Lennie ’’They had walked in a single file down the path‚ and even in the open one one stayed behind the other’’ This shows that Lennie has less power than George and follows him because he doesn’t know what to do. Section 1‚ page 19 ’’A huge man‚ shapeless of face‚ with large pale eyes‚ wide sloping shoulders... dragging his feet a little like a bear drags his paws‚ his arms hung loosely’’ This shows that Lennie has slow reflections‚ and is tall. Animal comparison Section 1‚ page 19
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Matt Jarrett p.6 Author Excerpt "Lennie!" he said sharply. "Lennie‚ for God’ sakes don’t drink so much." Lennie continued to snort into the pool. The small man leaned over and shook him by the shoulder. "Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night." Lennie dipped his whole head under‚ hat and all‚ and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran
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With reference to the ways Steinbeck presents Slim‚ show how far you would agree that he is a man to be admired. With reference to the ways Steinbeck presents life on the ranch‚ show how far you would agree that the characters seek but fail to find friendship With reference to the ways Steinbeck presents Candy‚ show how far you would agree that he is the loneliest character in the novel. With reference to the ways Steinbeck presents plans for the future that George and Lennie have‚ show
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They share a friendship so great that if they were both are separated‚ they couldn’t survive. Their friendship is a deep one‚ where they share their lives together‚ benefitting from each others company. "Guys like us‚ that work on ranches‚ are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake‚ and the first you know they’re pounding in’ their tail on some other ranch.
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Crooks is symbolic of a lot - he is lonely. He has no one for him. He is segregated against. He has only a few possessions‚ each of which means the world to him. He is one of the only educated ones on the farm‚ and yet this means nothing. He is always weary of the future. Crooks to represent racism and symbolize the marginalization of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks’ is significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American
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The relationship between men and women presented in the short story “The Story of an Hour”‚ is that men dominated society. A Woman’s freedom was nonexistent. Throughout this short story‚ women are presented as powerless and dependent while men were considered to be superior. Women were tied down through marriage‚ such as‚ having been expected of doing as the man pleased without having any say in the relationship. Through a feminist critical perspective‚ this short story supports a patriarchal society
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Of Mice and Men is a novel set in the American depression in the 1930’s‚ about two men‚ Lennie and George. Lennie and George face hardships‚ because they are different to regular people in society. And this is their story of their friendship‚ and travels to find work and a better life.Of Mice and Men is a novel set in the American depression in the 1930’s‚ about two men‚ Lennie and George. Lennie and George face hardships‚ because they are different to regular people in society. And this is their
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Of Mice and Mein The Dream of Commitment. Louis Owens The Eden myth looms large in Of Mice and Men (1937)‚ the playnovella set along the Salinas River "a few miles south of Soledad" (Of Mice and Men‚ p. 1). And‚ as in all of Steinbeck’s Califomia fiction‚ setting plays a central role in determining the major themes of this work. The fact that the setting for OfMice and Men is a Califomia valley dictates‚ according to the symbolism of Steinbeck’s landscapes‚ that this story will take place in a fallen
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Lennie and Crooks are two weak characters in of Mice and Men. In the tough working environment which was America’s 1920s‚ the time of the Great Depression‚ there was no place for mentally or physically insufficient people‚ it was survival of the fittest and “every man for himself.” We learn of Lennie’s non-existent capacity to care for himself early on in the novel. Even at the very start of the novel we see that “The two men walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the open one stayed behind
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John Steinbeck’s “Of mice and men” Of Mice and Men is set along the Salinas River a few miles south of Soledad in the fallen world of the Salinas Valley‚ which Steinbeck places "east of Eden" the Promised Land is only a painful and illusory dream. This land is populated by "sons of Cain"‚ men doomed to walk alone. One of the major themes that comes from this is loneliness‚ or fear of apartness. One of the themes of Of Mice and Men is that men fear loneliness‚ that they need someone
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