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    People are lonely in the book Of Mice and Men. Curley’s wife is lonely‚ Crooks is lonely‚ Candy is lonely without his pup‚ and Lennie is lonely in his own special way. Many characters have a lonely trait in the book‚ Crooks isn’t aloud to hang around with the ranch hands because he is a different color than the other people that work on the ranch. Curley is always leaving his wife to sit in the house by herself so Curley’s wife gets really lonely. When Carlson shot Candy’s dog that really broke his

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    Jung’s statement. Likewise‚ Curley engages in this power struggle/torture in his isolation as the son of the boss and husband of the temptress-wife. In his insecurity about being short and insecure about this wife‚ Curley is pugnacious‚ wishing to fight anyone in his jealous rages. He verbally assaults Lennie after he enters the bunkhouse looking for his wife because Lennie smiles as Carlson and Candy insult him. When Curley punches Lennie‚ Lennie simply grabs his hand and holds it so tightly that

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    In his novel Of Mice and MenSteinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930s. He represents loneliness through his characters such as‚ Candy‚ Crooks‚ Curley’s wife‚ George and Lennie. Through these characters he illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. Two Characters‚ The Boss‚ and Curley’s wife‚ are never addressed by a name but a title instead. “The old man said‚ ‘I guess the boss’ll be out here in a minute’… ‘What kind of a guy is the boss?’ George

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    Steinbeck’s short novel‚ “Of Mice and Men”. Written about two migrant workers in the midst of the Great Depression‚ this useful technique helps illuminate the previous experiences of the characters as well as highlighting the hardships faced by many in this period. Through parallelism‚ minor conflicts‚ and the reoccurring theme of dreams‚ Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to create a suspenseful mood and a unique atmosphere for the novel.

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    Lennie. Don’t let him do it’” (Steinbeck 63). Since Lennie is extremely strong‚ George knows that he should let Lennie stick up for himself and not allow Curley to make him feel weak and inferior to the rest. George also accepts the fact that Lennie cannot remember tons of information that he has been told‚ “‘I’ll tell ya again. I ain’t got nothing better to do. Might jus’ as well spen’ all my time tellin’ you things and then you forget ‘em‚ and I tell you again’” (Steinbeck 4). This shows

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    Analysis Of Curley's Wife

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    Curley’s wife is the main women character in Steinbeck’s novel of mice and men. In this piece of writing I will be discussing the good and bad about Curley’s wife. Firstly Steinbeck uses colour to give a description on Curley’s wife. ‘She has rouged lips and red fingernails; her mules are red and are covered with red ostrich feathers’. The first opinion of her that comes to mind is that she is a dangerous women and she uses her sexuality to gain male attention. The colour red suggests love and

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    towards Curley’s Wife In the novel “Of Mice and Men” we find that the writer has manipulated our feelings as the novel progresses. These feelings are those that are towards Curley’s wife. When Curley’s wife is introduced into the novel we find that she has been depicted by not only the reader but the ranch workers that are in the book as purely a distraction towards the men. Steinbeck never tells the reader her name; this means that we keep the idea that she isn’t seen as a person to the men‚ but

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    this story we are reading in class is Of Mice and Men‚ and the author is John Steinbeck. This story is about two men who always stay with each other no matter how frustrated they get with each other and how hard of a time they’re having. They have an ultimate goal to settle down after all there hard work of working on plantations. Will they ever be able to finally settle down? Steinbeck was successful at making Lennie a very nice and unintelligent character because he gives many examples of Lennie

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    literary non-fiction Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 1. How does Steinbeck show the power of dreams and dreaming in the novel? 2. Explore why the relationship between George and Lennie seems so special in the novel. 3. How does John Steinbeck show the influence of ranch life on the behaviour of the characters in the novel? 4. Explore some of the ways in which Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel. 5. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”. How far does the relationship

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    Outline For Curley's Wife

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    Curley’s Wife In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck creates characters that play important roles throughout the story that contribute to themes and connect readers to an overall focus. Curley’s wife‚ a minor‚ but significant character in the story‚ contributes to the theme and is partly responsible for Lennie’s death. Her sinful actions and petty personality make her a character that isn’t respected by others and is known for being trouble around the ranch. Disregarding her flirtations

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