set up this early in the novel. Soon after this we get an impression of her appearance. Candy describes her as “purty”. This shows she has a ‘pretty’ physical appearance. When we first look at this comment we see it as a positive one but when we explore this we see that this could be a bad position for women when being looked at by men‚ and that she could be called a ’sex object’. On the other hand we could say she deserves this impression because Candy warns George and Lenny about her: “She got the
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passion however as we find out later on in the novel she is not in love with Curley so her appearance is not to gain his attention‚ so who’s attention is she out to get? The way Steinbeck has described her intentions are to give the readers the impression
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How does Chapter 3 further our understanding of characters and the key themes of loneliness and dreams in the novel? Chapter three is a deeply significant chapter‚ because many events that happen foreshadow what is later to occur. Not only that‚ it also gives us a deeper understanding of the characters and how certain events affect them. In addition to this‚ it empathizes the theme of loneliness. For example‚ Whit‚ a young laboring man‚ is eager to show the others a letter published in a magazine
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sex objects and that men were the dominant and more superior gender. Throughout the novella we see how Curley’s wife: one of the only women on the ranch is treated and disrespected by the other workers. Steinbeck compares the loneliness of Candy‚ Crooks and Curley’s wife with the friendship of George and Lennie. The author also uses Curley’s wife’s vulnerability to show how everyone one on the ranch is vulnerable with the exception of Slim. Lennie is vulnerable because he has the mind of a child
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hear of her is from Crooks‚ the old swamper‚ when he is talking to George during a game of cards. He states‚ “she got the eye” which shows that she is a flirtatious and an immoral woman because she has only been married for two weeks. Candy also describes her as a “tart” (a tart is a woman who dresses or behaves in a way that is considered tasteless and sexually provocative). The fact that Curleys’ Wife is introduced through rumours means that the reader has a biased impression of her. Already the
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scenes are deleted from the film to conserve time. To cite an illustration‚ the scene in Crook’s room is cut down considerably. In the novel‚ Lennie talks to Crooks‚ and then Candy enters‚ Curly’s wife follows. They tell about their ambition‚ and Curly’s wife responds with negativity; “Baloney” she says‚ and continues to insult them. Crooks stands-up to her and she threaten s him with a lynching. Music and sound effects were used and the music needed to be very effective since gasp the audience‘s
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“John Steinbeck: Marxist Supporter?” Since the beginning of time‚ the world has been infected with human greed and hunger for power. However‚ only a lucky few are able to truly appease this desire and get to the peak of the economic hierarchy‚ while the majority of citizens scrambles at the bottom‚ hoping and praying for alleviation from the cruelties of the never-ending oppression in their lives. However‚ in the mid 1800’s‚ a man named Karl Marx decided that this perpetual cycle of difference
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fired and hired by the bosses whenever‚ so it really brings the book to life‚ how George fears that the boss will refuse them work‚ and how he tries to drill it into Lennie not to step a foot out of line. + In the book Of Mice and Men my first impressions Curley’s wife are that she is very tarty “She had full‚ rouged lips….. heavily made up” Curley’s wife likes to make herself look immaculate‚ and seems very conscious of herself. She likes to
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‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck is a novel set in 1920 in America this is around the time of The Great Depression and George and Lennie –the two main characters- are two itinerant workers who are supposed to represent working class men of that time. We are presented with the interesting character of Curley’s wife and this essay will consider how the reader’s attitude changes towards her throughout the text. We are first introduced to Curley’s wife when she is supposedly looking for Curley
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dreams were shattered at a young age. There is more to Curley’s wife‚ she cannot make a good impact on anything‚ so she makes a bad one. On first appearances of the character‚ when she talks to‚ George and Lennie in the barn‚ she gives off the impression that she is a “Troublemaker” and a bit “Tarty”‚ her body language is intentionally provocative this is shown when she displays her body in a confident way when
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