In Dire Need of Companionship The book “Of Mice and Men” features great friendships and great rivalries. However‚ some of these people only desire the companionship of others. The two characters Crooks and Curley’s wife are the most desperate when it comes to the need of friendship‚ often resorting to even the most desperate of measures to get some of the attention they want. Crooks and Curley’s wife crave the attention of others‚ but are not able to achieve companionship. Curley’s wife has resorted
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Samantha Monks Ms. Tami Davis English II Pre-IB 26 October 2014 Of Mice and Men Foreshadowing In John Steinbeck’s famous book‚ Of Mice and Men uses foreshadowing throughout the book. From the beginning to the end it fallows the story of a mentally handicapped man and his friend threw their tale. Using foreshadowing to tell the tale in as much detail as possible‚ predicting the decision that will abruptly end the friendship of the two friends. As we meet the lovely wife of Curley early on in
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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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He Shoots and He Scores? George is a kind hearted guy but he is faced with the murder of his best friends. Was it the right thing for him to do? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ George shoots Lennie to save him from Curley’s wrath‚ because George loves Lennie‚ and to protect Lennie from himself. George must shoot Lennie because Curley would torture Lennie until death. Everyone in the ranch knowns‚ “‘Curley’s still mad ‘bout his hand’”(Steinbeck). Lennie had previously broken Curley’s
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“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart‚ I shall say that life is good.” -Helen Keller. This quote speaks of why friendship is such a significant part in our life‚ similarly to what John Steinbeck shows in the book‚ Of Mice and Men. Friendship is not simple‚ it is very complex. It is made up of key elements such as: struggles‚ happiness and dreams‚ George and Lennie clearly shows these thought the book. To say a friendship is always enjoyable would be a lie. In fact‚ often
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Second Paragraph A. Topic Sentence: In the novel‚ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters George and Lennie want to "live off the fatta the lan’." (7) B. Example‚ Reason‚ or Fact from the text: Lennie and George dream of owning a ranch. It’s what keeps them going and motivates them. They keep
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Marena Cassetta 3/8/12 Period 8 Tito/Brill Hamlet Essay Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said “Good literature substitutes for an experience that we ourselves have not lived through.” By this Solzhenitsyn meant that literature often gives us scenarios and conflicts that we might not experience in our lifetime. This is shown through the literary work Hamlet by William Shakespeare. After reading Hamlet I disagree with this quote because authors often exaggerate the truth to
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Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ shows an outcast who is excluded from the company of others in the book. The books shows that everyone will eventually feel loneliness and isolation. Almost everyone in the book has some sort of issue or reason for them to become lonely and isolated. People that are outcast in the book are Crooks‚ Lennie‚ and Curley’s wife. Crooks is the only black man at the ranch with a crooked back and he lives by himself. Others asked him not bother the whites and he told
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Is ‘Of mice and men’ a pessimistic novel? Written in 1936‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’ is perhaps a bleak novella by John Steinbeck. It is set in California in the 1930’s at the time of ‘The Great Depression’ and ‘The Dust Bowl’ when life was particularly harsh and humanity somewhat lacking. Arguably‚ the novel is a pessimistic one as it depicts the world of migrant workers‚ lonely and desperate and hungry to achieve unattainable dreams. However‚ ‘The American Dream’ also stands as a symbol of hope and
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Many satires use irony and/or humor to entertain their audience while at the same time present a serious topic. The satires “The Little Girl and the Wolf‚” and “The Princess and the Tin Box” both by James Thurber‚ use the literary techniques of irony/humor in order to expose a serious message. In “The Little Girl and the Wolf” Thurber changes the plot-line of the fairy-tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” In his “The Princess and the Tin Box” Thurber changes the princess’ actions than what the reader
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