John Steinbeck illustrates the lonely life of working on a ranch in the early 1930’s through his novel Of Mice And Men. He depicted the various characters’ feelings of loneliness and isolation in different ways. Curley’s wife tried desperately at times to interact with the other ranch hands while George and Lennie’s relationship is interesting because most ranch helpers travel alone after working for a short time. Candy and Crooks were lonely people due to their physicalities: Crooks is an African
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justified. In this novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ alot of the controversial incidents happened at the peak of ones emotion. This is referring to when George shot Lennie‚ but this is not the only time in this novel where this had happened. George’s actions were justifiable when he shot Lennie in the back of the head because he was only trying to save his best friend. George killed Lennie to protect him from the terrible things that would have happened to him if he lived. George knew that if
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John Steinbeck reflects on the context of 1930’s America in his novel entitled ‘Of Mice and Men’. The public would perceive Afro-Americans solely by their physical features and society would segregate them as a result of their racial distinction. I will be exploring how Steinbeck presents Crooks and his development through literary devices‚ and hence‚ how he changes depending on the characters he is interacting with. Steinbeck initially presents Crooks in a dialogue between George and Candy though
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How does Steinbeck create tension in the fight between Lennie and Curley in Chapter 3? Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand‚ as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader‚ to perhaps manipulate us to believe that Lennie will be in grave danger‚ due to the violent and discriminatory characters present in the early-mid 20th
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in which Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel In 1937‚ the American author John Steinbeck published ’Of mice and Men’. Set in the Salinas Valley of California‚ it conveys the story of the struggles of the American people during ’The Great Depression’. The Great Depression was a massive devastation throughout the whole of America where people suffered and the economy was at a huge crisis. The Unemployment rose from 3% to 26% and many people had died‚ showing how hard the
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How does Steinbeck present the character Crooks in Of Mice and Men? To what extent do you sympathise with him as a character? Steinbeck represents the character‚ Crooks‚ by showing the effects of discrimination. He is referred to as the ‘black’ stable buck and is named Crooks‚ due to the crook in his back‚ which was a result of being kicked in the back by a horse. The character is shown as reasonably literate‚ due to the possession of his books‚ which he uses as compensation to his loneliness. The
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America’s change through the 20’s‚ 30’s‚ and 40’s Throughout history the United States has seen so many drastic changes. These changes have been seen in many of the decades like the 1920’s‚ 1930’s ‚and 1940’s. Through these years the United States has seen drastic changes in policies for things such war‚ economy‚ and social views and in the political field. These decades were some of the most important years of American history. They showed American power‚ will‚ and strength. Through the the Roaring
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A short novel by John Steinbeck called Of Mice and Men is made into a movie‚ directed by Gary Sinise‚ about the hardships and many challenges of George Milton and Lennie Small. They constantly move from town to town to avoid troubling situations that Lennie gets them caught in. Lennie Small is a friendly‚ simple‚ and strong‚ but also is mentally ill‚ he is played by John Malkovich. George Milton‚ played by Gary Sinise‚ is a simple man who is the smarts and the responsible one between him and
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Hooverville. Filling the whole park are rows upon rows of huts filled with men‚ or families‚ all squished together trying to get closest to the factories‚ with the chance of getting work that day. The Great Depression took over America in the 1930’s after the stock market crash of October 29‚ 1929. Americans relied too much on credit and put everything they had into the stock markets‚ debatably the worst mistake americans ever made. The Great Depression led to many difficulties in the 1930’s for the American
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Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck‚ a novel set in the early 1930’s‚ during the Great Depression‚ teaches readers about the importance of hard work‚ friendship‚ dreams‚ and sacrifice. While teaching readers these important lessons‚ George -- the main character‚ who is small‚ quick‚ and bright -- is forced to shoot Lennie -- George’s best friend‚ who‚ while childish and innocent‚ got into lots of trouble for unwittingly scaring a woman‚ hurting Curley’s hand -- after he killed Curley’s wife. Many believe
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