In what ways do you think that ‘Of Mice and Men’ can be read as a tragedy? One of the reasons Of Mice and Men can be read as a tragedy is because of the high number of deaths (the mouse near the start‚ Candy’s dog‚ Lennie’s pup‚ Candy’s dog‚ Curley’s wife and Lennie himself in the end). The main ones are the death of Curley’s wife and Lennie. Before Curley’s wife dies by the hands of Lennie‚ she tells Lennie that she could have been on the stage-‘he says he was gonna put me in the movies……but my
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By Maria Liddy The theme of power is prevalent throughout the novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck uses various methods and techniques to establish the dynamics of power on the ranch. In the first extract‚ George and Lennie are in the brush and we get a strong sense of George’s parental control over Lennie‚ but it also shows how Lennie’s physical stature gives him a degree of power over George. In extract two we meet Curley for the first time‚ and his authority over the ranch workers is clearly asserted
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emotions of other people. I would infer that most of the men are feeling is some sorrow but carelessness. The thinking factor would be everyone was probably wondering what just happened and thinking about why it happened‚ but they know why‚ they are just shocked by the factor that Lennie had just killed Curley’s wife. Cury however is sorrowful and sad that this all happened and he just wants to forget.
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Discuss the importance of the characters of Curley’s wife‚ Crooks and Candy. Introduction John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men deals with many of America’s age-old issues of sexism‚ racism‚ ageism and discrimination against those with a disability. This prejudice isn’t ever clearly stated - those who are discriminated against accept the prejudice against them as a way of life. While discrimination restrains social interaction for some characters on the ranch‚ the need to escape isolation and loneliness
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Of Mice and Men Essay In John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ he displays loneliness through the thoughts and actions of the characters. There were several characters in the book that faced loneliness in different ways. The ranch workers travel alone from ranch to ranch and according to George‚ “Guys like us‚ that us that work on ranches‚ are the loneliest guys in the world .”‚ because ranch workers are never able to settle down (Steinbeck 15) The characters in Steinbeck’s novella try
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the novel have very strong views. Einar for example describes a gun as a “princess’s jewels in a case” this means that the gun is very valuable and is his pride. Einar loves guns and adores them and is his priced procession. On the other hand his wife and daughter Maria and Anne‚ they are absolutely against the ideas of guns they are extremely religious. Maria thinks of guns as the “Devils work” this means it is made the devil and only the devil would use such a thing. Anne is also against the idea
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for example there is a sense of prejudice as George judges Curleys wife right from the start by looking at the way she acts.Also‚ a sense of foreshadowing comes through as he is obviously trying to stop Lennie from becoming attracted to her as it might lead to a similar event to the one in Weed. ’Get um Lennie‚ don’t let him do it’ George has a sense of parental control over Lennie as he orders him to retaliate during the fight with Curley. Also ‚ this shows that George could not face seeing Lennie
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Lennie and his dream on the ranch would never happen. He started to believe he’d have a chance to share the closeness of George and Lennie. The audience can probably assume that Slim doesn The men encountered throughout the story were puzzled as to why two men would travel together. Most of them traveled alone‚ and didn’t care about anyone else. The only person who came close to understanding their closeness was Slim‚ which leads some readers to believe he had someone he traveled with at some point
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Cases of injustice have always been present in human society. Whether it be discrimination against certain types of people‚ or just personal matters involving family and friends‚ you will always find a type of injustice being conducted somewhere in the world. There are many cases of injustice present in the novel "Of Mice and Men". Most of which were just on a casual scale‚ because at their time they were thought to be the right way to treat people. First off the bat is Lennie. Being one the main
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Thesis: The book Of Mice and Men is about how life isn’t fair. Life is extremely unfair to Lennie. It may not be his fault but he is he can’t remember a thing and is always killing innocent animals and can’t comprehend a normal sentence without having the person repeat it. George tells Lennie this incase he gets trouble. “‘ Good boy! That’s fine Lennie maybe you’re gettin’ better”(15). Even something simple as to hide in the brush in case he gets into trouble he can barely remember. It’s not
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