Of Mice and Men Characters: George George Milton. A migrant worker who travels from farm to farm with his mentally impaired friend Lennie during the Depression. Lennie Lennie Small. A gigantic‚ mentally disabled man‚ Lennie is simplistic and docile. Candy An old‚ crippled man who has lost his hand‚ Candy is the swamper at the ranch. He remains attached to his aging dog‚ who has become so weak and sickly that it depends entirely on Candy to survive. Curley The son of the ranch owner‚ Curley
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Of Mice And Men EN110 Composition and Literature By: 4/4/2012 EN110 Composition and Literature Of Mice and Men The Novel “of Mice and Men was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck and was set in the context of California’s valley along the Salinas River during the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ a time when migrant farm workers found it very hard to get work. The story begins beside the Salinas River
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Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck Study Guide Questions 1. Although George and Lennie have been travelling together for a long time‚ their friendship can be quite strained and weak at times. Due to Lennie’s childish nature and forgetful memory‚ George is often frustrated and rages on about how his life could’ve been without Lennie. “God a’mighty‚ if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work… get a gallon of whisky‚ or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool.” (pg.
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Explain how Steinbeck presents Crooks in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ The first time Crooks was mentioned by Candy Chapter 1 page 21. Candy is the gossip one‚ he knows everything‚ and sees everything. Candy introduces Crooks to Lennie and George. ‘Yeah. Nice fella‚ too. Got a crooked back where horse kicked him. The boss gives him hell when he’s mad. But the stable bucks don’t give a damn about that’. That shows that Crooks doesn’t care what people think about him‚ he respects himself. On
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C.F. Of Mice and Men The novella “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck teaches a lot about human behavior. We learn that each character’s past experiences‚ attitude‚ emotion‚ and their authority all have a great affect on the way they behave. The whole concept of human behavior is what ties together the themes of this short novel. Some of these themes include the impossibility of achieving the American dream‚ loneliness vs. companionship‚ and the predatory nature of human existence
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Of Mice and Men Throughout history‚ women have been seen as inferior. During the Great Depression‚ women were not granted the same rights and freedoms as men. Curley’s wife experiences many of the same injustices that women did during that time. The negative perception of women develops in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men due to the fact that Curley’s wife is not given a real identity or a purpose throughout the novel. She is consistently seen as a sex object rather than a human
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Essay for "Of Mice and Men" Loneliness plays a major roll in "Of Mice and Men" for the charetors Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife. Candy: He lost his right hand in a farm accident. Now he has the meanest job on the ranch‚ he is the swamper. He shows us what happen to an old man beset by physical disability‚ loneliness and rejection. His reaction when his dog gets killed shows us that he is a human being with human feelings. "I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys in case I kick
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Loneliness in Of Mice And Men In this essay I shall set out to discuss the recurring theme of loneliness evident in "Of Mice And Men" by John Steinbeck. I shall be writing about some very different characters‚ who all have this one trait in common. Loneliness affects many of the characters‚ and Steinbeck seems to show that it is a natural and inevitable result of the kind of life they are forced to lead. Every character in the story exhibits loneliness. Curley’s wife seeks the attention of
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shoot Lennie in Of Mice and Men Loneliness and companionship is imminent throughout the book. It starts from the beginning when George sets the tone by repeating to Lennie that life on a ranch is the loneliest life there is‚ for example Steinbeck states “Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world’. This shows us that men on a ranch rarely have any companionship or safety however George and Lennie have each other and this contradicts the idea that ranch men are always lonely
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Steinbeck ’s novel‚ "Of Mice and Men". The characters depicted by the author are individuals who are constantly facing one obstacle after another. The book illustrates different conflicts such as man versus society‚ man versus man‚ man versus himself and idealism versus reality. The book ’s backdrop is set in the Salinas‚ California during the depression. The two main characters include two men‚ George and Lennie. Supportive characters include a few ranch hands‚ Candy‚ Crooks‚ Curly‚ Slim and Carlson
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