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    Of Mice and Men Quotes

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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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    Of Mice and Men Dreams

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    ambitions in ’Of Mice and Men’ are focused on dreams for a better life � analyse the presentation of two of these dreams within the novel. How to Write an Essay 1. Don’t panic 2. Try to follow each of the characters. What would it really be like to be them? 3. Try to develop a short thesis statement. 4. Try not to deviate too far from the thesis statement during the essay. 5. Do you use one or two quotes? I’m from the U.S. We use double quotes first. Then‚ single quotes. Here are three

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    The Dream of Mice and Men

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    The dream of mice and men Everyone in this world dreams‚ but when dreams don’t come true why would you bother dreaming? For most of the people dreams are the only things they have left in their lives. In Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men‚ he tells us the idea of destroyed dreams through the character’s experiences showing us that no matter how much we try to sacrifice to make dreams come true‚ sometimes they just simply do not come true. From the beginning of the book‚ Lennie and George had the

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    Dreams on of Mice and Men

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    Dreams‚ although often cut off are always necessary to keep the hope of people alive to fight against the inadequacies of the economic and social perils of life. Dreams are one of the most freely experienced actions by humans‚ and still it is the most rigid and unrealistic thought process that is part of our lives. The dream of most American’s at this time period surrounding the book "Of Mice and Men" was only a large cesspool of dying hopes that were kept alive by wishes and aspirations even without

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    relationship and those of the ranch hands. ‘I could stay in a cat house all night’ here we get a real insight into the lives of the ranch hands and the lives of Lennie and George. ’ We got a future’ the first signs of the main theme ’The American Dream’ come through here as we see that George and Lennie want to strive towards a better life than one of a ranch hand. ‘We got somebody to talk to’ the companionship between George and Lennie is very unusual in the time period of this book and the fact

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    Quotes 'Of mice and men'.

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    Lennie ’’They had walked in a single file down the path‚ and even in the open one one stayed behind the other’’ This shows that Lennie has less power than George and follows him because he doesn’t know what to do. Section 1‚ page 19 ’’A huge man‚ shapeless of face‚ with large pale eyes‚ wide sloping shoulders... dragging his feet a little like a bear drags his paws‚ his arms hung loosely’’ This shows that Lennie has slow reflections‚ and is tall. Animal comparison Section 1‚ page 19

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    Dreams in Of Mice and Men

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    Of Mice and Men Dreams Of Mice and Men is set in Salinas‚ California in the 1930s Great Depression. Life was hard and men could be cruel. Hope might be the only escape from hard reality. This links to the American Dream – represented in George and Lennie’s dream of working hard and getting their own land and farm‚ and control over their own lives. But it was harder than ever to achieve due to the tough economic conditions of the Depression. After Lennie’s death‚ it might be possible for George

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    Of mice and men "dreams"

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    Dreams are like a house of cards. Once one thing jolts it the wrong way it collapses. Throughout everyone’s lifetime they may have many dreams they wish to achieve. Whether they achieve it or not depends on what that person does towards that dream. There are times when the person will achieve their dream‚ but most of the time they are shot down and destroyed. This is seen in John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ as he creates the idea that to make one’s dream into a plan involves taking risks

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    George quotes "The first man was small and quick‚ dark of face‚ with restless eyes and sharp‚ strong features “Small‚ strong hands‚ slender arms‚ and thin and bony nose" "Lennie!" he said sharply. "Lennie‚ for God’ sakes don’t drink so much." “if I was alone I could live so easy!” ‘’Hide in the brush till I come for you’’ "No‚ he ain’t‚ but he’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull." "We could live offa the fatta the lan’." “every part of him was defined”. Lennie quotes “Lennie dabbled

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    Of Mice And Men In Of Mice And Men George and Lennie search for work in order to one day afford their own home. In many instances throughout the book Lennie often wants to live on farm and raise rabbits. George is willing to do anything for Lennie to make him happy and keep him calm. Quite often‚ George is the one who has a life after working on the ranch already planned out. One quote‚ which is said early in the book‚ in a vulgar language‚ is said by George and is abruptly interrupted by

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