outsider? During the 1930’s life in America for women was difficult due to work places for women being scarcer resulting in unemployment and leading to women being marginalised. In ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck the role of Curly’s wife is one of great importance and leads to the misunderstanding of the two disenfranchised characters; Lennie and Curly’s wife. Similarly to the other characters‚ Curly’s wife is correspondingly presented as an outsider and appears to be the most pathetic of them all
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74) "If I say something‚ why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it" and this shows his anger at being pushed to the side. Being oppressed has made him seem cruel and gruff‚ but also has turned him to self-pity and the notion that he is a lesser human. He says to Lennie (p. 72) "You got no right to come in my room.....You go on get outa my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse and you ain’t wanted in my room." He continues by saying that the whites believe he stinks and one can interpret this as a way of saying that
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How does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks? In the novel “Of Mice and Men”‚ the character of Crooks is used by John Steinbeck‚ the author‚ to symbolise the downgrading of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel was set. Crooks is also significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of the people in the ranch; their loneliness and need for company. Steinbeck presents Crooks as a victim of racism and throughout the book‚ he
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In Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife having an amazing look. Steinbeck writes that‚ ‘she had full‚ rouged lips‚her fingernails were red‚she wore red mules. The repetition of the colour red here maybe symbolizes the fact that Curley’s Wife is confident about her appearance. The thing which stands out about her is when he refers to her as ‘good looking’. This might show that Curley’s Wife is confident about her looks and femininity because her dream is to be a film star. This might
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The novel ’Of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck in 1936. It is set in the society of the 1920’s. The author sets up our perception of the character ’Curley’s wife’ in a way that allows us to develop our understanding of her‚ and enables us to later decide how far we agree that she is an innocent and vulnerable victim‚ or a manipulator who deserves her fate. We are first introduced to the character ’Curley’s wife’ in chapter two by Candy. We immediately see her being blamed for causing
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Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men” was set in the Great depression in 1930s America. The characters reflect the struggles and harsh times many working Americans faced in that era. Isolated‚ lonely‚ marginalised and mistrustful‚ people had to create new lives for themselves. In the novel Steinbeck describes several characters that are vulnerable due to the social context of that time; Crooks and Curley’s wife face particular hardship which result in them being outsiders in the place they consider
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story after story of discrimination and see him as a representative of the untouchable class‚ someone who is just a street boy‚ with no control over their fate‚ and being at the bottom of the caste system leading him to be clearly shown as socially marginalised. Salim Ilyasi in the novel is Ram’s best friend‚ much like Ram‚ he is socially
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Of mice and men is a brilliant book. This is because it shows not only the obvious fact that Lennie needs George to survive but a more important part is how George needs Lennie. This is because Lennie gives George hope and allows his fantasys of a farm of their own to become a reality. When George shoots Lennie‚ it shows that along with Lennie their dream together has also died and George is once again faced with the harsh reality that the dream will never happen.yadayahahah i just want to get an
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characters‚ Lennie and George‚ share an unbreakable bond‚ but when Lennie makes a grave mistake George must make an impossible decision for the sake of his friend. The ultimate choice George makes in the end for his friend Lennie is unthinkably terrible. However‚ his choice is also justifiable because he made his decision based on what was going to be best for Lennie. Steinbeck makes George’s role seem more like a parent to Lennie than a friend by making George scold and tell Lennie what to do; therefore
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best friend Lennie. I think it was selfless the thought that life without Lennie would be easy might have crossed Georges mind but I think he kills Lennie mainly because he dont want Lennie to suffer from Curley. First reason why George killed Lennie is George wants to prevent Lennie from suffering a long and painful death“Shoot im in the guts” Curley wants to make sure that Lennie suffers a long and painful death for killing his wife but George kills Lennie before Curley kill Lennie in a painful
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