January 28‚ 2008 “Of Mice and Men” Essay In John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ George was justified to kill Lennie because he only had in mind to do what was best for Lennie. Since the beginning of the story‚ the reader is introduced to Lennie and George; but most importantly the reader was introduced to their relationship. Lennie and George’s relationship could be compared to Candy and his dog’s relationship. The relationship that they share is a needy relationship. Candy cannot imagine
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In the following essay I will be writing about and exploring what emotions Steinbeck conveys in his novella ‘of mice and men’. The novella was the second of Steinbeck’s ‘dustbowl’ trilogy. These books were based on Steinbeck’s own first hand experience against the back drop of depression-era America where he became concerned with the exploitation of migrant workers and exposing the institutionalized prejudices ( racism‚ ageism and sexism) of the migrant workers themselves‚ hence the trilogy. The
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Opener - The relationship between George and Lennie is very close throughout the book. Of mice and men is set in the 1930s depression years in America. This means that their relationship was under a lot of strain. It was unusual in those times to be able to sustain friendships because life was all about living for the moment after America’s great loss. Beginning of paragraph 3 - When we are first introduced to Lennie and George the main physical differences are highlighted. Lennie is "huge"‚ "
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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series 0500 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/23 Paper 2 (Reading Passages – Extended)‚ maximum raw mark 50 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took
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will be classed by other men as not useful ‚also he tells them that most of the other men don’t save their money but go and spend it on booze and women. But he thinks that they can do it the dream of living out his days with George and Lennie on their dream farm distracts Candy from this harsh reality. This mean that they can have much more freedom than other people as it will be their own place . He doesn’t like curleys wife he thinks she is a tart and flirts around with men so he thinks she is trouble
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towards other characters in the novella. For example‚ he was only close to his dog before he met George and Lennie and he was so eager to meet them and make friends. Additionally‚ Candy looks desperate when the outlook of being part of Lennie and George’s dream of the small farm comes up‚ he says‚ "And they give me two hundred and fifty dollars ’cause I lost my hand. An’ I got fifty more saved up right in the bank right now. That’s three hundred..." This shows he’s willing to give every cent to join
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We are first introduced to the characters George and Lennie in chapter 1 ’Of Mice and Men’ our first meeting of the characters automatically give away key themes and ideas of what is to come later in the book. "They had walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the opening one stayed behind the other." Even early on in the book we see that one follows the other‚ as even in the open‚ one leads the way and the other follows. Steinbeck then moves onto tells us of the two character’s appearances
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gives her in the book(as the wife of Curley) which I think emphasises he does to show her as an inferior by not giving her a personal identity so that we cannot relate to her- she is objectified. Possibly due to having little experience with other men‚ Curley’s wife married very badly‚ and doesn’t get on with Curley ’Sure I gotta husban...swell guy‚ ain’t he? She says sarcastically‚ and added to Curley’s paranoia that she will cheat on him (shown on page 62-Slim said ’well you been asking me too
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Malik Bishop Essay/Book Report Of Mice & Men The novel begins near the Salinas River‚ south of Soledad in the California valley. The Gabilan Mountains rise up on one side and drop to valleys on the other. The river and its banks are alive with animals and plants. A path leads to the banks of the river‚ and the two main characters‚ George Milton and Lennie Small‚ follow this path to the river. While George is small with sharp features‚ Lennie is a big man with rounded features. He drags
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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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