How are Crooks and Curley’s Wife presented as weakened/marginalised characters in the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’? Both Curley’s Wife and Crooks suffer from loneliness as a result of their marginalised life in the novella. Curley’s Wife - because of her gender and partly because of her tart-like nature‚ and Crooks - because of his race and his skin colour. Most (almost all) of the characters are victims of ostracism‚ although some cases are more noticeable than others. Steinbeck describes Crooks’
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doesn’t have power * Crooks does have some power – books‚ possessions‚ gold glasses‚ own room “You got no right coming in here.” (p.100) * Able to be rude to and manipulate Lennie‚ which makes him feel powerful “You crazy as a wedge… (p.101) George might not come back” (p.103) “I guy goes crazy if he can’t talk to nobody” (p.105) * Backs down to Lennie who is disabled = weakness “I was just supposin’‚ he’s gonna come back alright” (p.104) * Is intimidated by Curley’s wife – a mere woman
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The novel ‘of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck published in 1937 in a place known as the Pacific Grove and Los ranch in California. John Steinbeck addresses a variety of themes in the novel such as power‚ seduction and hierarchy. Steinbeck had worked as a ranch hand himself that’s why he understood the types of people that were in it. Following the US Stock market in 1929 US experienced a period of depression known as the ‘Great Depression’ in 1930s America‚ to highlight how people lived
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The Holocaust Diary First Entry January 30‚1933 My name is Friedrich Krebs. I am a 29-year-old free-lance journalist. I write about all things happening in Germany‚ and then sell them to newspapers and magazines all over the world. I am the only son of a World War 1 hero‚ and my mother who idolizes me. I am divorced with one son who resides with his mother. I’m young‚ blonde‚ blue-eyed‚ strong‚ and pure German. I’m what you would consider Hitler ideal German to be
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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 the workers. Steinbeck tries to create this contrast between the background and the interactions between characters
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through showing it would have been used for many years‚ believing it was a story I turned the cover to the first page. Reading the first page I noticed it was actually a diary that my dad had written in during 1965‚ I rushed through the book turning each page trying ever so hard not to rip them‚ finally up to the last diary entry. Everything happened so fast! I feel like I’m in a never-ending nightmare‚ a living hell. Laura is gone‚ and I helped him‚ why did I believe him? Why didn’t I run away? Can
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candy wanted to take part in George and lennies dream and live on the fat of the land and from my own knowledge i know most people in America were living rough so most people had the same dream to live on the fat of the land and candy thinks that George and lennie can achive this so he decides to help them as he knows he is getting old and will soon get kicked out the ranch and 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
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Daughters of the American Revolution- Diary Entry January 1914 I wonder what the New Year will bring. I bet it’ll be another year of a food shortage and starvation. More and more ships everyday are being sunk‚ therefore our goods fall out and fall to the bottom of the sea. I’m struggling to survive off grisly slices of dehydrated bread. It is very snowy outside‚ and while I admire the snow‚ we don’t have thick enough clothes to keep us warm. February 1914 Today was cold‚ so I stayed inside
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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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Prisoner of war diary entry 19th of April 1941 marks my second in year in this prisoner of war camp‚ I managed to gather a pen and paper from a guard to write this diary entry. I am very scared and I wonder how my father is going as it is his birthday tomorrow and I haven’t seen him for actually I can’t even remember the last time I saw him it was that long ago. This camp is like death; they are making me work day and night‚ getting up at 4 in the morning and not getting back to bed until at
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