TITLE AND AUTHOR Title-Of Mice and Men Author-John Steinbeck HISTORICAL DATE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED Date-February 6‚ 1937 LIST OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS George Milton-Lennie’s “cousin”/caretaker‚ clever/responsible/loyal‚ migrant worker‚ wants to start own farm‚ forced by circumstance to kill Lennie Lennie Small-big/strong‚ ignorant of own abilities‚ mentally disabled‚ depends on George‚ ultimately kills what he loves-mice‚ puppies‚ Curley’s Wife‚ dreams Slim-jerkline skinner/top hand‚ wise/experienced
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outside their control can prohibit their dreams from becoming reality. John Steinbeck of mice and men‚ a story of two men George and lennie who come together and form a family. Although they both struggle with money and travel around the country for jobs they both believe that they will be able to live their Dream unfortunately life gets in the way and makes it harder to live the dream. Through the character of Lennie‚ Steinbeck shows that issues outside the control of an individual often limit the
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Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck The novel Of Mice and Men’ written by John Steinbeck‚ is about a journey the two main characters‚ George and Lennie take. The ill-assorted pair come across work in a small ranch near a place called Soledad’. This is where they meet the other characters in the story. One of the main points Steinbeck makes us aware of is the damaging effects of loneliness on people’s lives. The setting also helps to create a clear picture of the loneliness as do the characters
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John Steinbeck was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas‚ California. "Of Mice and Men" was published in 1973‚ it was immediately successful and Steinbeck was beginning to be recognised as an author. The novel is set in Soledad‚ California and is about two migrant agricultural labourers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. The two workers travel together which are unlike most of the other migrants. Lennie has a body of a grown man but a mind of a child and relies on George to look after him. The story
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The vital theme that John Steinbeck has examined was Greed‚ Greed as a Destructive force in Kino’s life. Kino seeks to gain wealth and status through the pearl and he transforms from a happy and comfortable father to a brutal criminal‚ and it is demonstrating that desires and greed are the root of all evil. As well as it destroys the innocence‚ and it is found in the New Testament in Paul’s first message to Timothy (1 Timothy 6:10) “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people
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English Controlled Assessment Question: Explore the methods Steinbeck uses to demonstrate the effects of isolation on people in Of Mice and Men “You’re all scared of each other that’s what.” This quote is one of the main points of John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice And Men‚ the effect of isolation on human beings‚ and specifically the culture of our nations that forces people to be isolated. Steinbeck almost immediately sets the course of the book with his setting‚ the 1930’s depression was an
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unconsciously agree that it is morally correct to do so. Unfortunately‚ some individuals do not understand how big of an impact this life lesson has on society and simply ignore the common proverb. The negative impacts of this decision are portrayed through John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men. Lennie Small‚ a mentally handicapped individual‚ has challenges thrown at him throughout his short journey of life‚ making it even more painful to live. Lennie is a misunderstood‚ naive‚ poor‚ pathetic human being
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myself‚ we were both treated differently. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men set in the 1930’s in Salinas Valley‚ California we meet the static character Lennie Smalls and his best friend George. While it is obvious to the reader that Lennie has a mental disability because of his actions‚ it is never directly stated. However‚ when he… “Aunt Clara was gone‚ and from out of Lennie’s head there came a gigantic rabbit.” (Steinbeck 101). Steinbeck implies that Lennie has a mind of a child. Lennie
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Draft “I see hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches‚ with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. They come an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a god damn on’ of em’ ever get’s it. Just like heaven.” This is the quote from Crooks and it summarises what most of the book is about‚ everyone wants that little bit of land to call their own. Hardly any of them ever get it. Just like heaven
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The author‚ John Steinbeck‚ of “The Grapes of Wrath‚” wrote this masterpiece of a novel in 1939. Steinbeck who utilized his books to write about the lives of the most downtrodden people of society during those times‚ used “The Grapes of Wrath‚” to depict and fixate on the lives of workers migrating from Oklahoma to California during the early part of the 1930s (Steinbeck-Introduction Section). In Steinbeck’s story “The Grapes of Wrath‚” he breaks the chapters down into three parts. Chapters one through
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