slim is the most mature and most trustworthy person around‚ and so he confides with him the story of how Lennie and he met back in Weed. Here we learn more about Lennie and George’s relationship as friends and companions‚ also how they ended up together in the first place in more detail. George apparently started to take

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    How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife to be a corrupting yet innocent influence? Later in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ we are introduced to Curley’s wife. A young‚ beautiful woman with limited freedom. Quite a lot of events take place in her life showing both sides. Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as a corrupting character as well as an innocent influence. Firstly‚ Curley’s wife purposely tries to avoid Curley so she can have conversations with other men. It is clear that many readers see Curley

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    Wife is asking Lennie why he cannot talk to her‚ and displays how Curley’s Wife feels alone and isolated by being suppressed. Loneliness causes her to seek attention from others and eventually leading to her death. Not having a true self-identity is a result of Curley’s Wife loneliness‚ and why she has no name. Curley’s Wife has no self-identity instead Curley defines her identity‚ and this is a result of Curley’s lack of love‚ the workers’ attitude towards her‚ and the relationships and connections

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    ) Steinbeck presents crooks as a law abiding man. He is described as ‘proud’ and ‘aloof’ and having a copy of the ‘California civil code for 1905’. The adjective ‘aloof’ has connotations of unfriendliness and being protective. This could be because of the lonely lifestyle of the workers but is more likely that it is the effect of the racism towards black people at the time. They were treated as a minority group and preyed upon as unworthy people. Crooks would have had to put up with this for most

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