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    Of mice and men Back in the 1930’s Steinbeck introduced the characters dreams in the novel ‘of mice and men.’ The novel was set in America‚ it was the time when men had to travel the country looking for work and it was also the time of the Great Depression. Also the government were trying to tell people that they could achieve the American Dream if they worked hard. The novel was written to show what it was really like to try and live the American Dream at this time. Steinbeck presents characters

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    Jade Laban (Jenny Duong) Ms. Martinez English III-7th 4 September 2013 Literary Criticism Of Mice and Men "Some people seem to believe that the function of literature is to provide vicarious “happy endings‚” to provide in words a sugary sweetness we would like to have but cannot always get in real life." People use books as their own personal comfort‚ or escape from the realms of the real world. To read about

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    In the book Of Mice and Men‚ the single women that appeared in the book resented herself as an object. The statement "Women today are more often treated by men as equals rather than objects" can be true or false. A man that goes to "Gentleman ’s Cubs every night is a different man that studies at Harvard Law School. A striper is going to be a different person than a CEO of a successful business. It’s all about how you present yourself. In Of Mice and Men‚ Curley ’s wife presents herself in a seductive

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    when you’re alone.” In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ George has to kill his best friend‚ Lennie. He feels he has betrayed their bond as best friends. In the song What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger by Kelly Clarkson‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger/ Stand a little taller/ doesn’t mean you’re lonely when you’re alone.”(“What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger”). He overcomes this by accepting the fact he did this for his own good. Lennie constantly put George in an awkward

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    to someone. In the novel Of Mice and MenLennie and George have to take care and live together ever since Aunt Clara died. Lennie is always getting both George and Lennie into trouble. Now the reason that George doesn’t leave Lennie is because of friendship. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the author explains the theme of friendship and how important it is in our lives. In the beginning of the novel‚ George is looking after and taking care of Lennie because their friendship gives

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    John Steinbeck wrote the inspiring book ’Of Mice And Men’ and it was first published in Great Britian in 1937.In this he explores the populous themes of isolation‚ violence‚ friendship and several more. These topics are symbolized throughout the novella expressed through setting and nature v man-made structures. In Steinbeck’s book "Of Mice and Men"‚ he illustrates the isolation of ranch life in the early 1930’s and shows how people are driven to try and find friendship in order to escape from

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    The novella of Steinbeck‚ Of Mice and Men‚ is dominated by harshness and violence. Gender‚ race‚ intelligence‚ and authority inequality are all present in the book – from physical abuse to murder. The story is set during the Great Depression in America. A lot of people lost their jobs and were desperate to get new ones. The Great Depression took place after the First World War. In that time‚ the jobs of the migrants were completely unstable‚ which is the reason why Lennie and George had to move out

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    In the passage Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck uses imagery to show the plain and basic bunkhouse and how the ranch is isolated to show the lack of identity the men have. “Long‚ rectangular building” and “whitewashed‚ floor unpainted” indicate that it is the place of inhabitance of George and Lennie and how it is not really there home but it is somewhere where they are just staying. The surroundings are a representation that the inhabitance of the bunkhouse is ‘cold’ and ‘not homely like but it serves

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    John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in an effort to illustrate the social limitations imposed upon the working class during the Great Depression era by creating various characters who shared one common dream‚ the "American Dream‚" Steinbeck dramatized on one individual level‚ the life of the protagonist‚ George‚ the grueling struggles and sanguine dreams of an entire social class of people Poet Robert Burns once said‚ "The best laid plans of mice and men gang oft a-glae‚" Steinbeck parallels this

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    position. John introduced us to a character called Curley’s wife‚ she plays a complex and misfit character as she got so many different sides to her‚ as sometimes the reader feels sympathetic and 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

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