Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife in multiple ways. In the first appearance of ‘Mice of Men’ he described her symbolically using a metaphor; ‘the rectangle of sunshine in the door way was cut off’. This is already foreshadowing to the reader that Curley’s wife is trouble‚ for example the metaphor Steinbeck used to describe her can be referred to as light and darkness. In this case Curley’s wife representing the darkness presenting her as destructive further in the book‚ an example of her being destructive
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‘Of mice and men’. Meanings of: • Bucking Barley- Throwing large bags of Barley grain onto the back of a truck. • Jerkline Skinner- A jerkline is a single rein that runs to the lead animal in the team of mules or horses. The skinner controls the jerkline. • Ranch Hand- A hired hand on a ranch. Info on: • Life working on farms/ranches in the 1930’s America. If you were a farmer in the Midwest and Southwest during the 1930s‚ you had seemingly everything against you--from the Great Depression
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H/W Of Mice and Men Notes up to page 9 5.11.12 Page 3 – On this page I thought that John Steinbeck described the overall setting of the place. “A few miles south of Soledad‚ the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.” Straightaway Steinbeck sets the scene and puts us in place. The description on this page is visual and also audial. The writer achieves this by saying‚ “recumbent limbs” and “skittering”. Steinbeck personifies the trees branches by saying they
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Of Mice and Men feels like an allegory‚ with each character possessing a specific trait that represents something or some group in society. So‚ is the book just a heavy-handed lecture about how nasty people are to each other. Are all of these wrongs (racism‚ sexism‚ discrimination) treated as equally evil? Or are the characters real‚ individual people‚ rather than being merely types/symbols? This is not in your own words...what’s up with that??? Of Mice and Men is a realistic fiction novel written
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Curley‚ being small and mean and nasty‚ to show how these two clash because of their differences. With Curley being the mean guy in the book it makes Lennie look more innocent than he already is. For example when Curley was beating up Lennie‚ your anger towards Curley and your sympathy for Lennie both increased. Why? Lennie and Crooks = Lennie and Crooks are juxtaposed to show the relationship between two outcasts on the ranch. Can you go more in detail with crooks and lennie as in describe
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workers have a constant build up of suspense in their life as they don’t know what could happen next. Alternatively‚ this coma could be interpreted as a break from a rancher’s daily routine - when they go to the brothel. during the great depression men had no other choice but to work on ranches. due to this‚ their lives develeloped from a complex state‚ to a simple lifestyle-where everyday was the same. stienbeck did this in order to
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even funny.” (p.113) * Curley’s Wife = powerful‚ white‚ married to the boss’ son. Shows weakness “They left all the weak ones here.” (p.110) “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while.” (p.110) * Sexuality gives her power – men fancy her. BUT are too scared to talk/go near her which causes her loneliness * She can’t escape her terrible relationship “Think I don’t know where they all went? Even Curley‚ I know where they went.” (p.110) “I don’t like Curley. He aint a nice
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not mentioning her name‚ and by referring to her as a possession of Curley ‚however this also reflects to 1930’s America‚ when women weren’t given any importance and were treated with a huge amount of disrespect. They didn’t have much power over the men and were considered ‘useless’. Henceforth Steinbeck may have not given her a name as women were not considered important enough and she may not have deserved a name in this era. This could make the reader feel sympathy for her as she not only is considered
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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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will be classed by other men as not useful ‚also he tells them that most of the other men don’t save their money but go and spend it on booze and women. But he thinks that they can do it the dream of living out his days with George and Lennie on their dream farm distracts Candy from this harsh reality. This mean that they can have much more freedom than other people as it will be their own place . He doesn’t like curleys wife he thinks she is a tart and flirts around with men so he thinks she is trouble
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