Of Mice and Men is a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937‚ it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant ranch workers‚ who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California‚ USA. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath)‚ the title is taken from Robert Burns’ poem
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John Steinbeck once said of Curley’s wife‚ ‘She’s a nice girl‚ not a floozy’. How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’? In this essay I will show how Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife in a number of ways throughout the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ showing both how she is portrayed as a ‘nice girl’ as well as a ‘floozy’. This novel was set during the great depression and is written around two key themes of the American dream‚ which every ‘ranch hand’ owned their own patch of land
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In John Steinbeck’s Novella‚ “Of Mice and Men”‚ the author ties the American Dream into the text to show that many people had hope during the Great Depression.The story takes place in California‚ and is about two men named George and Lennie who are headed to their new jobs at a ranch. Once they are there‚ they meet many people and build relationships with them. While they are there‚ their version of‚ “The American Dream”‚ is always mentioned or thought about‚ that shows that they are hopeful for
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Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck The Death of Lennie The death of Lennie was quick and painless for Lennie‚ how quick and painless was it to the men or even George‚ his best friend? Should he have killed Lennie to keep him from going to jail or even worse which would have been dealt by Curley? This book was set in the time of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression people didn’t usually care about one another and this is a completely different story. We found out that George and Lennie
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The American Dream is the dream of many people living and immigrating to America. Everyone has his or her own personal dream‚ but not everyone can attain the American Dream. There are a lot of different reasons as to why the dream cannot be attained. An example of this is can be found in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. George‚ Lennie‚ and Candy have obstacles in their way that was keeping them from attaining the American Dream. George‚ Lennie‚ and Candy have their own personal goals. George’s
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learning disabled. George shows that he cares for Lennie when he says‚ “He’s my... cousin. I told his old lady I’d take care of him. He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid. He’s awright. Just aint bright. But he can do anything you tell him”(Steinbeck 22). This quote illustrates that George cares for Lennie as if he was his cousin. It also appears that he cares that Lennie gets a job since he is a good worker who is not the brightest crayon in the box. Lennie shows that he cares
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as an antagonist‚ as a dream destroyer‚ the story its self is set during the “Great Depression”‚ where dreams were usually destroyed‚ The Great Depression was an extremely miserable time during the 1930’s‚ it made average people (such as the guys in the ranch and Curley’s wife) impossible to fulfill their dreams. Curley’s wife‚ was a lot of things‚ but mainly misunderstood. Similar to all the men on the ranch‚ she was unable to fulfill her dream‚ all her hopes for her dreams were shattered at a young
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Lennie inevitable? John Steinbeck (born in 1902) was a talented Californian writer. Steinbeck spent much of his time in New York and the Salinas Valley. Although he spent a few years at Stanford University‚ he desperately wanted to be a writer‚ therefore he started writing. His work includes The Grapes of Wrath‚ Cannery Row‚ The Red Pony‚ East of Eden and of course‚ Of Mice and Men. Hollywood loved Steinbeck and even made these very books in to film adaptations. Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize
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OF MICE AND MEN-ESSAY In the novel ‘of mice and men’ many of the characters John Steinbeck has chosen for the book display both physical and mental impairments. Some characters that have been discriminated in the book are Lennie‚ Candy‚ Crooks and Curleys Wife. By putting characters like these into the book Steinbeck is illustrating how hard life was for anyone who couldn’t look after themselves during the great depression. Lennie was one of the main characters in the novel ‘of mice and men’. In
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Saint Jude Catholic School High School Department The Lost and Lonely People of John Ernst Steinbeck In partial fulfillment of the requirements for English III Submitted by #32 Lorraine Elizabeth Tan HS III-E Submitted to Mr. Richard Rillo Faculty October 2011 Saint Jude Catholic School Tan/2011 High School Department English III No man is an island‚ and in the face of loneliness George and Lennie formed a family. It is portrayed that through their
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