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    lennie seems suspicious towards the boss) When G tells Curley that he and L are travelling together‚ Curley says “oh‚ so it’s that way”-he doesn’t think it’s normal for two men to travel together. Carlson tries to start a fight with Curley‚ calling him “yella as a frog belly”-Candy joins in too. Fighting seems to bring the men together. (Shows community follows the ‘use and abuse’ system. Shows that to an extent‚ there is a sense of community in the form of support. After L and Curley’s fight scene

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    Loneliness is something we’ve all experienced at least once in our lives. Even fictional characters feel the negative‚ melancholy emotion. For example‚ George in “Of Mice and Men”‚ a novel about George and Lennie’s journey to have employment during the Great Depression to fulfill the dream of land ownership. In “Of Mice and Men”‚ John Steinbeck‚ the author‚ uses symbolism to display loneliness by using things like locations and games to show loneliness through characters and how they cope with the

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    the show Supernatural‚ Dean has to kill same because when Dean and Sam’s dad dies‚ Sam starts to become bad because it’s in his blood. He tells dean that if he can’t control Sam‚ he will kill him. This is similar to George in the novel Of Mice and Men. George has to kill Lennie‚ but Lennie is like a brother to him. George and Dean are similar because they both have to kill someone they grew up with because they’re making things worse for themselves. This is how George grows emotionally‚ and the reader

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    and scary emotion that is encountered from time to time. Feeling lonely isn’t just not having a companion and can be from the mind as well. In this novel‚ loneliness is the main theme frequently used throughout John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. Loneliness is portrayed through the characters Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s Wife. Loneliness is one of the many emotions that can create reactions in life. Lennie is one of the main characters who conveys loneliness throughout the novel. Lennie

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    In the excerpts George and Lennie are two friends‚ one smart the other intellectually disabled‚ both on a ‘mission’ to achieve the American dream. Their journey reveals a lot about the two. Lennie is a follower‚ in that he follows and imitates George’s every move. Lennie also suffers from a mental disability. It is also understood that they are from a working class upbringing. In the case of Lennie‚ it becomes very clear throughout the novel that he is a ‘follower’. He follows George everywhere

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    Loneliness is an inevitable thing‚ and feeling of life that not even the strongest person can avoid. In his novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of California ranch life in the early 1930’s. Throughout the story‚ the reader discovers the many sources of solitude‚ primarily being discrimination and prejudice‚ resulting in isolation and loneliness. Crooks is a slightly handicapped lonely black man working on the ranch as a stable hand‚ who develops isolationism because

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    and Men‚ the different characters have different amounts of power such as Curley‚ Slim‚ and George. Curley is a short‚ angered‚ and mean guy who is the son of the boss and thinks that he can get away with anything. Curley has a huge amount of power considering that he is the boss’s son‚ he can do whatever he wants to anybody and get away with it. All of Curley’s power comes from his family owning the ranch that he works at. What Curley does with his power is abuse it and bully the other men at the

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    Of Mice and Men a Tale of Two The book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck that my English 10 class had to read impacted my life. Of Mice and Men has impacted my life more than other books have. Of Mice and Men impacted my life because it is actually among the very few books that I like that I have read. I liked the book Of Mice and Men because of the book’s description and detail. There are many parts in Of Mice and Men that showed symbolisms if you paid close enough attention to the book

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    Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ contains various different themes which link together. Two of the major themes are ‘Loneliness’ and ‘Dreams and Hopes’. This essay will analyse these two major themes and explain how they relate to each other. Of Mice and Men is a story about the nature of human dreams and aspirations and the forces that work against them as it is the story of two men. George and Lennie’s dream is to own a little farm with a house and rabbits. George has told the story of his and

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    In the film version of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ George Milton reflects on the time he had spent with his best friend‚ Lennie Small‚ on the ranch. He begins by looking back at the time when George and Lennie are chased out of their home town of Weed and are forced to find work‚ so they get jobs at a ranch. They plan to save up money and reach their dream of owning a farm and “live off the fatta the lan’.” On the ranch‚ they meet many different people and deal with different things. This movie

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