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    The killing of Candy’s dog was related to when George killed Lennie in several ways. First of all‚ both the dog and Lennie were weak‚ and killed as soon as they became useless to the society. Also‚ the dog was Candy’s friend‚ and Lennie was George’s friend. In both cases‚ Slim viewed the deaths as mercy killings. The last similarity was that both Candy and George felt lonely after the death of their companions. The difference was that Carlson killed the dog for selfish reasons‚ while George killed

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    Lennie Character Analysis

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    Lennie is a bear of a man that does not know his left from his right. He does as George tells him to do yet he tries to put his own spin on it in his own way. At every turn or wherever he goes he wants to here about his dream of tending to the rabbits on a farm. Even though George does all of lennie’s thinking‚ lennie knows what he wants in the end. Lennie could not function without George‚ even though lennie could not understand my thing George said‚ George would have not gotten by without lennie

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    The Killings

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    The Killings Plot is defined as‚ "the authors arrangement of incidents in a story it is the organizing principle that controls the controls the order of events (Meyer‚64)." The element of plot is heavily relied on in the short story‚ "The Killings" by Andre Dubus. The plot which is completely made inside the imagination of an author (Meyer‚64)‚ gives the audience important insight to people‚ places‚ and events in the story (Meyer‚64) . "The Killings" provides a somewhat conventional plot

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    Lennie James

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    different audience‚ how and why might it differ?” My question: “If this text was an open letter in a Los Angeles or Salvadorian newspaper aimed at MS-13‚ how and why might it be different?” Title of the text for analysis: “This is No Way to be a Man” – Lennie James Part of the course to which the task refers: Part 3 – Literature: Text and Context My critical response will: • Comment on the way the letters begins and explain the reason the author has chosen this type of introduction to attract his target

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    The Killings

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    The "Killings" by Andre Dubus Andre Dubus was born and raised in Louisiana. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1958 from McNeese State College in Lafayette. Andre use last name published his first short story in 1963 "The Intruder" in the Sewannee Review. He has written many short stories among word choice his time as a writer. Dubus’s short stories often depict unfortunate events in his life. He uses symbolism through the audience eye to show perspective about his

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    Killings" By Andre Dubus’s. “Killings” was written by the late Andre Dubus in 1979 (Dubus). According to the article “Andre Dubus‚” often the characters that Dubus portray are in tense situations and “sometimes their frustration goads them to infidelity or acts of violence; more often‚ however‚ they simply become resigned to their lot” (Contemporary Authors Online par. 9). On the other hand‚ Matt revenge to committing his murder‚ which showed loss and consequences are explored in Andre Dubus’s

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    According to George‚ what makes George and Lennie different from other ranch laborers? Support your answer with evidence from the text. What makes George and Lennie different from other ranch laborers is that Lennie has George to look after him and George has Lennie to look after him (Steinbeck 14). They also have a dream to look forward to‚ unlike the other ranch laborers who “got nothing to look ahead to” (Steinbeck 14). 2: In the first chapter‚ the narrator describes George and Lennie as opposites

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    How Is Lennie Different

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    In the book ‘’Of Mice and Men” Lennie seems very different from all of the others. Lennie is a very interesting character. He may be different from George and the other workers‚ but he sure does make up for that with his incredible strength and his ability to listen and obey directions. It also helps him stay alive‚ for the most part. In both the movie and the book lennie is said to be very strong ‚ which he is‚ but because he is so different from all of the other workers‚ he does not know how to

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    George says that Lennie and himself are different from other men like them because they have each other. Other men are on their own and they have each other to talk to and keep one another company. Such as‚ when George says “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us...”(p.14) George says this meaning that he cares about Lennie‚ and Lennie cares about him‚ they both look after each other in different ways. They are not just men finding jobs

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    Lennie Smalls Essay

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    John Snively English 10B 3/27/12 Lennie Smalls is a barley bucker. Hidden behind his enormous size‚ he is very innocent. He doesn’t understand how things work. He has a very pure mind and hasn’t adopted any evils of the world. For example‚ in the book‚ Lennie finds himself in Crooks’ room‚ which few people have ever been in‚primarily because he is black. Crooks reluctantly lets Lennie into his room and tells him to set down. They get into conversation and find themselves talking about how Crooks

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