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    George and Lennie’s relationship shows us the true meaning of friendship. The supporting points are all about how George and Lennie care for each other. The book is written by john Steinbeck and the story is called “Of Mice and Men”. The supporting points are all about how George and Lennie care for each other. George and Lennie take care of one another. Lennie says “If it was here you can have some(95)”. George also says “We travel together (82)”. This shows that George and Lennie care about each

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    In the novel “Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck tells a story of dreams‚ hopes and loneliness. We are introduced to a majorly significant and complex Character‚ named Curley’s wife. Steinbeck shows us that Curley’s wife is flirtatious‚ mischievous but most of all an isolated character. She plays a main part in the novel; in doing this she displays and presents many of the main themes. Before we are presented to Curley’s wife‚ Candy talks about her‚ to George and Lennie. She is spoken about in a

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    ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck is a novel set in 1920 in America this is around the time of The Great Depression and George and Lennie –the two main characters- are two itinerant workers who are supposed to represent working class men of that time. We are presented with the interesting character of Curley’s wife and this essay will consider how the reader’s attitude changes towards her throughout the text. We are first introduced to Curley’s wife when she is supposedly looking for Curley

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    Everyone has a goal or dream at some point in their life. Some people have a dream which is coming to America‚ to have an education‚ money and a safe country. Others have a goal of just climbing or reaching the top of a mountain. In 1929 the Stock Market crashed leading the Great Depression. During this time people became unemployed or it was a struggle to find a job and keep it. Steinback reflects this serious issue in his novella “ Of Mice and Men” Lennie and George‚ the main characters‚ traveled

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    In the story "Of Mice & Men"‚ John Steinbeck creates a pair of low-class companionship as the story ’s main character. This pair of companionship‚ George and Lennie is very different from each other‚ nothing alike‚ no matter talking about their figures‚ personality‚ IQ‚ etc‚ except that they both carry the same American dream as they spend their hard days traveling together and working in the ranch. Lennie is portrayed as being childlike. He looks up on George as a parental figure: "Lennie ’s lips

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    Explore how Steinbeck presents and develops the character of Crooks‚ in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ written by John Steinbeck‚ the author presents and develops the character ‘Crooks – The stable buck’ to highlight one of the major themes of Racism and Discrimination in the novella which was a problem that troubled American Society in the 1930’s‚ during the great depression. Steinbeck explores the character Crooks by examining the nature and effects of the racism

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    American Dream in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men takes place in the 1930’s of America during the Great Depression where the american dream was rarely reached and the land of fortune had become the land of misfortune. It was during this time that many farmers best hope for a new life lied in California.This vision has been extremely manipulated in the 20th century to fit the new standerads of Americans‚ which are greedy and selfish. The main characters opinions in the book Of Mice and Men of

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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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    How does Steinbeck explore the theme of loneliness in “Of Mice and Men” In “Of Mice and Men”‚ the theme of loneliness is central to the novel. It is introduced to the reader at the very start of the novel i.e. the first time that we see George and Lennie they are walking apart – “they had walked in single file down the path and even in the open one stayed behind the other”. Throughout the novel we see that everyone is lonely and it seems that the description of George and Lennie at the start of

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    How does Steinbeck present the lives of migrant workers in chapters one to three in ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s novel‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ was published in 1937. At this time America was still suffering the from the depression and the wandering workers who form the basis of the novel were very much within the consciousness of a nation separated by wealth yet driven by the idea of ‘the American dream’. Steinbeck’s novel is‚ however‚ essentially a tale of loneliness and of men struggling alone

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