Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men deals with the plight of migrant labourers in California during the Great Depression‚ with the focus on two random migrant workers‚ George and Lennie. The first chapter sharply establishes the relationship between the two primary characters. George is a realist who must care for the simple child-like Lennie. George consistently reprimands and gets angry with Lennie for his actions‚ while Lennie strives to please George. We see this in the scene by the pool where Lennie imitates
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to shoot Lennie in Of Mice and Men Loneliness and companionship is imminent throughout the book. It starts from the beginning when George sets the tone by repeating to Lennie that life on a ranch is the loneliest life there is‚ for example Steinbeck states “Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world’. This shows us that men on a ranch rarely have any companionship or safety however George and Lennie have each other and this contradicts the idea that ranch men are always
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Of mice and men Examine the relationship between Curley and his wife All the female characters used by Steinbeck are either‚ prostitutes‚ a carer or a victim. Their marriage is bizarre because they have only been married for 2 weeks and they don’t like each other. We can tell this because they are never together in the book also she flirts with other men because she is lonely all of the time and Curley goes to the cat house. Curley wears gloves full of Vaseline on his right hand because he is
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looking out for anybody but oneself. Eventually this led people into loneliness. This is portrayed in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The idea of having someone gives you a purpose‚ a feeble grasp on reality. This concept weaves through the novel‚ making the reader recognize that companionship‚ no matter in what form‚ is essential to one’s being. Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ Lennie and George are the main outcasts of the novel and represent how solitude ruins you. For one reason or another‚ life has
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Of Mice and Men is not kind in its portrayal of women. In fact‚ women are treated with contempt throughout the course of the book. Steinbeck generally depicts women as troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad. Curley’s wife‚ who walks the ranch as a temptress‚ seems to be a prime example of this destructive tendency—Curley’s already bad temper has only worsened since their wedding. Aside from wearisome wives‚ Of Mice and Men offers limited‚ rather misogynistic‚ descriptions of women
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How does Steinbeck introduce George and Lennie in chapter 1? John Steinbeck’s novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ was written in the 1930’s America‚ about two migrant workers‚ Lennie and George. Lennie and George both share the same dream that one day they will both have their own farm. Steinbeck shows that George is the leader and Lennie is the follower. “They had walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the open one stayed behind the other.” John Steinbeck is showing us that George’s and Lennie’s
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Of Mice and Men Throughout history‚ women have been seen as inferior. During the Great Depression‚ women were not granted the same rights and freedoms as men. Curley’s wife experiences many of the same injustices that women did during that time. The negative perception of women develops in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men due to the fact that Curley’s wife is not given a real identity or a purpose throughout the novel. She is consistently seen as a sex object rather than a human
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understood until John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men. Minor characters allow the author to have an event take place without going to deep into the characters background and back story. There are three extremely good examples of minor characters from Of Mice and Men‚ they are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Carlson. Curley’s wife allows for one purpose to be shown through the text. The purpose of Curley’s wife is to ruin the American dream for George‚ Lennie‚ and Candy have going for them. With Curley’s
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California. One of them‚ Lennie Small whose name does not live up to a person’s expectation; he is big and that’s all he’s got going for him unfortunately. George is small and quick‚ a roving farmworker who takes on a father like role and watches over Lennie. The two are broke and search for work on the farms of Northern California. Being broke is problematic for George and Lennie since they plan to own a farm someday. George is the intelligence behind this plan‚ while Lennie is about as sharp as a
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Loneliness is a basic part of human life. Every one becomes lonely ones in a while but in Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men”‚ he illustrates the loneliness of ranch life and shows how people are driven to try finding friendship in order to escape from loneliness. He uses names and words such as a town near the ranch called “Soledad”. He makes it clear that all the men on the ranch are lonely‚ with particular people lonelier than others. I think all the people living in the ranch are lonely. This
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