a) in this passage‚ what methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of others to her? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. b) how does Steinbeck present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set? In this passage if mice and men‚ Steinbeck present Curley’s wife as a dreamer‚ who is an outsider‚ insecure and labelled by others. He does this by the use of metaphors and stereotyping. In the beginning of the passage Curley’s wife is introduced
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Of Mice and Men Literary Analysis There are many issues which John Steinbeck addresses in his novel Of Mice and Men‚ such as discrimination towards minorities such as blacks‚ women‚ and the disabled. Many of these are being steadily being resolved up to today‚ though‚ there is still one thing rooted into our minds that still persists today; the predatory nature of human beings. Of Mice and Men takes place in Soledad‚ California. It tells the story of two men‚ Lennie Small‚ a stout
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John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ is omnipresent throughout the book and is presented in various guises; it first appears in the title. ‘Of Mice and Men’ refers to the 17th century poem ‘To a Mouse’‚ written by Robbie Burns‚ the poem says "the best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft a glay"‚ meaning the best laid plans often go awry. This links to the novel as the characters that have dreams and plans to accomplish them‚ don’t achieve them. Here we see how both man are beast are powerless
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Loneliness is the feeling of isolation and no hope or dreams in your life-which is what Steinbeck achieves by portraying this theme effectively through key fictional characters in Of Mice and Men. By living in the town of ‘Soledad’ (Spanish for loneliness)‚ the audience gets an overwhelming sense of the depressing environment that the migrant farmers are living through by their repetitive lifestyle and the consequences they face through the Great Depression and the Dustbowl. Yet another aspect of
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In the opening of the extract‚ Steinbeck clearly conveys George’s temperamental nature when he is communicating with Lennie. The intensity of his parental role is compounded with frustrations caused by Lennie’s childlike persona‚ this aspect is displayed through the line “Whatever we ain’t got‚ that’s what you want.” The writer’s description of George as he ‘exploded’ defines the irritability felt toward Lennie’s lack of social awareness and compatibility. Throughout this extract it becomes progressively
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"Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart." - Marguerite Gardiner. In society‚ both modern and in the past‚ prejudice has been a tool of thinking and labeling a group of race‚ people‚ class and culture in order to distinguish ones superiority and dominance from one another‚ but is simply a way to judge without gathering valid facts. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we see that prejudice was just as rampant in the 1930’s. In the novel‚ prejudice is demonstrated on 3 different
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How does John Steinbeck present the theme of loneliness in "Of Mice and Men"? To be lonely means to feel isolated from others as you may have a lack of friends‚ family or companionship. In "Of Mice and Men"‚ loneliness is a strong theme which is shown by all the characters in one way or another throughout the novel. Even though all the characters in the novel live on the same ranch‚ they are lonely because of their own personal history and backgrounds‚ and the only thing that connects them
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first introduced to the characters George and Lennie in chapter 1 ’Of Mice and Men’ our first meeting of the characters automatically give away key themes and ideas of what is to come later in the book. "They had walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the opening one stayed behind the other." Even early on in the book we see that one follows the other‚ as even in the open‚ one leads the way and the other follows. Steinbeck then moves onto tells us of the two character’s appearances‚ again
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General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series 0500 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/23 Paper 2 (Reading Passages – Extended)‚ maximum raw mark 50 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began
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In the following essay I will be writing about and exploring what emotions Steinbeck conveys in his novella ‘of mice and men’. The novella was the second of Steinbeck’s ‘dustbowl’ trilogy. These books were based on Steinbeck’s own first hand experience against the back drop of depression-era America where he became concerned with the exploitation of migrant workers and exposing the institutionalized prejudices ( racism‚ ageism and sexism) of the migrant workers themselves‚ hence the trilogy. The
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