In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck uses three main themes: American Dream‚ Loneliness and Isolation‚ and the nature of friendship throughout the novel. The novel Of Mice and Men is about two friends working as migrant workers during the great depression. Throughout the novel Steinbeck shows how each character is lonely and isolated in their own ways‚ such as Curly’s wife by her gender‚ Crooks because of his race‚ and Candy due to his disability and his age. Curly’s wife is isolated throughout
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Katherine O’ Rourke English 11 October 14 2013 Donjetta Evans A Lesson in Communication Communication is an essential part of life and promotes self-expression and sharing of ideas. Communication is used to create to create motivation‚ planning and organizing‚ altering individual’s attitudes‚ and is a part of socialization. Everyone needs someone they can express themselves to that will listen‚ understand‚ and sympathize. Every voice and sol needs to be heard. While most people would agree having
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Steinbeck uses poetic language to build the imagery of the opening scene of the farm. Steinbeck uses descriptive language to portray to the reader an almost dreamlike image of the settings. For example‚ instead of brief sentences‚ he uses long sentences that have slow and lethargic feel. The beautiful‚ ideal scenery is a backdrop to the relationship between George‚ Lennie and the other workers on the farm. The language Steinbeck uses in the opening scene is in simple contrast to the dialogue between
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discriminated for the color of you’re skin‚ having you’re dreams shattered right before you’re eyes‚ stuck in a place all alone‚ or losing the closest friend that you have. John Steinbeck does a wonderful job of portraying all of these themes in his book Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck sets his book up during the great depression‚ there he illustrates the themes of broken dreams‚ friendship‚ racism‚ and loneliness. The main characters are George and Lennie‚ two migrant workers that stick together for the entirety
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Of Mice and Men George In the novel‚ “Of Mice and Men”‚ George Milton can be said to be one of the central characters. John Steinbeck‚ the author describes George at first as: "...small and quick‚ dark of face‚ with restless eyes and sharp‚ strong features. Every part of him was defined: small‚ strong hands‚ slender arms‚ a thin and bony nose." I think John Steinbeck uses his looks to help portray his character‚ from this description the reader can visualise him clearly; the adjectives Steinbeck
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Of Mice and Men has many examples of friendship. George and Lennie’s relationship shows us the true meaning of friendship. Not only are they lifelong friends they go through rigorous sacrifices for each other for each other’s well-being. They are also responsible for each other in many ways. Through thick and thin they constantly remind themselves of the endpoint‚ living off the fat of the land. They make decisions that are better for one another and not for themselves. George and Lennie take
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We are first introduced to the characters George and Lennie in chapter 1 ’Of Mice and Men’ our first meeting of the characters automatically give away key themes and ideas of what is to come later in the book. "They had walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the opening one stayed behind the other." Even early on in the book we see that one follows the other‚ as even in the open‚ one leads the way and the other follows. Steinbeck then moves onto tells us of the two character’s appearances
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Women in of Mice and men Candy: ‘Well I think Curleys married…a tart’ George: ‘She’s gonna make a mess. They’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl‚ specially like her.’ Lennie: ‘I think shes purty’ Whit: Clara gets three bucks a crack and thirty-five cents a shot‚ and she don’t crack no jokes. But Suzy’s place is clean and she got nice chairs. George: "You
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Of Mice and Men In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck relationships are important. This whole book was about relationships. If you don’t have a relationship you are lonely. Almost everyone shows their loneliness in this book. “You takin his pay from him?” (22) This proves there weren’t many relationships back then because nobody really traveled together. Because they were together‚ that man became very suspicious and accused george of taking Lennie’s pay. There can be good and bad relationships
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gonna be sick like you was last night.” (p.3)and he is also like Lennie’s mentor/role model. He has struggles to keep his calm when Lennie aggravates him‚ “Well‚ we ain’t got any‚’ George exploded…I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun”(p.6). George is a slightly shorter than average sized guy‚ with slight temper issues; however‚ he genuinely cares a lot for Lennie. He is also very forgiving in the fact that he gives people second chances. So far‚ George hasn’t
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