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    John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men This scene in Of Mice and Men is made extra tense by the author‚ John Steinbeck‚ by a mixture of linguistic devices‚ description and speech. Curley’s wife is introduced in this scene and it starts by describing her. In the novel “Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck tells a story of dreams‚ hopes and loneliness. We are introduced to a majorly significant and complex character‚ Curley’s wife. Steinbeck shows us that Curley’s wife is flirtatious‚ mischievous but most of

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    How does Steinbeck use details in this passage to present the bunkhouse and its inhabitants? a) In ’Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck presents the inhabitants as lonely men with nothing going for them in their lives. There is only “two shelves” in the bunkhouse‚ which implies that the ranch workers have no personal belongings suggesting that they have no family or have no family they care about. Steinbeck clearly shows very little family devotion as the ranch workers have few belongings. Also‚ not

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    Monica Prell Mrs. Gordon English 10 Honors 14 December 2012 Marginalizing: Major Problem in Of Mice and Men Have you ever witnessed someone being mistreated because they are not the same as everyone else? If you saw that person was belittled‚ made fun of‚ how would you react? In the novel Of Mice and Men how Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife are marginalized is what conveys the meaning of what it’s like to be put down for such unnecessary reasons. The first character

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    The Loneliest Character The loneliest character in Of Mice and Men is Crooks. Crooks is the loneliest character because he lives all alone and has no one to give him company. He is not allowed in the bunk house because he is black. In the depression era‚ blacks were segregated‚ keeping Crooks isolated and friendless. Crooks is lonely because of his race. He gets treated differently than others for example: "S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy

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    Friendship What is the definition of friendship? It is a person that knows someone and is loyal to someone. In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie and George have to take care and live together ever since Aunt Clara died. Lennie is always getting both George and Lennie into trouble. Now the reason that George doesn’t leave Lennie is because of friendship. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the author explains the theme of friendship and how important it is in our lives. In the beginning

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    are the different themes relating to John Steinbeck ’s novel‚ "Of Mice and Men". The characters depicted by the author are individuals who are constantly facing one obstacle after another. The book illustrates different conflicts such as man versus society‚ man versus man‚ man versus himself and idealism versus reality. The book ’s backdrop is set in the Salinas‚ California during the depression. The two main characters include two men‚ George and Lennie. Supportive characters include a few ranch hands

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    Of Mice and Men Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan states that‚ "in the state of nature mans life is nasty‚ brutish and short". In depression era America‚ no greater truth could be said. There were millions unemployed‚ largely unskilled and living on the margins of society. The lowest of the low were the migrant labourers travelling from place to place trying to scratch a living. They often had to travel illegally by freight car with all its consequent dangers. Their life expectancy was low‚ crime

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    Of Mice and Men In Of Mice and Men Candy believes that jealousy and inadequacy is the reason behind Curley’s hot temper and anger issues towards George and Lennie. This is true as people have a natural tendency of wanting to be better than everyone else and sometimes results in anger if it doesn’t go their way. In modern society people could see this statement true through fairy tales. Fairy tales always have some sort of antagonist that exerts aggression towards the protagonist. For example

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    Mykel Pierre Mrs. Crandall American Literature- 2nd 25 March 2013 Of Mice and Men “Dammit Lennie!” is something I always imagine George saying every two chapters of this story. George and Lennie were both inspired by real people that Steinbeck met when he was a bindlestiff in the 1920’s. The man who inspired Lennie was a mentally unstable who was very nice but also had major anger problems. Steinbeck used a character like this that can be easily controlled so he could use indirect characterization

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    Of Mice And Men In the tragic setting of Mice And Men‚ takes place in the 1920’s to early 30’s. During the Great Depression people try to find jobs to survive the lifestyle of that time‚ The two main characters of this story George and‚ Lennie who are complete opposite. However they remain loyal to each other despite the difference. Steinbeck uses a lot of foreshadowing throughout his book. For reference‚ Steinbeck refers to Lennie as an animal. “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water…” George

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