Of Mice and Men During life‚ people become great friends with other people. Friends are loyal companions. They always have each other’s backs and are there for them whenever they need them and this is a very special relationship. In the short novel Of Mice and Men by author John Steinback‚ a numerous amount of these relationships are formed. Each one of these relationships is unique. Friendships form between Candy and his dog‚ Crooks and Lennie‚ and George and Lennie. Many people say a dog
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Describe at least ONE relationship that was important in the text(s). Explain why you learned something from this relationship in the text(s). An important relationship in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is the relationship between George and Lennie. I learned many things from this relationship including; that in order to be compassionate people have to make life changing decisions‚ that some people are willing to sacrifice parts of their lives in order to protect others and the
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In the novel "Of Mice and Men" the character of Crooks is used by John Steinbeck‚ the author‚ to symbolise the marginalisation of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks is also significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of all the ranchers: their loneliness and need for company and human interaction. The reader has to decide whether Crooks deserves sympathy‚ or if he is just a cruel‚ bitter and gruff stable-buck
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Do you have what it takes to make your dreams come true? Would you still have a dream even if you knew it wouldn’t come true? Dreams have a big part in people’s lives. They do change people’s lives. The importance of dreams in Of Mice and Men is that they always wanted to do something that would make them happy and do something they loved and work hard for what they want. Like George and Lennie in the book the main characters they had a dream to live on a farm and make money for it
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“I seen guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They wantin’ to fight all the time.”(Steinbeck‚ 41). In the novel “Of Mice and Men” By John Steinbeck‚ we learn about George Milton and his Companion Lennie Small they are two men traveling town to town looking for work in the 1930s Great Depression. Until they end up at a ranch up in soledad that is really mean and cruel and this rance splits these two apart forever. A major
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Lennie often forgets things ‚ in chapter 1 of Mice and Men ‚ George had to hold Lennie’s worker card for him so he wouldn’t lose it because the worker card gives access to employment. Also Lennie hallucinates sometimes ‚ in Chapter 6 Lennie hallucinates and sees his dead Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit.
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characterization‚ and character relationships‚ Steinbeck reveals the cyclicality of life and the reality of the unachievable nature of the American Dream in Of Mice and Men. In the time period of this novella‚ thousands of migrant works were roaming the western states in search of work due to their roles being taken by machines. Apparent in these men where frustration and loneliness‚ all aspects found in the characters of the book. Also associated with migrations towards the West is the American Dream
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and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” This quote by Mother Teresa a humanitarian means being alone is depressing and it makes people feel alone in the world and feel that there is no one there for them. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. There are several characters that feel lonely and unwanted. The three characters who live lonely‚isolated lives are Candy‚Crooks‚and Curley’s wife. Candy lives a lonely life on the ranch. He works alone because he can’t
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In the story‚ of Mice and Men‚ there are few characters who are lonely or left out. The story is about two ranchers and they are best friends. They both don’t have a family anymore. All they can do is to depend on each other; Lennie had a disability. He can’t function like regular person . Lennie kills a dog and a man’s wife . But he did not mean any harm. Then there are Candy and Crooks ‚ They are both lonely because there both handicapped. They don’t fit in like everybody else does. Lennie
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The Great Depression was caused by economic difficulties‚ the stock market crash‚ poor farming practices and drought which fueled the dust bowl. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ the author John Steinbeck describes different conflicts the characters have to face where people prioritizing each other and helping each other out was not always the case. Three conflicts in this story are; the disability of Lennie‚ one of the main characters‚ racism against an African American‚ and the impossibility of achieving
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