with George and Slim talking‚ George remembered that he promised Lennie the first chance he got‚ he’d get him a puppy since Slim’s dog just gave birth to many‚ George asked him for one to give to Lennie. Slim agrees happily and George insists on calling Lennie a dumb person for wanting a puppy‚ however not crazy or aggressive in any means. Slim enjoys having George and Lennie here‚ their friendship is nothing like his ever seen there‚ and it brings a little more happiness into his world. George at
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Steinbeck uses the fact that Curley’s wife is the only female of the ranch to post her as a threat to the male ranch workers. When she is first introduced it isn’t pleasant. Candy starts of by saying ‘I seen her give slim the eye’ this instantly gives the reader an idea she is a bit flirtatious. He then continues to say ‘Well‚ I think Curley’s married…a tart.’ This gives the reader a view of her characteristics and we are put off by them. When we finally meet Curley’s wife for the first time she
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make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.” -Bill Gates. In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men takes place during The Great Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated
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Curley’s wife is also another character who would very happily settle for the attentive ear of a stranger. She admits to Lennie that she is unhappily married when she says “I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I ought to. I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella”. In fact the only reason why she married him was to rebel against her mother as she thought that her mother hid the letter that would’ve led her to her dream of being a famous movie star. As well as crooks‚ Curley’s wife also links
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make it work and for it to live long enough. George and Lennie are two divergent characters in the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck whose friendship is real and actually works. Lennie is a muscular guy who relies on George and George is small but smart. George may not be as strong as Lennie‚ but Lennie isn’t as intelligent as George. Through their many differences‚ these two prove that they need each other‚ and through each other they learn how to survive. They
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California. One of them‚ Lennie Small whose name does not live up to a person’s expectation; he is big and that’s all he’s got going for him unfortunately. George is small and quick‚ a roving farmworker who takes on a father like role and watches over Lennie. The two are broke and search for work on the farms of Northern California. Being broke is problematic for George and Lennie since they plan to own a farm someday. George is the intelligence behind this plan‚ while Lennie is about as sharp as a marble
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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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Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ is the story of two simple farm hands‚ Lennie Small‚ who incidentally‚ really isn ’t very small‚ and his better half‚ George Milton‚ on their quest to have "a place of their own‚" with plenty of furry bunnies‚ of course. Sound strange? Read on to get clued in. The book opens along the banks of the Salinas River a few miles south of Soledad‚ California. Everything is calm and beautiful‚ and nature is alive.
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novella‚ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ George and Lennie both were friends and lived an enjoyable life as did Candy and his dog. George and Candy both had the roles of being dominant leaders of taking care of Lennie and the dog. They both care of them as they had the same intelligence level. All of them had differences‚ but that is the essential part of a friendship. Although they have similarities‚ they will occasionally have differences. George and Lennie share many similarities in the novella
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Explore the way the 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
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