John Steinbeck’s novel called “Of Mice and Men”. The theme takes place in California during the Great Depression Era in the 1930’s in America. There are two main characters in this story are called George and Lennie. These two men struggled from the Great Depression Era by an economic failure and stock marketing failures which lead to unemployment and poverty in North America that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized
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How does Stienbeck explore different attitudes to women in the novel? ‘Of-Mice-and-Men’ was written by Steinbeck in the 1930’s towards the end of the depression where millions of people were financially ruined and had lost everything. This crisis was added to by a series of droughts which caused crops to fail and lots of farmers were unable to cover bank loans used to buy their farms and had to sell up to cover debts. One third of America’s population were unemployed and there was then no dole
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The Idea of America: Reflection on the Birth of the United States‚ by Gordon Wood. New York: The Penguin Press‚ 2011. 385 pages. Reviewed by Reah Monroe. I am reviewing The Idea of America: Reflection on the Birth of the United States to better understand the significance of the American Revolution and it’s lasting effect on the world. Gordon Wood is a Pulitzer Prize winning author that is at the top of his field and is an expert on the American Revolution. Gordon Wood is the Alva O. Way
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centred on the disincentives of America during the depression in the 1930’s. The country known as ‘the land of opportunity‚’ is dismissed as it became deprived and inept. Many men were itinerant workers that travelled from ranch to ranch looking for wages that would be sufficient till they moved on. These types of men were the loneliest‚ with no companionship. It is this transient migrant lifestyle which highlights the importance of the relationship between Lennie and George‚ a rarity among the other characters
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for survival against predators‚ nature and themselves. Dystopian regimes use fear as a tool to control and manipulate their people. They create false senses of security‚ and freedom for the people‚ so that there is no way they can lose their power. Finally‚ they keep the people oppressed and ignorant to the regimes sovereignty . 1984 by George Orwell and Lord of the Flies by William Golding both represent how corrupt leaders use the population’s fears against them‚ for the continuation of their hierarchical
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John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men does not portray women very respectively. Curley’s wife walks the ranch as a seductress. Bored‚ lonely and always looking for her husband‚ Curley. When we first encounter her appearance‚ Steinbeck describes her as having ‘full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up’ this is a prime example of her superfluous character. She is flirtatious and her body language is provocative. Before Curley’s wife makes her first appearance‚ her personality is emphasised
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Curley’s wife is a significant personality in the novel. John Steinbeck presents her in different ways during the novel and uses different methods to influence the reader’s judgement‚ for instance through her look‚ as she is a complex character. Significantly Steinbeck makes it clear that nurture turns her into the person she is in the novel‚ her nature is different. He uses language to show us who she is as revealed by colour and light symbolism; incongruity of her appearance and the setting; simile
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The Idea Of America President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said‚ “We are all bound together by hope of a common future rather than by reverence for a common past that helped us to build upon this continent a unity.” We are unified by our futures and not our pasts. To be an American means to have a ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ and to be equal to anyone no matter the race‚ religion or where you’re from. However‚ another way to be American is to believe in the idea‚ some people believe America is based off
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presence and her behaviour that bring about Lennie’s final downfall. Although her behaviour may be partly because she is lonely‚ the men dislike her because she is both malicious and flirtatious. Even when she is dead‚ Candy talks about her disrespectfully and blames her for spoiling the dream. “... he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen. He was a jerkline skinner‚ the prince of the ranch. Slim is also a key character to the novel. Slim‚ however‚ is in many ways the
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Lennie Lennies behaviour is very childlike‚ this can be perseieve from ‘’Lennie put his hands over his ears’’ his manorisms of dealing with issues are very child like and can be seen to be similar to the ideal of ‘out of sight out of mind’. This makes us forget about his strength and we are reminded that he can be dangerous‚ in the scene when he fights with Curley which surprises the reader as he first comes across as a soft person‚ and this i turn prepares the reader for the following events of
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