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    for the two men in this novel. John Steinbeck portrays Lennie and George as having the greatest friendship in the world and while George claims to not need Lennie‚ he knows that he needs Lennie as much as Lennie needs him. The mutual relationship between George and Lennie is a genuine friendship between two very different men. Lennie‚ a mentally handicapped‚ big man with stand out features and George‚ the small little tough guy‚ with the brains and great leadership skills. As the two men are trying

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    In the film version of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ George Milton reflects on the time he had spent with his best friend‚ Lennie Small‚ on the ranch. He begins by looking back at the time when George and Lennie are chased out of their home town of Weed and are forced to find work‚ so they get jobs at a ranch. They plan to save up money and reach their dream of owning a farm and “live off the fatta the lan’.” On the ranch‚ they meet many different people and deal with different things. This movie

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    In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck uses strengths and weaknesses by using the characters to show both their strengths and weaknesses. Irony and foreshadowing play a large roll on how the story ends. Lennie and his habit of harming soft things‚ not on purpose‚ but he is a victim of his own strength. George trying to pretend that his feelings for Lennie mean nothing. The entire novel is repetitive in themes and expressed views. Loneliness and companionship are one of the many themes

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    violence‚ authorial and narrative‚ were first introduced to us in Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor. The novel‚ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck depicts these types of violence in three different scenarios‚ and tells how these violences are different from each other. The killing of Lennie‚ the killing of Curley’s wife‚ and the fight between Lennie and Curley all had different effects on the novel due to the different types of violence. Authorial violence is violence generated

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    a happy life ‚ there are many sacrifices that you’re going to have to take.George shooting Lennie was a sacrifice that George had to take in order to be happy and content with his life.So George definitely have the right to shoot Lennie. Lennie was causing so much mischief on the ranch such as killing Curley’s wife and killing a puppy. George also kills Lennie in a more humane approach. George killing Lennie was out of pity and also out of love and care.In the book the character Candy ends up having

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    novel sets in a small town called Soledad. The definition of Soledad is loneliness which represents the town’s symbol. Most characters feel lonely and would do anything not to feel it. Most of the time men are seen traveling alone‚ so when the owner of the ranch seen that George and Lennie travel together. He didn’t trust George because most of the time people aren’t seen traveling together unless the other person owes money. “ Well‚ I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy

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    for a crime he didn’t do? Or killing someone’s wife? What would you do if you had to kill your best friend? These three questions linger in the book Of Mice and Men. But what about the color you associate these questions with? Grey would be my answer. The color grey represents the sadness of life‚ and how hopeless one could feel. Loneliness and depression also comes in some sort of packet with the color as well. Grey represents hopelessness of what George and Lennie went through‚ like the girl in

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    that causes them to be lonely. Thesis- Steinbeck shows several of his characters as lonely‚ including Lennie‚ Curley’s Wife‚ and Candy because they all have different people that leave them and make them lonely. The first character that I will talk about is Lennie. Lennie is traveling with George but Lennie is slow and George thinks Lennie is not good for anything. George goes off and leaves Lennie at the ranch where he causes trouble. He thinks George is trying to get rid of him because he says‚”If

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    Compare and Contrast Many movies are derived from novels‚ and all of them have major differences from the book version. While there are many similarities in the movie and the book Of Mice and Men‚ there are many differences also. Some differences are presented through the characters‚ scenes‚ and the way the actors play their roles. Senise wanted to get the story done within a time limit‚ so it was less detailed than the book. In Steinbeck’s novel‚ character image plays a crucial role in the story

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    Of Mice and Men Text Response Essay- Dreams Steinbeck shows us the importance and fragility of Dreams in “Of Mice and Men.” Discuss with close reference to the text. John Steinbeck portrays the importance and fragility of Dreams through certain characters in “Of Mice and Men.” The main characters‚ George and Lennie both share the typical American Dream of owning a piece of land and Lennie tending the rabbits‚ yet it slips through their fingers due to Lennie’s ignorance and strength. Curley’s

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