about the rabbits. For George‚ the farm is all sorts of freedom and happiness‚ but for Lennie‚ it is simply access to soft things. Given the evidence‚ the audience knows these rabbits will likely be added to Lennie’s telltale trail of small and dead animals‚ symbolizing Lennie’s inability to see patterns in his life and to recognize that failure is imminent. The rabbits are emblematic of a simple and idyllic life‚ but rabbits are a fraught symbol: we know Lennie is excited about them because they’ll
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Theme of Loneliness in of Mice and Men Summary: Loneliness plays an important role in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. As Steinbeck illustrates through Curley’s wife‚ Candy‚ and Crooks‚ companionship and a sense of belonging are vital to human happiness; all three characters face problems and negative feelings because of their loneliness and isolation. [pic] Loneliness is one of the primary themes in Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novel‚ John Steinbeck shows the enormous effect that
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitudes to women in of mice and men? Steinbeck explores different attitudes to women in of mice and men. He does this by having only 3 different roles for women in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute. Women have only 3 different roles in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute‚ they are not valued because they are not physically strong‚ and in the depression‚ those who could work were viewed with higher respect. In fact‚ they are
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It is hard to judge a person by its cover. They may look like a really nice guy but may have committed murder. That’s why John Steinbeck implied that to one of his characters‚ Lennie. He looks like a really scary person‚ but he is a very kind person that acts like a big baby. Lennie is excused from murder due to his low intelligence‚ Curley’s wife being lonely‚ and George was not watching him. Lennie relies on one person‚ George‚ and he was not there for Lennie’s protection. Lennie did not know
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Draft “I see hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches‚ with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. They come an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a god damn on’ of em’ ever get’s it. Just like heaven.” This is the quote from Crooks and it summarises what most of the book is about‚ everyone wants that little bit of land to call their own. Hardly any of them ever get it. Just like heaven
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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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John Steinbeck‚ the author of the novel Of Mice and Men‚ wrote this Nobel Prize winning novel to ‘challenge his readers sense of values and morals and also to increase their awareness of the horrible things that people are capable of doing’ (John Pinder‚ Wiki Answers [online‚ accessed 14th March 2010]‚ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_steinbeck_write_ ’Of_mice_and_men ’). Steinbeck has enhanced the plot and characters in the novel through clever use of animal imagery foreshadowing certain events
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In the novel ‘‘ Of Mice and Men’’ loneliness is present troughtout th novel.Many of the characters amit suffering from it. Early in the novel George says‚ : ``Life working as a hand ranch is on the loneliness of life.As the story develops George‚Crooks and Curley’s wife all confess their loneliness.Each of these character searches for a friend to talk to. First of all‚George is a lonely chacter because he has to take of his mentally handicaped fren Lenny.George could of have abandon him and lived
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Analysis of Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck Of Mice And Men’ by John Steinbeck is a classic novel‚ tragedy‚ written in a social tone. The authorial attitude is idyllic‚ however‚ as the story develops it changes into skeptic. It is evident that Steinbeck knew the setting and places he is writing about. In my opinion Steinbeck drew the subject matter from his own experience of working on ranches‚ he was interested in special kinds of relationships among men working on ranches with him. There
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1. World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes‚ machine guns‚ and tanks.. They would march their troops across open land into the face of machine guns and often slaughter. As a result of this action‚ a tactic known as trench warfare was implemented. Many viewed trench warfare to be an effective tactic against enemy advancement. In September 1914‚ the German commander‚ General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered his troops to dig trenched that would
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