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    ‘Of Mice and Men’ General Overview • The story is set in California in the 1930’s during the Great Depression and it main characters are two wandering farm workers called George and Lennie. • George is small‚ quick and intelligent. • By contrast Lennie is slow and simpleminded. • They travel around together in search of work. • They have a dream of a place of their own – a small ranch where they can live and work on their own. • They are on the run from the town of Weed where Lennie caused trouble

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    someone you love). In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we learn about two ranch hands trying to make their dream of a couple acres come true. A major theme in the novel discusses that loneliness can be a very dangerous thing to people. Steinbeck uses literary devices to reveal the theme by creating tension and sentimental connections to the characters and through their dreams. Foreshadowing is used throughout the novel to show the how fatal loneliness can truly be‚ it shows this when George

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    The Great Depression was an ear of hardship for many‚ and kept several people from accomplishing even the most basic goals and dreams. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells a story of two friends‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. And their search for a better life in rural California. George‚ a smart but small and wiry laborer‚ and Lennie‚ a giant man who is mentally challenged‚ take jobs bucking barley on a large ranch outside of Salinas and try to save money to get a place of their own. On the

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    How does Steinbeck present the characters of Crooks and Curley ’s wife ? In what way are these minor characters shown to be significant throughout the novel ? In John Steinbeck ’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ we gather our first impressions of Curley ’s wife from Candy‚ a man with one arm and who ’s only companion is his dog and is his equivalent of a friend‚ which he has had since it was a pup. "I had ’im since he was a pup". We develop our initial impressions of Curley ’s wife as being flirtatious

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    Conjunctions Choose the correct conjunction. 1. I need to work hard                                                                                                                                                                              I can pass the exam. 2.                                                                                                                 he was the best qualified party candidate‚ he didn’t win the elections. 3.                                            

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    haunt him due to his confrontation with Lennie. Another character that was discriminated was Curley’s wife‚ but this time due to her gender. Curley’s wife was often misunderstood in the ranch due to her attention hungry self and flirting ways. The men discriminate her due to her circumstance of being the only girl on the ranch and always trying to attract attention. George even said‚ “Ranch with a bunch of guys ain’t no place for a girl‚ ‘specially like her”(Pg 34) This quote voices George’s opinion

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    GLOSSARY OF MEDIA TERMS This glossary is designed to give you technical terms to help you write in more detail about media texts. It includes many of the terms used in television‚ film‚ newspapers and marketing. |biased |One-sided rather than neutral or objective | |broadsheet newspaper |also sometimes called ‘the quality press’. | |

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    methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of others to her? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. b) how does Steinbeck present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set? In this passage if mice and men‚ Steinbeck present Curley’s wife as a dreamer‚ who is an outsider‚ insecure and labelled by others. He does this by the use of metaphors and stereotyping. In the beginning of the passage Curley’s wife is introduced into the novel for the first

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    OMAM – Prejudice In john Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice And men‚ there are many examples of prejudice. The main types of prejudice shown in this novel are racial‚ sexual and social prejudice. This essay is firstly going to look at racial prejudice. There is much racial prejudice shown in of mice and men towards Crooks‚ the black crippled stable buck. Crooks is more permanent than the other ranch hands and has his own room off the stables and in the barn‚ he has many more possession than the rest of

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    OF MICE AND MEN QUOTES & NOTES ^_^ George Milton -“I been mean‚ ain’t I?” --> George is a good friend to Lennie. He protects him and does what is necessary to keep him out of trouble. -“If I was alone I could live so easy” --> Lennie is a burden to George -“I want you to stay with me‚ Lennie” –George --> conveys Georges loneliness Lennie Small -“paws”  animalistic quality; bear -“all you can ever remember is them rabbits” –George.  Lennie represents idealism and optimism in the American

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