OF MICE AND MEN INDEX 1. Heading ____________ 2. Plot & Topics ________ 3. Structure ___________ 4. Character Analysis ________ 5. Space and time __________ 6. Analysis of expression ________ 7. Personal Rating __________ Epigraph The author of this novel is John Steinbeck was born in Salinas. A small rural California. His grandparents helped him to help write several books. Wrote in 1937 "Of Mice and Men" by the myth of the American dream. The place where the action
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Kaylie Nelson January 5‚ 2015 Mice of Men Essay Pressler Per.4 Mice of Men Essay George shoots Lennie at the end of the story because Lennie has just killed an innocent woman and is not mentally stable. I believe there are multiple ways to view George’s actions. What George did is both justified and condemnable. Many things help to justify what George did to Lennie. For example on page 95 after George finds the body of the woman Lennie killed he tells Candy‚ “We gotta tell the guys. They gotta
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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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novel Of Mice and Men was published in 1937‚ it was based on his own experiences working alongside migrant workers in the 1930’s‚ which also happened to be in the time of the Great Depression. Critics have censored Of Mice and Men frequently‚ because of “Offensive Language‚ Racial Slurs‚ and vulgarity.” Yet‚ It is still a powerful read for elementary and High School students alike. Steinbeck’s strong themes‚ and powerful emotions‚ along with colorful words‚ and disputable topics makes Of Mice and Men
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The dream of mice and men Everyone in this world dreams‚ but when dreams don’t come true why would you bother dreaming? For most of the people dreams are the only things they have left in their lives. In Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men‚ he tells us the idea of destroyed dreams through the character’s experiences showing us that no matter how much we try to sacrifice to make dreams come true‚ sometimes they just simply do not come true. From the beginning of the book‚ Lennie and George had the
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By Golda Bhebhe. “Of Mice and Men.” In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck we are introduced to two main characters‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. These men are close friends who travel together looking for employment in America in the 1930s. Lennie is quite a simple guy who sometimes gets into trouble. Steinbeck uses a range of writing techniques to portray Lennie and we are left at the end feeling very sad that he has had to die. When we first meet Lennie and George we immediately
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Of Mice and Men – Chapter Four - Crooks Essay Crooks is a literate black man who tends horses on the ranch. He has long been the victim of oppressive violence and prejudice and has retired behind a facade of aloofness and reserve‚ his natural personality deadened and suppressed by years of antagonism. Crooks is the only black man in the novel. He has a cynical intelligence and a contemptuous demeanor that he uses to prevent others from inevitably excluding him because of his race. This sign of intelligence
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Of MIce and Men is a novel based on two migrant workers during the Era of the Great Depression. It shows the struggles and challenges they face‚ particularly focussing on the theme of prejudice. Steinbeck aimed to raise the issues of societal discrimination and the negative stigma surrounding individuals based on their appearances. The main forms of discrimination presented within the novel were ableism‚ racism and sexism. These themes were carried out through the characters Lennie‚ Crooks and Curley’s
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perils of life. Dreams are one of the most freely experienced actions by humans‚ and still it is the most rigid and unrealistic thought process that is part of our lives. The dream of most American’s at this time period surrounding the book "Of Mice and Men" was only a large cesspool of dying hopes that were kept alive by wishes and aspirations even without success. They often have no power fulfillment or credence to them even though we as humans put so much belief and effort in them. Joesph Fontenrose
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in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men The wide variety of themes in Of Mice and Men set the tone of what life was like during this time along with problems characters faced. The themes in John Steinbeck’s work give the reader an inside look at why the book was written‚ the author’s motives‚ and points he is trying to bring across to the reader. In some cases‚ a lesson can be learned. In all‚ Steinbeck presents the reader with about eight different themes in Of Mice and Men. The themes range from
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