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    In the book “ of mice and men” Euthanasia played a small theme but a very important one. Euthanasia is painlessly putting a person to death. One example of euthanasia in “mice of men” is For a moment he was business like.”Steinbeck pg 105. This described George’s personality before he killed Lennie. He had to prepare himself to get ready to kill his close friend. He had to do this to save him he would either have gone to jail or had been killed slowly. Not only is euthanasia used

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    How does Steinbeck show the importance of work in “Of Mice And Men” Of Mice And Men is set mostly on a ranch‚ which is where men go to make money. Money is a much-needed resource‚ and the only way to get it is through working. Money is important for the characters of the story to complete their dreams. Hence work is important in “Of Mice And Men”. When the reader was informed of (Our main characters) George and Lennie’s dream to get a farm and to “Live off the fatta the lan’” (p.15). As there

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    ELA 10 3rd hour Larsen 3/11/09 Of Mice And Men Of Mice and Men is a novel filled with suprises and tells the tale of George and Lennie‚ an unlikely pair traveling together in the face of loneliness and alienation. The two find themselves working as lowly farm hands‚ who must work together to achieve their dream. It seems like an easy task‚ but Lennies mental condition brings problems that could affect their dream and their lives. In Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie is the biggest victim of society

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    Quotes Of Violence In Of mice and men Chapter 1: "Where we goin’‚ George?" The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie. "So you forgot that already‚ did you? I gotta tell you again‚ do I? Jesus Christ‚ you’re a crazy bastard!" Almost as soon as we meet George he is stomping around the novel flinging verbal abuse as Lennie. This is verbal violence. Chapter 1: Lennie hesitated‚ backed away‚ looked wildly at the brush line as though he contemplated running for his

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    I overheard Ms. Migdall saying that you do not have enough money to teach both Of Mice and Men and To Kill A Mockingbird. I am writing to you to tell you that there should be no doubt in your minds that To Kill A Mockingbird is the book for your high school students to read. To start‚ To Kill A Mockingbird touches on many important social issues like racism and sexism and subtly convinces the reader that these are terrible things. To Kill A Mockingbird drew me in and coached me into wanting to fight

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    Of Mice and Men As human beings we understand that murder is wrong‚ but there are occasions when murder would be a more compassionate and humane choice for the victim than what they would otherwise face. This is illustrated perfectly in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The central character‚ George‚ was morally justified in killing his friend Lennie‚ because his motives were born out of compassion. George was trying to protect his friend by killing him. Lenny was

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    front‚ demonstrates his care free attitude‚ but somewhere deep down lies A guy who needs somebody—to be near him.(pg. 20) Crooks’ display of emotions makes the reader feel empathy and allows him to fully grasp the theme of loneliness intended in Of Mice and Men. Black‚ nigger‚ negro‚ coon‚ niglet‚ spook — All derogative terms that are used to describe people of an African culture. Crooks is the only non-Caucasian individual occupying the ranch. Because of his difference in colour

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    In the novel Of Mice and Men by John steinbeck‚ the author uses tone and imagery to characterize Lennie as Immature and foolish. At times Lennie feels guilty for the things he says because George puts him down. For example‚ Lennie once said the beans they were cooking by the fire would taste better with ketchup. George replied by saying they didn’t have ketchup. For George this was his last straw‚ he got angry and blew up on Lennie. Obviously Lennie felt bad after George yelled at him and replied

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    "Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart." - Marguerite Gardiner. In society‚ both modern and in the past‚ prejudice has been a tool of thinking and labeling a group of race‚ people‚ class and culture in order to distinguish ones superiority and dominance from one another‚ but is simply a way to judge without gathering valid facts. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we see that prejudice was just as rampant in the 1930’s. In the novel‚ prejudice is demonstrated on 3 different

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    Of Mice and Men Persuasive Essay Have you ever had that one dream you dedicated so much time and work to and then someone close to you ruins it? Of Mice and Men illustrates the importance of dreams in everyone’s life because it gives the person something to strive toward. During the 1930’s many migrant workers dreamed one day they would own a farm‚ this dream became known as the American Dream. John Steinbeck chose to use this theme because the American Dream showed the difficulty of achieving

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