26th March 2014 GSCE ‘English Language’ Controlled Assessment Unit 3b – Producing Creative Texts Re-creations – Taking a text and turning it into another Write a monologue using a chosen character from “Of Mice and Men”. Crooks I like the new guys. George is a nice fella‚ an’ so is Lennie. Lennie is the only fella’ I have power over in this ranch‚ and I like it because imma’ black guy and he’s a white guy. Like the other night when all the boys went to town
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In the following essay I will be writing about and exploring what emotions Steinbeck conveys in his novella ‘of mice and men’. The novella was the second of Steinbeck’s ‘dustbowl’ trilogy. These books were based on Steinbeck’s own first hand experience against the back drop of depression-era America where he became concerned with the exploitation of migrant workers and exposing the institutionalized prejudices ( racism‚ ageism and sexism) of the migrant workers themselves‚ hence the trilogy. The
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A theme is an idea that is being stated. Some themes are loneliness‚ age and usefulness‚ and the American dream. From “Of Mice and Men” I pick a character called Candy. Candy presents the three themes I stated above. “ The themes of loneliness‚ age/usefulness‚ and American Dream have a negative affect on Candy throughout the novel. To begin with the themes‚ firstly‚ Candy is lonely. Ever since carlson shot Candy’s dog‚ Candy was sad and crying on the side. He used to work with him (the dog)‚ play
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Of Mice And Men Plot Chapter 1 – George and Lennie camp in the brush by a pool‚ the night before starting new jobs as ranch hands. George finds Lennie stroking a dead mouse in his pocket. He complains that caring for Lennie prevents him from living a freer life. We find out that Lennie’s innocent petting of a girl’s dress led them to losing their last jobs in Weed. However when they talk about their dream of getting a piece of land together‚ we know they really depend on each other. Chapter
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"Of Mice and Men" is a novel written by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner‚ John Steinbeck. It is an emotional tale of the extraordinary friendship between George and Lennie‚ who are traveling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s. George is a caring person whose love to Lennie is just like a father-son relationship‚ where Lennie‚ a mentally challenged man whose strength lies in body rather than brain‚ appears to be very dependent on George. "Of Mice and Men" teaches a universal theme about
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Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie Who doesn’t know of John Steinbeck’s classic novel "Of Mice and Men"? It is a novel that almost everyone educated in the United States has either read it or pretended to read it. But how many have seen the 1992 film "Of Mice and Men"? The relative obscurity of 1992 screen version of this timeless drama does not mean that it was poorly done. Just the contrary is true‚ it is one of the best film adaptations of a novel that I
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OMAM Essay In any non-communist nation‚ there will always be people born with an advantage in life‚ and the way to equalize opportunity is not to distribute wealth into 7 billion pieces‚ the way to help those in need is through charity. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck… Throughout the novel‚ George is constantly helping Lennie find work‚ teaching him the do’s and don’t’s of the social scene‚ and acting as a parent and guardian for him. George is being charitable towards Lennie. Charity is
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Compare and Contrast The dating and mating process in our world today has become something that we think comes from a movie. You meet the perfect guy‚ you get married‚ and live happily ever after‚ but what people don’t see‚ is the fact from fiction. The fact is‚ some people you date or marry‚ may not be the one for you‚ which then leads to breaking up or divorce. Instead of meeting someone face to face as is the usual‚ the world now has cyber-dating‚ where you meet someone online and supposedly
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but open closer examination‚ they do possess some similarities. Although they are different in the areas of the time period‚ the plot‚ and the characters‚ they are similar in the areas of having violence‚ having family problems‚ drug issues in the movie. The time period of the two films is obviously different. The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. Based on Puzo’s 1969 novel of the
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January 28‚ 2008 “Of Mice and Men” Essay In John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ George was justified to kill Lennie because he only had in mind to do what was best for Lennie. Since the beginning of the story‚ the reader is introduced to Lennie and George; but most importantly the reader was introduced to their relationship. Lennie and George’s relationship could be compared to Candy and his dog’s relationship. The relationship that they share is a needy relationship. Candy cannot imagine
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