‘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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Keansburg High School English II – American Literature Of Mice and Men Newspaper Project TASK: The newspaper you work for has assigned you to create a four page newspaper related to the characters‚ setting‚ themes‚ and plot of the novel Of Mice and Men. As you write articles for your newspaper‚ you need to be conscious of your audience and the time period in which you’re reporting. These elements are crucial to the success of your project. PROCEDURE: You must complete all jobs described for
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different situations in life. This longing for companionship is a theme that is widely explored in the book in the book Of Mice and Men. In this book‚ John Steinbeck uses the characters Crooks‚ Curley’s wife and Candy to show that loneliness is sadly a part of life that everyone has to fight against. By the use of characters Steinbeck shows how people are lonely. Crooks is a character that represents black people of the time and how they were mistreated and not cared for. “S’pose you didn’t have nobody
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This is the story of how Lennie is Sympathetic in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. We will go over how he was run out of Weed‚ and also his personality. Lennie travels with his friend George‚ who is trying to get them a farm. Lenny is a fairly static character. His personality stays the same‚ even though his memory seemed to improve during the start. He is basically a large child. He hasn’t been taught to defend himself‚ and he gets very scared with even the slightest startling thing. When he
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Foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men In the novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck foreshadowing is used a lot. Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later on in literature. The events that show foreshadowing are Lennie accidentally killing Curley’s wife‚ the death of Lennie‚ and George’s decision to shoot Lennie in the head like Carlson did to Candy’s dog. At the beginning of the novel Lennie was petting a dead mouse. George told him to give him the mouse
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Character – Shannon‚ Sabrina‚ William‚ Zach Consider the characters and how they are characterized so far in the text. How are they represented? What struggles do they have? How would you characterize them? Have any of the characters undergone any significant changes so far in the text? George: takes responsibility for Lennie‚ “Lennie!’ he said sharply. “Lennie for God’ sakes don’t drink so much.’…‘Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night.” (p.3)and he is also like Lennie’s mentor/role
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Slim is described always in terms of dignity and majesty. When he first comes into the bunkhouse‚ he moves "with a majesty achieved only by royalty and master craftsmen. He was a jerk-line skinner‚ the prince of the ranch‚ capable of driving ten‚ sixteen‚ even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders." Slim is tall‚ ageless‚ and an expert in his job. His voice is the voice of rationalism. When Carlson suggests killing Candy’s dog‚ Candy appeals to Slim as the final authority. Slim is so
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Basic description: "Stoop shouldered old man" "old swamper" Name of character: Candy Further information: Candy is an old handyman‚ aging and has only one hand most probably because of an accident. With only one hand he would most probably not be very useful around the ranch. As he has aged his dog has aged also once an impressive sheep herder and now a worn out dog. Candy seems like a friendly character that doesn’t like getting into trouble and understands the ranch very well‚ meaning he
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How does Steinbeck present the characters of Crooks and Curley ’s wife ? In what way are these minor characters shown to be significant throughout the novel ? In John Steinbeck ’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ we gather our first impressions of Curley ’s wife from Candy‚ a man with one arm and who ’s only companion is his dog and is his equivalent of a friend‚ which he has had since it was a pup. "I had ’im since he was a pup". We develop our initial impressions of Curley ’s wife as being flirtatious
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masculinity by picking fights. Another way to prove himself is by marrying a physically attractive woman. His wife is never given a name‚ but by calling her "Curley ’s wife‚" Steinbeck indicates she is his possession. Crooks In John Steinbeck ’s Of Mice and Men‚ Crooks‚ a black stable buck‚ endures alienation due to racial discrimination. Racial discrimination also hinders him from any type of success. Despite the hardships‚ he overcomes these obstacles and faces this struggle head on. Forced into isolationism
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