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    John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ presents many characters in different ways. Steinbeck uses minor characters to showcase different themes‚ a main key theme being loneliness. Steinbeck presents this theme through characters which are defined by colour‚ gender and mental stability. Characters such as Crooks and Curley’s wife would share this theme throughout the novella but yet would stay clear of each other and in no way make contact to make their loneliness vanish. The author chose Crooks

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    In the book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ the author gives an unfair portrayal to the only woman in the book. This is a sign of misogyny‚ or hatred of women. The only woman in the book is Curley’s wife‚ and she is not even given a proper name. The way Steinbeck describes her‚ describes her death‚ and how he described her actions with the men on the ranch lets the reader know that Steinbeck is not very fond of women. The way that John Steinbeck describes Curley’s wife throughout the book

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    In ’Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck includes a character‚ Crooks‚ as a stereotype of black people in the Great Depression; proud‚ bitter‚ and very sarcastic. Crooks is also extremely pessimistic and cold-hearted‚ due to the way people had been treating him all his life. Steinbeck portrays many of his characters lonely and isolated. Just as Candy’s age and handicap isolate him‚ and Curley’s wife’s being a female makes her life solitary‚ Crooks’s race is the main reason for his isolation. Because

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    How does Steinbeck present and develop the character of Curly’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’? 1) In the beginning of “Of Mice and Men” we readers are made to perceive Curly’s wife as a vain‚ trouble making bully who provokes people and intends on bringing their anger out‚ especially Lennie and is incapable of seeing the world from any perspective other than her own. We then realise by the end of the novel that she is only a sweet‚ innocent woman who just wanted to be cherished and wasn’t able to

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    In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ George makes a rash decision‚ and that decision is shooting Lennie. I think George made the right decision shooting Lennie because Curley would’ve made sure Lennie was tortured‚ and Lennie got to die happy. Also‚ George gets to make sure no one else can get their hands on Lennie‚ causing him to get hurt worse than what already happened. In the first place‚ when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ Curley was hell-bent on getting his revenge. Lennie was scared because

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    John Steinbeck’s‚ The Pearl is an illustrative novella that shows readers the repercussions of greed‚ and how desire can control someone’s life. In this story‚ Steinbeck vividly describes the journey of a native man named Kino‚ and details how his life is driven off its tracks by a foreign emotion. As the title suggests‚ the tale winds through Kino’s life before and after he finds a magnificent pearl‚ and demonstrates how his desire for something better eventually tears his family apart. This novella

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    Lennie and George have a stunning relationship throughout the story.The fact that George could just leave Lennie in Salinas River where he raped the the girl with the red dress‚George could have just let him go to jail where nobody knows why he done that except George his only friend .Lennie Small is huge and lumbering and‚ in many ways‚ the opposite of George Milton. Where George has sharp features and definite lines‚ Lennie is "shapeless." Often he is described in terms of animals. He lumbers like

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    to a sense of insecurity • Other features which create a sense of insecurity You must: • Explore how Steinbeck creates a sense of insecurity through the presentation of insecure characters‚ eg through: Lennie‚ Crooks and Curley’s wife • Look at language/settings‚ eg the situation of Curley’s wife and how she feels about Curley and her life on the ranch‚ and her appearance • Show how Steinbeck uses language/settings to create insecurity‚ eg how language is used to show Lennie’s insecurity about

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    My Trip to the National Steinbeck Center It was a gloomy‚ wintry Tuesday morning‚ and the rain seemed to be striking the ground like a hail of arrows. Unfortunately‚ this was the day my mom and I had decided to visit the National Steinbeck Center‚ a museum in Old Town Salinas dedicated to the Nobel Prize winning American author‚ John Steinbeck. Steinbeck grew up in Salinas‚ and wrote powerful‚ enthralling books‚ such as East of Eden‚ based on his experiences there. He is known for his meaningful

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    Curley’s wife is one of the most significant characters in John Steinbeck’s novel "Of mice and men‚" although we never learn her name. We learn about her through her own words and actions and also through other characters’ descriptions and opinions of her. Before Curley’s wife makes her first appearance‚ she is introduced to us through Candy’s opinion of her. He tells George that‚ although she has only been married to Curley for two weeks‚ she has already "got the eye." He also describes he as "a

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