Have you ever been discriminated against? Discrimination can take many formats like prejudice‚ mental intelligence‚ gender‚ and race. In the story of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck’s Lennie‚ Curley’s Wife‚ and Crooks are all discriminated against. First‚ Lennie has been discriminated against because of his mental intelligence. “‘You jus’ stand there and don’t say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are‚ we won’t get no job‚’” (6). In this example‚ George is upset with Lennie because
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meet them and they turn out to be terrible. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ Curley is approached as the worst person on the ranch by many people. People analyze him as a racist‚ mean‚ and sexist man. Notwithstanding‚ he has tried to pick fights with almost everyone on the ranch. He beat Lennie‚ a mentally disabled man‚ he publicly displays him and his wife’s sexual lives‚ and he treats his wife as if she is his slave. Moreover‚ the actions Curley has done are evil‚ but they are not solely because he’s
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Hardness About Discrimination In this world there are people that don’t accept that there are others out there that look different from them. While others will hate the fact that someone different lives in the same world that they do. Some will try to bring others down that look different from them or can’t do certain things that they can‚ and because of who they are. Like Crooks‚ Curley’s wife and Candy learn this in the Book. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ discrimination will show you
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English Assessment of Mice and Men DISCRIMINATION Characters- Curley’s wife‚ crooks‚ Lennie and Candy. Link To context Topic sentences Name Literary Devices P.E.E. Fathom (understand) Mentally Impaired Sagacious (being smart and understanding) CURLEY’S WIFE QUOTES FOR DISCRIMINATION “Jail Bate” George discriminates her beauty and gender because of the way she acts. “She screamed” Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife to have been through some drama and terror which could suggest her reaction
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Discrimination if often based on many qualities and abilities. Some of the most clearly shown examples in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men are gender‚ age and racial discrimination. The victims of these types of discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ who is unhappy and bitter about her life‚ Candy‚ the old‚ disabled swamper and Crooks‚ the black stable buck. Throughout the novel‚ these three characters face many hardships because they are harshly judged and often misunderstood. Curley’s wife
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novella Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck presents a female character who is isolated by her husband’s will. This results in her living a sad and lonely life. Curley’s wife is the only woman living on the farm where the story takes place. Her husband of only two weeks‚ who she later admits to not loving‚ is over – protective and does not allow her to talk to anyone or have any friends. Steinbeck shows the theme of isolation through the depressed and regretful character of Curley’s wife who dies at
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Josie Lopez 1st Hour Of Mice and Men: Who Was the Loneliest? While reading Of Mice and Men‚ there were some characters that stood out and some that were sad to read about. Thoughts would come about that certain character or characters. One character that stood out was the only female in the whole story‚ the only person that would be wondering out and about‚ and the only person that people would assume stuff about. That character was Curley’s wife and boy was she the loneliest in the story
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is represented Language devices used Deeper analysis Two 34 ‘Little bouquets of red ostrich feathers’ As a lonely‚ isolated and un-wanted Connotations‚ imagery‚ metaphor and In this quote we can identify that Steinbeck is portraying Curley’s wife as an ostrich. Unable to fly‚ meaning CW can’t leave or escape the ranch. This represents that she is stuck and will never be able to leave. This goes back to portraying her as a lonely woman. It can also portray that she shows off and for that reason
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Curley’s wife She is never given a name She is Curley’s wife She is pretty She likes soft things like Lennie Felt rejected from Curley She died She hasn’t got many friends She is manipulative She had her neck broken She is flirtatious Curly hair Men think she is permiscuous She’s lonely She wanted to be an actress She was trying to punish her mum as she thought her mum had hidden the letter saying she could be an actress Marries Curley out of spite Regrets marrying Curley Doesn’t
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In ’Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck uses dialogue‚ action and description to introduce and describe the characters. Curley’s wife is first introduced‚ through description‚ as a girl not a woman: "A girl was standing there looking in." (page 53). This implys that Curley’s wife is looked down upon because she is female and young. Also‚ this shows the age difference between her and the men who work on the ranch because they are described as guys or men while Curley’s wife is described as a girl or young
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