Of Mice & Men Chapter Questions Chapter 1 1) Look at the way both Lennie and George are first described. How is this initial description fitting when we find out more about each man? 2) Is the relationship between George and Lennie one of friendship‚ or does George only feel obligated to take care of Lennie? What evidence can you find to support either conclusion? 3) Why does Lennie have the dead mouse? Why does George take it away? 4) What happened at the last place where Lennie and
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and book he was determined to kill lennie. Slim’s reaction to Curely’s wifes death was shocked becauce he though she was just sleeping. Hus reaction to Leinnie’s death was not bad. It tells us that he is a caring person & knows how the Curley felt when he lost his wife & how George felt when he shot Lennie Slim and animals Slim said he would have just drowned the other dog is he hadn’t given it to Lenny. I think that it’s mean that Slim would kill the puppies just because he didn’t want them. I’m
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Lennie Although Lennie is among the principal characters in Of Mice and Men‚ he is perhaps the least dynamic. He undergoes no significant changes‚ development‚ or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Simply put‚ he loves to pet soft things‚ is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm‚ and possesses incredible physical strength. Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears confirms these and only these characteristics.
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a novel set during the Great Depression. Lennie Small and George Milton‚ the story’s main characters‚ start to work on a farm in California. They have a bond similar to brothers where Lennie looks to George for guidance. On a farm where most people keep to themselves‚ George and Lennie’s rare relationship gets questioned many times. We see characters like Candy and Curley’s wife trying to escape from the bitter cycle of loneliness and how Crooks is overcome in
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is set in the midst of the 1930s during the Great Depression. The novella follows Lennie and George at their new jobs on a ranch in Soledad‚ California. Lennie is quickly shown to have a slight mental disability yet George puts up with him to avoid loneliness. Crooks‚ an outsider on the ranch‚ even confides in Lennie as no one else pays him any mind. Also‚ Curley’s wife‚ who was considered a nuisance by the other laborers‚ admitted to Lennie and Candy about how unhappy
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OMAM – Prejudice In john Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice And men‚ there are many examples of prejudice. The main types of prejudice shown in this novel are racial‚ sexual and social prejudice. This essay is firstly going to look at racial prejudice. There is much racial prejudice shown in of mice and men towards Crooks‚ the black crippled stable buck. Crooks is more permanent than the other ranch hands and has his own room off the stables and in the barn‚ he has many more possession than the rest of
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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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novel Of Mice and Men was published in 1937‚ it was based on his own experiences working alongside migrant workers in the 1930’s‚ which also happened to be in the time of the Great Depression. Critics have censored Of Mice and Men frequently‚ because of “Offensive Language‚ Racial Slurs‚ and vulgarity.” Yet‚ It is still a powerful read for elementary and High School students alike. Steinbeck’s strong themes‚ and powerful emotions‚ along with colorful words‚ and disputable topics makes Of Mice and Men
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Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men at a Glance John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a parable about what it means to be human. Steinbeck’s story of George and Lennie’s ambition of owning their own ranch‚ and the obstacles that stand in the way of that ambition‚ reveal the nature of dreams‚ dignity‚ loneliness‚ and sacrifice. Ultimately‚ Lennie‚ the mentally handicapped giant who makes George’s dream of owning his own ranch worthwhile‚ ironically becomes the greatest obstacle to
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H/W Of Mice and Men Notes up to page 9 5.11.12 Page 3 – On this page I thought that John Steinbeck described the overall setting of the place. “A few miles south of Soledad‚ the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.” Straightaway Steinbeck sets the scene and puts us in place. The description on this page is visual and also audial. The writer achieves this by saying‚ “recumbent limbs” and “skittering”. Steinbeck personifies the trees branches by saying they
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