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    In Mice of Men there were literary analysis use to describe problems‚how things looked. Such as personification ‚simile and hyperbole and many more. Steinback uses a lot of describing words to explain ‚he will spent about a whole page explaining one thing. Just how he explains George “The first man was small and quick ‚dark of face ‚with restless eyes and sharp strong features”(Steinback 2). He use describing words and simile to explain how George’s face looks and how it is shaped.Steinbeck does

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    I would regard the film mice and men as a tragic novel which is full of many dreams that don’t come true‚ and that being the overall message and tragedy throughout the story. Steinbeck represents tragedy in many events‚ through many of the characters‚ the main example of tragedy i would say to me would be the fact the characters George and Lennie have so much hope and dreams that all end in the worst. They have always been a team and George has always convinced Lennie that ‘We got a future.’ And

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    How does Steinbeck use details in this passage to present the bunkhouse and its inhabitants? a) In ’Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck presents the inhabitants as lonely men with nothing going for them in their lives. There is only “two shelves” in the bunkhouse‚ which implies that the ranch workers have no personal belongings suggesting that they have no family or have no family they care about. Steinbeck clearly shows very little family devotion as the ranch workers have few belongings. Also‚ not

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    Have you ever felt lonely or isolated before? In the story “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck these characters Candy‚ Curley’s wife and Crooks are all on the look for the American dream during this they all experience loneliness and isolation in their own way. Candy is the oldest out of all of the workers he is also disabled and this causes him to have the most money out of all the workers. “And they give me two hundred and fifty dollars cause I lost my hand. and I got fifty more saved up

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    unsympathetic about her. John Steinbeck’s novel of Mice and Men is an example of how the reader’s perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the early stages of the novel. The effect of these techniques is that the reader creates a mental image of Curley’s wife even before she even enters the novel. This perception is further emphasized

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    prejudice us‚ as readers‚ against her‚ before she even made a physical appearance in the text. Upon reflection‚ I perceive Curley’s wife in some ways to be the most important figure in the novel- she is a key symbol of temptation‚ and most of the story’s main underlying themes: dreams‚ isolation and loneliness‚ for example‚ can be related to her in some way. To an extent‚ she can be blamed for the terrible outcome of events‚ although technically‚ she is no more culpible than any of the other characters

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    The Blind Side Full sourcing: Director: John Lee Hancock Date: 2009 Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life‚ a homeless teen grows to become the star athlete projected to be the first pick at the NFL draft in this sports-themed comedy drama inspired by author Michael Lewis’ best-seller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Michael Oher was living on the streets when he was welcomed into the home of a conservative suburban family‚ but over time he matured into a talented

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    Of Mice and Men notes Slim: Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in the 1930s. Steinbeck explored the life of migrant workers during this time and wrote the finding during his research in the novella. The novella also explores many social attitudes during this era. One of the workers on the ranch in the novella is Slim who is a jerkline skinner. Steinbeck uses Slim’s character in many different ways. “He is the god like and moved with majesty” people admire him. Lots of people respect

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    In the novel ‘‘ Of Mice and Men’’ loneliness is present troughtout th novel.Many of the characters amit suffering from it. Early in the novel George says‚ : ``Life working as a hand ranch is on the loneliness of life.As the story develops George‚Crooks and Curley’s wife all confess their loneliness.Each of these character searches for a friend to talk to. First of all‚George is a lonely chacter because he has to take of his mentally handicaped fren Lenny.George could of have abandon him and lived

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    Of Mice and Men - The Title There are many connections between “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck and “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns‚ particularly because it is believed to be that the poem “To a Mouse” was a source of inspiration for Steinbeck’s novel. The first connection between Steinbeck’s novel and Burns’ poem is the way in which the mouse and Lennie both lose their homes “And now your small house‚ too (your nest)‚ is all in ruins its feeble walls are being scattered by the wind” The mouse

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