in the absence of hopes and dreams to move forward‚ transcend barriers and conquer the unimaginable. Steinbeck’s understanding of the impossible ‘American Dream’ as well as the harsh and cruel world of the 1930’s contextualises his novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ and centralises the importance of hopes and dreams in overcoming the negativity and disbelief found not only within society‚ but within oneself. Despite the context of the novel‚ the underlying concepts and universality of themes common to the
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not feeling her warm breathes and her soft hands. I never imagined doing everything without her just because she’s no longer beside. I have had lost my mother under terrible circumstances‚ (www.kibin.com‚ losing someone you love). In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we learn about two ranch hands trying to make their dream of a couple acres come true. A major theme in the novel discusses that loneliness can be a very dangerous thing to people. Steinbeck uses literary devices to reveal the
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Loss is one of the worst feelings known to man. One may have feelings of contempt as something that one has understood to be theirs is suddenly taken from one’s grasp. Such a hopeless feeling of loss is portrayed in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men when George is obligated to end his best friend’s life. The inevitable death of Lennie affected George by: freeing him from the burden Lennie had imposed upon him‚ crushing the dream of ever owning a farm‚ and above all‚ leaving George all alone in a world
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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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"Of Mice and Men" essay on Loneliness is a basic part of human life. Every one becomes lonely once in a while but in Steinbeck’s novella "Of Mice and Men"‚ he illustrates the loneliness of ranch life in the early 1930’s and shows how people are driven to try and find friendship in order to escape from loneliness. Steinbeck creates a lonely and blue atmosphere at many times in the book. He uses names and words such as the town near the ranch called "Soledad"‚ which means loneliness and the card game
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In the novel Of Mice and Men by John steinbeck‚ the author uses tone and imagery to characterize Lennie as Immature and foolish. At times Lennie feels guilty for the things he says because George puts him down. For example‚ Lennie once said the beans they were cooking by the fire would taste better with ketchup. George replied by saying they didn’t have ketchup. For George this was his last straw‚ he got angry and blew up on Lennie. Obviously Lennie felt bad after George yelled at him and replied
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26th March 2014 GSCE ‘English Language’ Controlled Assessment Unit 3b – Producing Creative Texts Re-creations – Taking a text and turning it into another Write a monologue using a chosen character from “Of Mice and Men”. Crooks I like the new guys. George is a nice fella‚ an’ so is Lennie. Lennie is the only fella’ I have power over in this ranch‚ and I like it because imma’ black guy and he’s a white guy. Like the other night when all the boys went to town
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In the book Of Mice and Men the author John Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife dramatically different to his other characters. Throughout the story she remains nameless‚ only known as “Curley’s Wife” and yet she is constantly mentioned around the ranch. She wanders around gaining many different reactions such as ‘she’s a married tart’. The fact that Steinbeck has not given her a real name just Curley’s Wife presents her as being a possession to Curley and is nothing more. By presenting the reader with
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OF MICE AND MEN QUOTES & NOTES ^_^ George Milton -“I been mean‚ ain’t I?” --> George is a good friend to Lennie. He protects him and does what is necessary to keep him out of trouble. -“If I was alone I could live so easy” --> Lennie is a burden to George -“I want you to stay with me‚ Lennie” –George --> conveys Georges loneliness Lennie Small -“paws” animalistic quality; bear -“all you can ever remember is them rabbits” –George. Lennie represents idealism and optimism in the American
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Of Mice and Men Quotes Quote 1: "Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray‚ sculptured stones." Chapter 1‚ pg. 2 Quote 2: "...and he walked heavily‚ dragging his feet a little‚ the way a bear drags his paws." Chapter 1‚ pg. 2 Quote 3: "You’d drink out of a gutter if you was thirsty." Chapter 1‚ pg. 3 Quote 4: "Slowly‚ like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring
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