Great Depression‚ directing the reader to find the deeper meaning behind each of these themes‚ by making it easier to relate to‚ making the novella come alive‚ revealed through the use of Steinbeck’s chosen characters in this tragic novella Of Mice and Men. Firstly in the Great Depression many experienced Loneliness and Prejudice‚ seen through the characters of Candy an ‘old swamper’ and Crooks a ‘black stable buck’. Steinbeck uses the conflict both internal and external found as the effect of racism
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Power: the ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something. Everyone has power. This power however‚ comes in many different forms and appears under many varieties of conditions. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ all of the characters have entirely different powers. From Curley to his wife‚ Lennie to George‚ and even Crooks to Candy‚ all of them have their own special power‚ or lack thereof. Their power shapes who they are and their outlooks on life. Some characters power
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Writing My Essay 1. Deconstruct 1. How is friendship shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? 2. How is misunderstanding shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? 3. How is mental illness shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? Teacher Example: How is gender shown in the text‚ Of Mice and Men? 1. Keywords – Highlighted topic a. How b. misunderstanding c. Shown d. Text i. Synonyms 1. How – In what way‚ by what means 2. Misunderstanding-
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Foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men By Alex Luciani Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is the tale of an unlikely friendship between two men trying to achieve their dream. It’s set in California during the Great Depression. Foreshadowing is used throughout the story to predict major events that happen later on. It fills the reader with a sense of dread and anticipation and keeps the story suspenseful. It makes the tone of the story more tragic‚ as the characters are predicted to fail. The ending of
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Of Mice and Men: Discrimination ’"Why ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked. "’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there‚ but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink.’ (p.68) Discrimination is the treatment of a person based on the group‚ class‚ or category to which that person belongs. Discrimination is demonstrated in Of Mice and Men many times throughout the book with Lennie‚ Curley’s wife‚ and Crooks. Each one of these characters experience discrimination in the book and it can be related
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themes are loneliness‚ age and usefulness‚ and the American dream. From “Of Mice and Men” I pick a character called Candy. Candy presents the three themes I stated above. “ The themes of loneliness‚ age/usefulness‚ and American Dream have a negative affect on Candy throughout the novel. To begin with the themes‚ firstly‚ Candy is lonely. Ever since carlson shot Candy’s dog‚ Candy was sad and crying on the side. He used to work with him (the dog)‚ play with him‚ eat with him and then Carlson just
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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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"Of Mice and Men" is a novel written by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner‚ John Steinbeck. It is an emotional tale of the extraordinary friendship between George and Lennie‚ who are traveling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s. George is a caring person whose love to Lennie is just like a father-son relationship‚ where Lennie‚ a mentally challenged man whose strength lies in body rather than brain‚ appears to be very dependent on George. "Of Mice and Men" teaches a universal theme about
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Of Mice and Men As human beings we understand that murder is wrong‚ but there are occasions when murder would be a more compassionate and humane choice for the victim than what they would otherwise face. This is illustrated perfectly in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The central character‚ George‚ was morally justified in killing his friend Lennie‚ because his motives were born out of compassion. George was trying to protect his friend by killing him. Lenny was
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able to corrupt people‚ and those people only using power for their own means to an end. But power is also able to get people to follow orders‚ or bad down from a bad decision. It can even be used positively‚ to help both whoever is using it and whoever encounters it or inspire others. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Candy‚ Curley‚ and George each use or encounter power in positive and negative ways. George‚ one of the main characters of the book‚ is shown most often interacting with
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