In Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife having an amazing look. Steinbeck writes that‚ ‘she had full‚ rouged lips‚her fingernails were red‚she wore red mules. The repetition of the colour red here maybe symbolizes the fact that Curley’s Wife is confident about her appearance. The thing which stands out about her is when he refers to her as ‘good looking’. This might show that Curley’s Wife is confident about her looks and femininity because her dream is to be a film star. This might
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Steinbeck begins his novel by creating the setting. He paints a beautiful image of a peaceful environment where Lennie and George live in. This suggests an ironic tone to their lives as it is not quite as peaceful and harmonic as the setting. Their lives is quite the opposite‚ as they work hard and their only form of entertainment is starting fights‚ drinking heartly and going to cathouses. Readers are introduced to the lives of itinerant workers in America during the Great Depression. Steinbeck
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“Great Depression”‚ where dreams were usually destroyed‚ The Great Depression was an extremely miserable time during the 1930’s‚ it made average people (such as the guys in the ranch and Curley’s wife) impossible to fulfill their dreams. Curley’s wife‚ was a lot of things‚ but mainly misunderstood. Similar to all the men on the ranch‚ she was unable to fulfill her dream‚ all her hopes for her dreams were shattered at a young age. There is more to Curley’s wife‚ she cannot make a good impact on anything
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him since he was a pup’. He is an old ranch worker who now cleans the ranch up‚ he only has one hand because the other was lost in an accident. His disability isolates him from the other characters on the ranch. His best friend is an old sheep dog‚ who like himself is unable to work because he is old and smelly and is thought to be hopeless. The death of Candy’s dog symbolises the harsh reality that once a person is unable to work they have no future on the ranch. Curley is an old man that didn’t have
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Steinbeck present’s Curley’s wife as the only women in the ranch‚ who occupies a key role in the novella as the catalyst for much discontent for several of the characters and for the tragic ending‚ because of this men in the ranch constantly think of her as a ‘trouble maker’. George refers to her as a “poison” and that he has “never seen piece of jailbait worse than her” This suggests that if Lennie gets in trouble with Curley’s wife it’s trouble for the both of them as they will lose the chance
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authors Harper Lee and John Steinbeck are able to provide an in-depth perspective
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How does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks in “of mice and men?” Throughout the novel “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck presents Crook as being lonely‚ intelligent and hopeless. He is in a minority group and is discriminated against because he represents the black community in 1930’s America. Indeed‚ it is because of this discrimination that Crooks attempts to draw whatever limited amount of power he can from his surroundings. “Well I gotta right to have a light”. This implies Crooks is defensive
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sunlight‚ as if she has brought the darkness with her. The reader is already influenced by Candy’s description of her so that when Steinbeck describes her as having "full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up" we see this as confirmation of her being "a tart." Equally‚ it could simply mean that she takes pride in her appearance and tries to get noticed. However‚ she does flaunt herself " she smiled archly and twisted her body" and is clearly aware that Lennie is fascinated with her. George’s
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How does Steinbeck present Lennie and George in the 1st chapter? Lennie and George’s father and son like relationship is clearly one of love‚ although from the beginning we sense George’s frustration due to Lennie’s constant childish behaviour. George is very protective over Lennie‚ “Lennie for God’s sake don’t drink so much!” because he has been told to look after him by his “Aunt Clara”. George does like having Lennie around as he says‚ “No you stay with me”. As Lennie and George are itinerant
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How does Steinbeck present Slim from the extract? Slim‚ on his first appearance‚ is described as moving with a “majesty only achieved by royalty or master craftsmen”. With this descriptive phrase‚ Steinbeck immediately establishes Slim as someone who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move like majesty‚ it requires one to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This is a man who is comfortable in his own persona. Continuing with the comparison to royalty‚ Steinbeck
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